Truth and lies - Tibet and Iraq

There is some anger being expressed by Chinese citizens about foreign media reporting on the Tibet protests and violence. To a certain extent it is justified. Showing pictures of Nepali security forces beating Tibetan protesters and labeling those pictures as Chinese violence is at best sloppy, at worst a lie. And I keep wondering why so many writers can only bring themselves to say that Tibetan protesters have “attacked” Han civilians. Is “killed” too hard a word to write? But Chinese criticism might be more credible if the same anger was expressed about the totally one-sided reporting by Chinese media. Foreign media might make some mistakes. That happens. It might have some biases. That happens too. But Chinese media is complete in its bias and censorship - there are no exceptions to this when it comes to Tibet and Xinjiang. I would also feel more sympathy if those same Chinese media - and Chinese citizens - showed more willingness to understand the real...