just heard some news on channelnewsasia about the false reports of the Western media regarding the issue about Tibet. i felt sad, for some reason. after hearing so much abt the tibet issue, i had my reservations about it. that's y when i saw the facebook group about freeing tibet, i did not react, because i had qualms about what the western media is portraying with regard to this issue.

and it is so closely related to what i have learnt in class. the western media has always been biased against china, claiming that china lacks freedom of speech in media, which i do agree to a certain extent, however, i do not feel that the western media is embracing their values of freedom. the Chinese government has stopped the western correspondents from going into Tibet, and this restriction has directly or indirectly "caused" these untrue reports to arise. i am not criticising the Chinese government, just stating the fact that because western correspondents are unable to get in, it affects how true their reports are. i paid a visit to anti-cnn.com, as usual, i did not dare trust the comments totally, but i do understand that there may be an element of truth in what these people are saying.

just like how the Chinese exercise censorship in the media, the Western media takes on a biased view of things. then how much more democratic, free and liberal are they? i am not taking sides, just expressing my thoughts that sometimes things are simply beyond what we see on the surface. it is wiser my friends, to not take in everything you read and see in the media, and learn to exercise discretion.

and about the Tibet issue, the truth is, unless we get to see for ourselves, we would not know what is the exact situation in there. so talks about boycotting olympics and stuff are really silly, and what is freeing Tibet all about? haha. if somebody needs to be freed, maybe it is first Taiwan? but knowing the Chinese government, you know it's not really going to happen until something big takes place. oh man, this is bad, i am engaging politics on my blog. haha. i do not want to continue anymore, before i touch on even more sensitive issues and topics. :P these are just some comments after watching the short clip on cna.

ciao guys. back to my books.

p.s. i have just woken up so excuse me for the lack of cohesion in my writing.