SATISH SHARMA - not just Rotigraphy.: Why do we get China so wrong? Some reporters are malicious, others are caught up in the "we-good-they-bad paradigm",

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I’m a professional journalist who has written for dozens of news outlets, including the New York Times. Why do we get China so wrong?

Some reporters are malicious, others are caught up in the "we-good-they-bad paradigm", and many are just prone to confirmation bias, unable to dislodge the western lenses welded to their faces.

But if journalists are any good, they eventually uncover the truth.

When I found four massive streams of overseas cash pouring into the 2019 Hong Kong civil unrest, I kept investigating.

But not one of my mainstream media colleagues did the same. NOT ONE. They pretended there was no overseas interference at all and blamed the Chinese for everything.

It was so idiotic. The interference was right there in your face. They didn't even try to hide it. I was disgusted by the wholesale dishonesty of my counterparts, particularly of the WSJ, WashPo and NYT.

As Julian Assange said, about the mainstream “free” press, "they do so much harm that we might almost be better off without them".

Even though it pains me to say so about my own industry, Assange was bang on target.

Now it’s come to this. Today, no intelligent person trusts the western mainstream press, and everyone looks to independent sources for information they can trust.

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Lingling Wei 魏玲灵

@Lingling_Wei

May 30

Beijing's pattern is clear: silence independent reporting, control the narrative. But here's the irony-kicking out American journalists doesn't make China look strong. It makes it look afraid. https://nytimes.com/2026/05/29/us/politics/china-expels-times-reporter.html?smid=tw-share