Anti Web sites

By: Shauna Agan

Every once in awhile there are objections to certain media outlets and the way they report certain stories. One student in China had enough disapproval with the American media that he created his own Web site.

Jin Rao, a Chinese student, created the website anti-cnn.com. This Web site is designed so he can express his concerns about the distortions in all the Western media, and not just specifically CNN.

This site generates around 500,000 visits per day. The majority of these visits are from individuals who live in China, but many are from non-China residents.

Rao believes that the Western media does not expose the facts correctly. In an interview he conducted on China Central Television, he said his purpose in creating this Web site is to inform as many individuals as possible the truth about the people of China.

Rao would like peole to know that it is the Chinese police, and not the rioters, who killed people during the Tiebetan unrest, a series of activities to protest the Chinese rule in Tibet. He says the Western media makes it sound as if the individuals are the ‘bad’ people and not the government.

Web sites like these allow individuals to express their side of the story, especially when they believe the media is not doing them justice. I think more people should speak out when they don’t think the media is presenting the stories correctly.

One similar Web site is foxattacks.com. I think more Web sites or media sources should be devoted to showing different individuals’ perspectives on how media reports stories incorrectly.
Although I do not necessarily agree with personally attacking one individual Web site, I think it is a good idea to research inaccuracies or distortions in all sorts of media and present them to the public. Many individuals are apt to believe whatever they are told from the media, so Web sites such as anti-cnn.com are a great way for individuals to show their side of the stories media is publishing.