In the midst of global hullabaloos on the issue of "Free Tibet/Boycott the Olympics/China sucks/China kills, oppresses and... like... oppresses/Let's bash China some more," I was beyond ecstatic that we Dukies could get in on some of that action right in our backyard. Out of curiosity, I observed the protests from approximately 7 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. Upon my arrival, I saw some of your lovely Chronicle reporters and anticipated some utterly amazing news stories the following day.
However, I was slightly, mildly, somewhat disappointed. OK, I lied. I was shocked, appalled and even disgusted by the uneven reporting of differing opinions. The Chronicle can afford to be as unbiased (or as biased) as it wants to be because its ultimate goal is not profit, unlike mainstream media. Yet, as I read through the April 10 article, "Pro-Tibet, pro-China protesters clash on quad," I only found two quotes that were not from the pro-Tibet protesters: one from a North Carolina State University student and the other from the publicly neutral vice president for student affairs, Larry Moneta.
I was reading large chunks of quotes from pro-Tibet leaders juniors Daniel Cordero and Adam Weiss, and I wondered, why didn't The Chronicle get some quotes from the leaders of the pro-China side? And surely there were other Duke students in the pro-China group? Why is it that the pro-China group-at least 10 times larger than the Pro-Tibet group-only got one quote in? Tibet issue aside, Chronicle, what happened to your journalistic integrity?
Alice Ding
Trinity '11
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