US papers should help, not hurt, int'l jet hunt
0 Comment(s)
Print
E-mail Xinhua, April 18, 2014
|
|
|
Chinese vessel "NANHAIJIU 115" sails toward the southern Indian Sea on March 26, 2014, to search for the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370. [Photo: Xinhua/Zhao Yingquan] |
While 26 countries are working to find the missing Malaysian airline MH370, leading U.S. newspapers, through their reporting, are damaging the international coalition's efforts.
In a story entitled "In jet hunt, Chinese claims said to distract and delay," The New York Times on Wednesday criticized China by saying "false leads slow down the investigation," listing the country's leads from satellite photographs to underwater signals.
Another U.S. paper The Wall Street Journal echoed NYT's criticism, saying China had "satellite images released by mistake, questionable underwater search techniques and a drumbeat of criticism of Malaysia."
It may be true that China's leads turned out to be unrelated, but China is not the only country making such false leads, as a number of countries' claims and findings have turned out to be wrong, neither should China be the scapegoat for the month-long unsuccessful joint search mission.
By saying China's actions in the hunt for the jet are seen as "hurting as much as helping," another NYT report on Tuesday discouraged the multilateral search mission and hurt the Chinese people.
Does the intention of these reports mean to force countries making wrong leads or with less sophisticated equipment to withdraw from the joint search? Do the papers believe only powerful countries are qualified to help with international humanitarian missions?
As most of the passengers on board were Chinese citizens, China has from the very beginning given top priority to the search.
Go to Forum >>0 Comment(s)