This was by far the most interesting story I read in the past weeks. It was about how hard it is to report a story on something and not make it in their nations viewpoint. This also raises another question: Should people be reporting the news from the views of the country or how it actually is? This question isn't as easy as it sounds. It is better for most journalists to work in the view of their country because they are the people they are writing for.
As the article says, when they asked nine arab countries for a survey if they thought the people who executed 9/11 were middle-eastern and most said no. This is most likely because it is not easy to blame yourself for doing anything really. Let alone your country, which makes up a lot of someone. It is the same reason you never go up to a person who you know is from that country and tell them what they are doing wrong.
It is the same with America. It is a delicate balance between how things are happening and how it looks from our view. However, this is very important and it is something that we need so I do not object. It is just important to know what is going on not only on one side, but both.
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