Not sure why you're getting down voted - this is all quite correct. The Chinese Government's response in and of itself speaks volumes about what the situation o

Not sure why you're getting down voted - this is all quite correct. The Chinese Government's response in and of itself speaks volumes about what the situation on the ground must be, and completely contradicts their own numbers. I think the problem with the media though isn't what you're suggesting. We seem to be seeing a simple lack of basic research skills in many media outlets. Being able to go through a lot of real time media sources, separate truth from fiction, and build up a synthesis should be the basic qualification for a journalist these days - and probably would be, except the job no longer pays enough for the people who build up that kind of skill set. Can't see the chaos though. There is a lot of spare capacity these days.