Letters | Hong Kong protests and the question of democracy in an era of fake news
- Unlike in the legal system, the news media do not seem concerned with presenting a balanced picture of the facts. This has made young people vulnerable to manipulation
My friends in church and I feel sorry for the young people who may have committed a crime and thus harmed their own city. To a large extent, they have been misled and instigated by people pursuing their own political ends.
They don’t have the benefit of a comprehensive education which teaches them fully the history and geography of their home country, China.
Unfortunately, the major news agencies are all dominated by a Western perspective and give only a very biased view of the facts to people in Hong Kong and around the world.
If you heard only one side in a common law court, that side would be required to provide a balanced disclosure of facts and points of law even unfavourable to itself.
This is not for the benefit of the decision-maker, but rather to protect the integrity of the decision-making process in court, because court decisions form precedents, which are meant to be followed.
