[kangtangman]

It's true that western media has a very bad track record when it comes to truth telling, but the more interesting thing is why do people still believe them after they tried such stunts a few times? Is it really because people believe that "white" people are more truthful or rather they believe because the Caucasian societies are generally richer and lead a better life and that is what they aspire to?

I believe it's the latter. Fundamentally western media has been lying and mudslinging its opponents since the start of the cold war in 1950s. Yet, they are generally seen as paradigms of truths by most people, even the citizens of the communist bloc. So why is there a sudden crisis and now they seem to be getting more and more desperate with the lies becoming more and more bombastic and unbelievable?

My hypothesis is that relatively speaking they have stagnated, their social issues and conflicts are piling up and ironically news has become freerer. People now get info much closer to the ground and realize that while western societies are still better, the reality on the ground is not as ideal as thought and the gap is actually closing fast especially with regards to China. The western media appear to realize the danger as well, but instead of being a helpful force for positive change, chose to indulge in a knee jerk psychological defense of spinning increasingly bizarre and hard to believe tall tales. That's not really helping anyone including themselves as well.

Absolutely right about the westerner being insecure after seeing the growth with China and their Chinese economy which resulted them to catch up with the technologies. 

As to why many continue to believe the western’s media it’s everybody’s guess. Some believed they no wrong in westerners, and for the longest time many believed that the Chinese medias were or are lying. 

Because like one of an American professor released a write up in August this year, about why the westerner has to paint the evilness of China due to those points that you’ve highlighted in your hypothesis.