The Guardian changes misused picture of Chinese airlines plane in report, but without apology

[TaiShang]

Screenshots from The Guardian
British newspaper The Guardian has changed a picture of an Air China cargo plane that was wrongly used in its Monday report about engine parts dropping from a Longtail Aviation's Boeing 747 cargo plane in the Netherlands. The Chinese Embassy in the UK on Wednesday protested against its misconduct and requested an apology.

However, The Guardian has not yet apologized for the false information and only left a note at the end of the report: "The image on this article was changed on 23 February 2021."

In the report, which is about engine parts that dropped from a Longtail Aviation's Boeing 747 cargo plane in Netherlands, resulting in injuries, the Guardian used a picture of an Air China cargo plane.

The Chinese Embassy in the UK on Wednesday expressed grave concern over The Guardian's misuse of a Chinese company's logo in its report, and requested that the newspaper make an immediate correction and apologize to the Chinese company affected by its misconduct.

This misuse of the picture was false reporting and misinformation, and affected the image of a Chinese enterprise, the spokesperson said.

The spokesperson noted that such misinformation is not uncommon in some Western media reports, which betrays their disregard for journalistic ethics and deep-rooted bias against China.

China urges the relevant media to stop seeing China through 'tinted glasses' and view the country and its development in an objective and fair manner, the spokesperson added.

The misinformation also sparked sarcastic remarks and protests on China's social media, with many questioning whether The Guardian was doing it with malicious intent as the Air China logo can be clearly seen in the picture.

"It is not a simply 'misuse' but smearing China," a netizen said.

"Why not just think about how to control COVID-19 in your country, instead of trying all means to smear China," another commented.

Such information comes from the prejudice against China in the West, which has made smearing China a habit among them, some Chinese netizens argued.

"I guess the British media would be not able to see China without tinted glasses," another netizen said sarcastically.

Update: Air China lawyers send letter to Guardian demanding public apology for misuse of picture - Global Times

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[Beidou2020]

Information warfare

 

[TaiShang]

Information warfare

Why haven't they replaced the picture with one depicting British Airways.

They are being so abjectly racist neofascists.

 

[xuxu1457]

The Five Eyes Alliance recently launched a public opinion war against China, and the bad thing is that it is politically correct to bring China.

 

[Sharma Ji]

Probably just used a stock image and intended no harm. The Guardian is a lefty rag, they love China and communism.

 

[hualushui]

which betrays their disregard for journalistic ethics and deep-rooted bias against China.

 

[hualushui]

Probably just used a stock image and intended no harm. The Guardian is a lefty rag, they love China and communism.

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I hope the Indians will not be angry, after all, it’s just that I did not use the pictures maliciously

 

[TaiShang]

The Five Eyes Alliance recently launched a public opinion war against China, and the bad thing is that it is politically correct to bring China.

They trust that the public will not have access to alternative information, hence, their defamation will stick.

They trust the ignorance of their readers.

Very much like the Indian media.

 

[TaiShang]

Probably just used a stock image and intended no harm. The Guardian is a lefty rag, they love China and communism.

Guardian is as left as Biden. It is mainstream and increasingly fascist.

The picture of the plane that was involved in the incident was/is available to them.

Instead, they use a random picture, and the random picture happens to be Air China.

I love how Western press belittles the IQ of their own populace, but, this is low even for British standards。

Besides, they make no statement about the mistake, but just say the image was replaced.