Chinese Journalists Question Western Myth of Free Press 　　"How much do the people of NATO countries know about NATO's brutal acts and the disaster it has created in Yugoslavia and elsewhere in the world?" was a question being asked June 1 by the Beijing media. 　　Journalists were talking about the so-called free press in Western countries at a seminar sponsored by the All-China Journalists Association, where representatives of the Xinhua News Agency, People's Daily, Guangming Daily, and China Radio International spoke. 　　They said that major American and British media as well as those from other Western countries have produced a lot of lies in covering the Kosovo crisis and have helped power politics and hegemonism. 　　They said that although the Western media like to flaunt their freedom and impartiality in reporting, their performance in reporting on the Kosovo crisis fully demonstrates their hypocrisy, and behind their masks are biases, cheating, and selfishness. 　　The major Western media have taught the world a lesson that they are nothing but instruments of power politics and hegemonism, they said. HomeNews 1999-06-02 Page4 Full Story in Chinese