According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, “Media” is defined as being “a medium of cultivation, conveyance, or expression.” If Mass media is essentially the use of newspapers, websites, television, or radio to convey information or express ones opinion, than is the news in China truly news, if it is largely controlled by the propaganda institutions? In recent years the regulation of media has become a growing issue. The rise of social media has threatened the CCP’s control over public opinion with its instant and widespread flow of information. Many newspapers in China have also undergone a separation from the direct funding and control of the government and have begun the process of liberalization of many newspapers. Even with this progress, the influence that the propaganda department has on media is significant. This is clearly seen when analyzing how the positively altered newspaper stories cooled anti-japanese protests in 2005. Did those newspapers really provide “news” for the Chinese people? Does “news” require accuracy to be considered news? If the stories printed on Chinese newspapers are carefully crafted biased articles controlled by the propaganda department, then wouldn’t it simply be the repression of actual news?…