西方报导曾经因其准确性而受到赞扬，而且尽管对四川地震大量死亡富有同情心的报导或许在某些程度上挽回了西方媒体的声誉，但是现在全中国好像都不信它们了。
Western reporting, once commended for its veracity, now seems discredited across China, although sympathetic coverage of the loss of life in Sichuan may have redeemed the Western media somewhat.