United State is the centre of the world. She always make a voice in the international affairs. Recently, when dealing with the increasingly bitter dispute between China and Japan over a small group of islands in the Pacific, the US cannot act as the angel of peace and a unifying bond any more. Viewing from the American news stories, it is obvious that media opinions of the stakeholder like the US, always show the apparent inclination in international issues.
The US media keep their own attitudes towards the foreign political actions both indirectly and directly. Although they use the image of the protesters holding a banner reading "Protect Diaoyu Islands", they borrowed the term from Japan and explained that it is an "extreme nationalism" in a diplomatic standoff with China. This is the evidence that the US actually stands by the side of Japan. Meanwhile, they also pointed out directly by saying that Washington "would back Japan in the territorial dispute" clearly.
Firstly, economic element plays a dominant role. Like Kurt Campbell, the US assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs said that "the United States, Japan and China are deeply engaged in the global economy and that we all have a stake in the smooth functioning of the international economic situation". Therefore, the US media would like to participate in controlling the international relationship between these two countries strongly because of their own profit and self-interests.
Likewise, political element impacts greatly as well. As the "longstanding ally of Japan", the US should maintain the good reputation of Japan. Moreover, the disputed islands are covered under a security treaty that "requires the United States to defend Japan in event of an attack". Thus, the US has no choice to bias to another side.
So, can the media who engaged in the deputes work for the international public? To some extent, he can only work for the individual - his country and his business canpanies.
Relative links:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/23/AR2010092306843.html
http://articles.cnn.com/2010-09-24/politics/us.china.japan_1_diaoyu-senkaku-east-china-sea?_s=PM:POLITICS
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/international/news/20100928p2g00m0in010000c.html
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5ixbc11MsSSYjt96qSqcvxoYoz79Q?docId=CNG.cd0ab416a2c7901c0abb23f392c5057d.c71
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