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Journalism The 21st century is the age of information; information is even more valuable than money and natural resources now. Everyday a great amount of various information pours into our lives and takes on an expression of kaleidoscope. It is so changeable and multifaceted that people can hardly to judge the credibility. Whether should we believe journalists and their reports has become a controversial problem. Owing to the fact that the building of legal frameworks for the media in China is still in its infancy, latent principles of control,refers here to the rules of Chinas media control regime, particularly central and regional propaganda officials , still prevail. Its hard for a journalist to give an objective and critic report. Some journalists even have the mindset of reporting good news instead of bad one or polishing the bad news less tragic. Such as report lower numbers of dead than true toll or embellish same top officials for catering to some certain group of interest. The internet also presents challenges to reliance of journalists bybeing a platform for alternative practices ofnews production and dissemination. On internet rumors and news are like twin brothers. Even the journalists themselves are confused sometimes. Every coin has two sides, however, journalists dont have the hundred percent of credibility doesnt mean they are totally incredible. A study analyzes data from probabilitysample surveys of journalists in two Chinesecities. It finds that journalists regard mainstream media organizations websites as more crediblethan those run by commercial portals. The perceivedcredibility of these two types of news websites varies withjournalists beliefs about journalism. | 
