Whatever Happened to Responsible Journalism?!

On Monday, I was told of an article that appeared in Sunday's Washington Post. The article was titled "Stealing Babies for Adoption: With U.S. Couples Eager to Adopt, Some Infants Are Abducted and Sold in China". The sensationalist title alone sheds a negative light on Chinese adoption, but that article was worse. The reporter made it seem that all babies in China are stolen. He misquoted reputable aid workers, adoptive parents, and agencies.

I was really disturbed when I read this. The process is extremely rigorous, and China is very thorough about placing their children. So much in fact, that the CCAA has suspended adoptions in the Hunan Provence, which is where the welfare home in the article is located. China really does a good job to ensure that the adoption process is legal and above board.

I guess there is no such thing as responsible journalism anymore!

Here is the link to the Post article:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/11/AR2006031100942.html

Here is the link to Brian Stuy's letter to the editor:
http://research-china.blogspot.com/