the chinese media also discussed about different media coverages they came to a conclusion that the western media is no more trustworthy than the russians' of course the chinese have been feeling pretty agitated about the western media since their absurd coverage of the olympic torch relay months ago we can usually decipher propaganda by looking for what they did not mention georgia and the west did not mention why it launched a surprise military operation against south ossetia in fact they hardly mentioned that at all russia on the other hand had little explanation for its advances into georgia