Perhaps best represented by the quote of Voltaire: “With great power comes great responsibility”, journalism holds a tremendous amount of power when it comes to shaping the reality that people see and because of that, it must also use its influence responsibly. In an era of heightened geopolitical tensions between the United States and China, news reporting has become a tool to shape public opinion, whereby it is used to influence policy making, and more broadly, elections. Mistakes happen to the best of us, and there are instances where journalists have made honest mistakes when reporting…