So the solution to a combination of human nature and an unfortunate profit motive in the Western news is... Lying?
I mean, we already know that China is both governmentally AND culturally OK with pervasive deceit:
http://shanghaiist.com/2015/11/19/study_says_china_least_hon...
https://thelinguafranca.wordpress.com/2008/03/25/do-the-chin...
http://fortune.com/2015/12/14/china-fake-economic-data/
Lying is, and should be, universally reviled.