And last, but certainly not least, why is increasing the number of sources of information, no matter how biased, a "bad" thing? I, for one, would think it to be a good thing to see what the Chinese government's "spin" on events is, in order to better understand how to counter their moves...
You make an excellent point, and I agree with you that it is free trade.
It also is a deal with the devil! As far as spin, there is a great deal of coordination between the broadcast media, print media, school curricula, and "the news" already*. Allowing the Chicoms into our media marketplace will, I fear, just be another way to amplify spin, another way to promote propaganda and dezinformatzia and tout it as "another viewpoint", when it will only be the same viewpoint from a calculated angle. If NPR or PBS does a piece on missile defense, ChicomTV can chime in with the "truth" about the terrible Chinese guidance systems that are so unreliable.
Free trade must be balanced with patriotism and a knowlege of history.
*Schoolkids across the US were taught about Frida Kahlo, the Mexican Communist bisexual artist and activists, and right after that NPR did a piece on her, and she was brought up several times on PBS. Now, the Post Office is printing a commemorative stamp, how timely! What a series of coincidences!