This paper examined the coverage by foreign news media of various aspects of the country of Uzbekistan for about two decades. The outcomes of the long-term personal observation and analysis revealed that the media in the West offered mainly one-sided critical stories, media in the CIS countries ran flip-flopping coverage, while those in Asian states printed somewhat positive articles. Because such coverage by foreign media appears to continue for the foreseeable future and coverage of reforms implemented by this country may not be objectively reflected by them, the Uzbek government needs to establish some measures to improve this kind of negative national image spread by the Western news media. When countries like Uzbekistan make efforts to carry out reforms, negative coverage of this country can be especially damaging.