杨恒均：中共主流媒体在宣传与引导舆论时要把握起码的底线

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捷虎如风于 2011/10/6 5:13:26 发布在凯迪社区 > 猫眼看人

杨恒均：主流媒体在宣传与引导舆论时要把握起码的底线

今天还在床上时就收到了来自香港的一个电话，问我看到《中国日报》上的一篇评论员文章没有，我说没有，她说发到我信箱。我想没有什么大不了，这些搞媒体的人常常小题大做。再说，《中国日报》是英文的，给外国人与中国学习英语的人看的。

起床后打开邮件，首先看到的是一封来自美国网友的信，他正好也说到这篇文章。他说和美国朋友谈论这篇文章时，美国人都觉得不可思议，这种评论文章竟然能够上中国官媒？他们说，美国有很多可以指责的，但却指责美国主流媒体“封锁新闻”？太不可思议了！

于是我找出这篇文章，标题是，US mediablackout ofprotest is shameful （美国媒体封锁抗议新闻可耻），作者是《中国日报》驻美国的副主编，真是不看不知道，一看吓一跳。作者质问美国的主流媒体为啥对美国1％的人占据了25％的财富不加报道，并对过去两周大多主流媒体对席卷华尔街的抗议不重视、不报道，甚至封锁（black out)（全文见后）。

这次抗议华尔街贪婪的游行示威是青年人组织的，宣布代表了99％的人民，前后也有好几千人，已经蔓延到其它地区，例如华盛顿，但华盛顿每次聚会大概只有几十人。这种游行示威在美国是比较普通的，每个地区每天几乎都会有某种游行示威，但这次比较有特点，规模相对较大，加上又是在中东茉莉花革命之后，所以被中国一些人士称为“美国的茉莉花”。两者确有类似之处，都是觉得被边缘化的青年人为主，要求公平公正，反对高层贪婪（中东是执政者贪婪，美国是华尔街贪婪），但最大的不同是美国的茉莉花是以反对华尔街贪婪，以及大富豪们对政治的影响为诉求，没有一个举出了要推翻美国政府，或者改变美国制度的牌子。

美国的媒体都掌握在私人手里，而且，搞媒体的应该也都是大老板，甚至是属于这群人抗议的1％里的一员，所以，凭想像，他们有可能控制自己手里的媒体尽量少报道甚至不报道这次游行示威。如果《中国日报》的评论从这个方面入手，很可能会忽悠一批读者。可问题是，这篇奇文却以不点名的方式批评美国主流媒体封锁消息这个“事实”。

作者也是在美国的，难道真的没有看到报纸电视上的报道？结果，我在美国的朋友稍微搜索了一下后竟然发现，过去两周里，所有美国的主流媒体（他搜索了大概100家左右，包括电视新闻）都报道过这条新闻，大多纽约的媒体至少对这个消息报道了四次以上！华尔街抗议成为过去两周美国主流媒体报道最多的一个新闻事件。而从参加的人数来看，根本不应该占据这么重要的位置与版面。

现在是互联网时代，很多美国的媒体在中国也能够看到，作为纳税人供养的《中国日报》发表如此不负责任的评论文章，惹人看不起没有关系，可你活脱脱展示出了撒谎欺骗不设底线的一面，你这是丢中国政府的人！丢中国人的人！这才是耻辱啊！

在西方生活这么多年，我们不是不知到西方媒体、政治、经济存在的一些问题，而且也多有揭露，例如我曾经在美国反恐问题上写了一篇：CNN为什么爱国？揭示了美国媒体在反恐战争上主动选边站的立场。可是，揭露人家也要实事求是，否则会造成适得其反的效果。当然，如果是一份中国的地方小报出现这样一条消息，你可能是有意误导《卖鹅蛋的婆婆》，可这是一份全世界发行的英文报纸哦。

我们知道，中东茉莉花革命爆发后，各国政府采取了不同的对应办法，北非中东等专制国家的官方第一时间控制媒体：封锁茉莉花革命的消息。结果造成了有些国家几千家媒体，竟然对上万人参与的活动，沒有一家媒体说过一个字，创造了媒体出现以来最大的奇迹。

现在作者竟然故意不顾这些事实，突然去攻击美国的主流媒体封锁消息，你这不是哪壶不开提哪壶？甚至不排除别有用心，让稍微懂得上网搜索新闻的中国人认为你故意以此假新闻引出发生在不民主国家里的真新闻——从来没有报道过的真新闻！

纳税人供养那么多媒体，要搞宣传，搞舆论引导咱无话可说，但稍微学习一些写作与传播技巧，参杂一丁点技术含量，要把握最起码的底线，中国政府的面子丢不起，中国人伤不起！

以下文章全文照登，来源《中国日报》

One of the best-kept secrets inthe United Statesover the past two weeks seems to be the protest on and nearWall Street in NewYork.

More than 1,000 peopleprotested on the first day,September 17, marching and chanting slogans. Yet thedemonstration, known asOccupy Wall Street, did not appear on the majornetworks"""" evening news or inmajor newspapers the nextday.

The protest, now in its 14thday, only got limitedcoverage last Saturday when heavy-handed police arrestedclose to 100 peopleand pepper-sprayed several female demonstrators. But mostcoverage that day wasnot in-depth.

While there are many videos ofharsh police actionon the Internet, I have witnessed how the formerly helpfulpolice patrollingthe streets have suddenly resorted to force in Zuccotti Park, alsoknown asLiberty Plaza, in Lower Manhattan.

In one scene, severalpolicemen jumped on oneskinny man who was not acting violently. They pushed himdown and handcuffedhim. Just five minutes later, a policeman waved his fist ata man. That day,seven people were arrested, with one suffering a serious leginjury.

Again, none of these incidentsmade the majornetworks"""" evening news or the majornewspapers.

As a journalist, I havewondered why the so-calledmainstream USmedia, which is either headquartered in New York or maintains astrong presence in thecity, has chosen to ignore the prolonged demonstrationsince it started. Whyhave those journalists, who made their names coveringvarious protests aroundthe world, suddenly become silent in reporting the massrally? That clearly doesnot match their enthusiasm to cover demonstrations inrecent months in placessuch as North Africa andthe Middle East.

The people who come from manyparts of the USandthe dozens of people who have spent rainy nights in the outdoor plaza would,nodoubt, have countless stories to tell. But few journalists from themainstreammedia seem interested in listening this time.

To some protesters I havetalked to, the answer issimple: It is natural that corporate-controlled mediaoutlets are not going tocover a protest that is fighting excessive corporateinfluence in society.

One USjournalist said it was because these peopleare too left-leaning and do not seemto have a clear goal for their rally. I amnot sure if they are allleft-leaning, but a schedule I saw did includesessions on the CommunistManifesto and Spanish Revolution.

Still, that does not justify ablackout imposed bythe major news media outlets on such a prolonged protest.

In fact, the message from theprotesters is quiteclear. They are against corporate greed and influence inAmerican politics,economy and life. These protesters, who call themselves"The 99 Percent",are angry about the huge amount of wealth collectedby the top 1 percent of thepopulation.

Vanity Fair has reported thatthe top 1 percent ofthe nation controlled 12 percent of USwealth only 25 years ago, while today itcontrols close to 25 percent.

Isn""""tthat a serious concern for journalists, whoseprimary responsibility is to speakfor the voiceless in their society?

It is a shame that mostso-called mainstream mediaoutlets have miserably failed to inform the publicover the past two weeks.

The author, based in New York, is deputy editor ofChina Daily USA.E-mail: chenweihua@chinadaily.com.cn

(China Daily 09/30/2011page8)