Anderson took the stage, and the students in the audience applauded, and only after the applause was quiet did Anderson begin to speak.

"Hello all the students of Southern Star College here, everyone knows my identity, so to speak, I have been studying journalism theory all my life, so I want to share it with you. ”

Anderson speaks English, and every time he says a paragraph, a teacher from the English Academy will translate it.

"Freedom of the press is the foundation of a country, and it is responsible for transmitting all kinds of things that happen in society to the people......"

"For the public, the right to full freedom of the press should be a must, and the media must not hide it......"

"On the other hand, from the perspective of the choice of social opinion and public will by the collective self-choice, the freedom of the press and the freedom of the book press have become a corrective mechanism, which will always present a compromise attitude, which not only avoids small-scale stupidity or emotional linkage caused by private individuals or social solidarity parties, but also prevents the infection of civil politics by the powerful, which is equivalent to a correction mechanism, which is at least the least bad mechanism......

I have to say that Anderson's standard is still very high, and the front is purely theoretical, and he still has some unique views.

However, as the speech went on, it was already a little biased.

"At present, the countries in the world that fully enjoy the right to freedom of the press are mainly the United States, and the so-called freedom of the press in your country is not press freedom at all, and it can even be said that it is just a kind of control of press freedom under the banner of press freedom. ”

"Headmaster, what did he say?"

Su Xuan sat on the side and yawned.

Ren Feng looked at Anderson, this guy started?

"I have also done a survey on China before, and I found that China's reference to press freedom is very interesting, calling it characteristic journalism, and it also says that news has a propaganda function, but this is a language problem, news is news, and the definition function of propaganda is completely different, how can the two be confused?"

The students in the audience looked at each other, and it had to be said that the point put forward by Anderson was, in their eyes, indeed very rebellious.

Ren Feng was also amazed in his heart, no wonder the rest of the colleges and universities were unwilling to welcome this Anderson, where is this here to give a lecture, this is to smash the field, right?

Some students were not convinced, and Zhong Minxuan raised his hand and said: "Mr. Anderson, but our media in China has been marketized, isn't press freedom based on marketization?"

After listening to the translation, Anderson shook his head one after another: "No, no, no, most of the market-oriented media in your eyes are organ newspapers." To discuss market-oriented media, first discuss marketization, to discuss marketization, first discuss market.

But what are the characteristics of China's newspaper distribution market?

Publicly-funded subscriptions.

This is the biggest profit in China's newspaper and periodical distribution market.

Therefore, these market-oriented media are just party media, not market-oriented media, let alone freedom of the press. ”

After Anderson finished speaking, another student stood up.

"So, what is the standard of the media with a free press?"

Ren Feng sat below, and nodded inwardly, these students are indeed very good, the journalism major is now the strongest major in South Star College, the faculty brought by Fu Yan also has a lot of research in news theory, after the course is opened, these students' theoretical knowledge of related aspects, understanding is still on a higher level.

Anderson also has answers to these students' questions, and these questions are not difficult for him at all, but some of his rhetorical questions immediately choke the students.

The academic abilities of both sides are not at the same level at all.

"On the whole, there is a huge difference between the thinking of journalism in China and the West, and I have found through my research that China's press freedom is so bad that there is a phenomenon of information control......

There was a lot of balabala, and there was a commotion among the students on the scene.

Ren Feng patted his forehead, it seems that he wants to advocate freedom of thought and let all kinds of ideas collide, the proposal is very good, but it is still very difficult to implement, and he also disagrees with Anderson's point of view in his heart.

The lecture lasted an hour and a half, the first half hour was normal, the middle half hour was Anderson's own personal goods and debating with students, and at the end, it was an introduction to Columbia University's School of Journalism, and if you are a student who plans to further your education, you can learn from him.

After finishing speaking, Fang Shutong's face was also embarrassed, because there was no applause from the audience.

"Ahem, although the content of Professor Anderson's speech is a little inappropriate, I still want to express my gratitude to him for taking the trouble to come and give us a different point of view. ”

Scarce applause rang out.

"Okay, the next step is the mutual debate, and we invite Mr. Cao Lin to the stage. ”

Cao Lin came to the stage and pushed his glasses.

"Professor Anderson of Columbia University's School of Journalism just now, I still disagree with some of the content of his speech, China's national conditions are still different and special, so we can't use the American set to put it on top. ”

"No, this seems to me to be just a shield brand, and now China is also a market economy, which is basically the same. ”

Ren Feng shook his head, he couldn't listen to it anymore, this Anderson put it bluntly, he is a westward blow, blowing to the death of the United States.

He stood up.

Standing up, almost all the eyes of the audience were on Ren Feng.

Someone on the side handed the microphone to Ren Feng.

"Hello Professor Anderson, I'm Ren Feng, the president of Southern Star College. ”

As soon as you speak, you are fluent in British English.

"Hello. ”

"I don't agree with what you're saying. ”

"Why? Am I not right?"

"No, of course what you said is right, but many things, not to see right or wrong, but to see whether it is suitable or not. ”

"What you just said is obviously advocating Western press liberalism and belittling China's press freedom, am I right?"

"Yes, it seems to me that there is a phenomenon of regulation of press freedom in China. ”

Anderson nodded.

"So, is there a press freedom regulation in the United States?"

"It's no secret that there is no press regulation in the United States. ”

Ren Feng shook his head: "No, it's just that the news control in the United States is more hidden, Professor Anderson, since you are studying this, you should know it well, in the face of capital, your American news media, not to mention press freedom, even press fairness can't do it, CNN smeared China a few years ago, you should know, right?"

"It was just an operational error. ”

"Is this another operational mistake in your mouth?"

Ren Feng's face also turned a little cold: "I don't know why you are so active in promoting this kind of lecture in Chinese universities, but with your attitude, I believe that all universities in China will not welcome you."

The freedom of the press in the United States is the freedom of capital, disseminating news that is favorable to oneself and suppressing news that is unfavorable to oneself, but your control is more hidden, there is no truly independent news in the world, and all news is the spoils of those who hold the right to press.

"No, Headmaster, I'm just stating the facts. ”

"A biased fact!"

Ren Feng's voice doubled slightly: "You are very much like the attacks of Western countries in the world against China, attacking human rights and freedoms, not to mention, the Soviet precedent is still there, the war of public opinion is terrible, I only know that control has the benefits of control, from the perspective of national security, control is necessary, and even needs to sacrifice a little privacy of citizens." ”

"But, as the principal, it's not very responsible to the people. ”

"No, judging whether a government is responsible or not lies in whether it can see the future, not the present, because the vast majority of government decisions cannot be effective in the short term, and thus get a large number of people's opposition and criticism.

Professor Anderson, let me tell you about it.

When China was poor and white, it began to eradicate illiteracy and build various water conservancy projects.

When the per capita GDP was at the bottom of the world, we began to plan for highways.

At that time, there were not even a few cars on the road, and the highway was scolded as a face-saving project, but if there was no highway network of hundreds of thousands of kilometers across the country, do you know what would have happened?

More than ten years ago, the per capita GDP was still more than 1,700 US dollars, which was at the same level as the Philippines, and the high-speed rail started.

In contrast, what was the Philippine government doing at that time? Nothing was being done.

This government can learn from the Philippines and many backward developing countries in the third world, and do nothing. In fact, doing these things was constantly criticized by many intellectuals, like Professor Anderson, at the time.

When the people in the west were still grazing, the J-20 project was established.

At a time when tea and eggs could not be eaten, various aeronautical and military projects were launched.

When the whole world thinks that this government is going to be finished, this government is still thinking about a hundred years from now, and how to rise in a hundred years, it needs aircraft carriers, fourth-generation aircraft, nuclear submarines, a comprehensive education system, a medical system that covers both urban and rural areas, and a convenient transportation road and a comfortable high-speed rail network......

Today, you see that China's IT boom is based on the full coverage of 4G and broadband networks, and today's fastest online shopping is based on the convenience of transportation.

Returning to the topic of press freedom, Professor Anderson, you must know that the third world is different from the United States, for third world countries, the security and stability of a country is always the first priority, and everything else must be leaned back. Don't deny this, Africa is still fragmented, and as for the topic of China's unfree press, on such a grand scale, I can only say that the government has government considerations. ”

"No, President Ren, we're just talking about freedom of the press. ”

"But a lot of things, you can't look at them in isolation, Professor Anderson, you know I'm a double standard, you're like those Americans, you turn a blind eye to some things, and you look at other people's shortcomings.

What's more, at present, China's press freedom is really not bad, China and the United States are closed, they are almost the same, they are like farms, and press control is a fence, in order to prevent wolves outside, and the difference is that your fence in the United States is a little bigger, while China's fence is smaller, you can't laugh at China's fence because your fence in the United States is big enough. ”

Ren Feng and Anderson's rapid English exchange made all the students in the audience a little confused, most of the students didn't understand at all, and only a small number of students with good English could keep up.

Anderson shook his head: "Principal Ren, I don't know why you have to deny me?"

"There is no denying or denying, this is a matter of position, if I stand on the position of the United States, if I am an American like Mr. Anderson, then I will definitely accuse China of the unfree press, and praise the United States to the sky like Mr. Anderson, but I'm sorry, I am a Chinese, this is the most basic position issue, in our own words, this is the ass problem."

Many things are not right or wrong, but when put on the specific environment and different people, there is right and wrong, for example, in the eyes of us Chinese, what Professor Anderson said to you is wrong. ”

After finishing speaking, Ren Feng also paused: "Professor Anderson, the next time you come to speak, I hope you can have enough data to support your views and be able to put forward new views, if it is still such an old view, Southern Star Academy will not welcome you." ”

This was the end of the debate, Ren Feng put down the microphone, and the students behind him applauded.

One applause, two applause, a group of applause, and soon, extremely enthusiastic applause rang out.

A student clapped and asked the student next to him curiously.

"Hey, classmate, do you understand what Principal Ren said?"

"No, my English is so fast, and I don't speak English well, how can I understand it?"

"And you're still applauding?"

"Didn't Principal Ren make the other party speechless? At first glance, Principal Ren has won, and he must applaud. ”

"Well, it makes sense, applause. ”

Bang Bang Bang!

Everyone was applauding, and Anderson shook his head, but at this time, he couldn't say anything more.

When Anderson returned, Ren Feng tugged at his collar.

"Teacher Fang, next time you have such a professor friend, don't bring it to Nanxing Academy. ”

Fang Shutong also smiled bitterly: "I know." ”

The lecture is over, but many students are waiting for the video of the lecture in the open class column to be released.

"Oh, this lecture must be subtitled, I don't even know what Principal Ren is talking about. ”

"yes, I'm as anxious as a monkey. ”

"I really didn't expect that Principal Ren's English is so good, and I usually see him riding a bicycle and walking dogs and cats, and I think it's ordinary. ”

"Poof! Ordinary people can start the Southern Star Academy? Aren't you crazy?"

"You must learn to speak English well, really, the principal was handsome to me just now!"

The forum of Nanxing College is also extremely lively.

Soon, the video of this speech was launched.