Chapter 022: The Fourth Force

The issue of the power of the superintendent is really overwhelming, and the commission itself is set up for the purpose of dividing and dividing hundreds of officials, but who will supervise the discipline inspection commission itself? Will it be like the Ming Dynasty, the East Factory and the West Factory Jinyiwei, "one after another, falling into the situation of infinite cycle supervision and supervision by supervisors?"

The Commission for Discipline Inspection has the following powers: First, it has the power to issue warnings about current problems; Second, it has the power to file cases for investigation and punishment, and has the "power of preliminary verification" of issues involving members of party committees at the same level and reports to the party committee at a higher level. (.) But in fact? This power is almost impossible to implement due to the dual leadership in reality, which is mainly local; The third is the right to file a case with the "preliminary verification power" of lower-level cadres and the right to dispose of them below a serious warning; Fourth, it has the right to make suggestions on unit issues; Fifth, the power in some special governance.

The power of the Discipline Inspection Commission to file cases and to punish them, like the right to nominate people with disordered disorders, is the greatest power, and it is also the most careful power of local cadres, large and small. Discipline inspection commissions in various localities have established a complete set of discipline inspection networks, which are responsible for collecting information on the bad and illegal acts of officials, big and small, whether officials are tired or not, and who control the promotion and seizure of power by the vast majority of party members and cadres.

A key issue related to the success or failure of the current system: At present, the supervision of party and government power mainly depends on the supervisory organs within the system; what if the supervisory organs themselves are also the first to take the supervisory power as capital for personal gain?

Auditing, public security, and procuratorial departments are unable to supervise discipline, and when the supervisory bodies themselves become corrupt, there is a vacuum in power supervision. The vacuum downstream of such a system will soon spread to the upstream, making supervision of the upper reaches of power useless, and the supervisors and the supervised form a community of interests. If a new supervisory body is set up to supervise the original supervisory body, the new one may also become corrupt, and new supervisory bodies will need to be added. If this continues, there will be no end to the number of additional institutions that will be needed. Every time this kind of chain is extended, the effectiveness of supervision will be weakened by one point, and the cost will increase by one point, and finally it will evolve into the effectiveness of supervision decaying to the point of being in vain, and power will run rampant, but the cost of supervision will expand to the point that it is difficult for the whole society to bear, leading to various crises.

Therefore, in order to solve the problem of supervision over supervisory bodies, we cannot follow the idea of creating more institutions in the system. At present, the central government's method is to let the discipline inspection commissions accept the leadership and checks and balances of the party committees at the same level, so although the central authorities are strengthening the vertical leadership of the discipline inspection commissions, they have never agreed to implement vertical management of the discipline inspection commissions; if the discipline inspection commissions get rid of the party committees at the same level and only obey the leadership of the discipline inspection commissions at higher levels, the discipline inspection commissions, which have the power of "shuanggui" that exceeds the current legal procedures, are likely to become the most unrestricted and privileged departments, and even become the Cheka and the KGB if they are not careful.

However, although this system of "party committees managing discipline inspection commissions" has prevented the discipline inspection commissions from becoming absolutely strong, it has also led to the weakening of the supervision ability of the discipline inspection commissions. An exchange of interests is the best choice for those who are in their own interests. The mutual checks and balances of power within the system often result in the exchange of interests rather than mutual supervision, as the designers hoped.

In order to get out of the vicious circle of "checks and balances within the system turning into collusion of interests", we can only seek breakthroughs from outside the system. Effective traffic management in some cities in the country seems to provide a successful example of this. Traffic management power in the traffic police, in order to prevent the traffic police abuse or improper use of power, set up a traffic inspector, specifically to supervise the traffic police law enforcement behavior; But the inspector may also abuse his power or **, if you follow the original way to add "inspectors of inspectors" is obviously not advisable, so some places supplemented by traffic supervision, the supervision power to the majority of drivers and citizens.

Therefore, Xiao Zhen's opinion has always been very firm, and it is not only the objects managed by the power that supervise power, but also the countless listeners and viewers of the traffic station who are listening, watching, and not speaking for the time being. This pressure of public participation is the ultimate impetus for the effectiveness of surveillance.

In his view, this mode of traffic station can be introduced into the general supervision of public power. If the supervision of power can be carried out openly and transparently, and not just operated in a small circle; If the people have a channel for public expression and reflection, then the power and its watchdog will be under the watchful eye of countless pairs of eyes. This kind of public participation is far more effective than the "few people watching the minority" system, where the overseers cannot be bought. Nor will it be, so there is no need to extend the chain of supervision. Such oversight is truly built on a rock, not on a sand.

More importantly, this kind of interactivity, which allows public participation, only exerts pressure on officials to abuse their power and misuse of power, but does not prevent the normal top-down exercise of power. Compared with the Western model of election and freedom of speech, Xiao Zhen feels that the bottom-up approach and intensity of the traffic station model are more suitable for the national conditions of Huaxian County, and can be seamlessly connected with the current system, while checking and balancing power, without worrying about shaking the current system.

There is a famous saying: "The power of matter can only be destroyed by the power of matter", which applies this sentence to the issue of power, that is: "power can only be restrained by power", and people without power cannot control it; Big power can't be controlled by small power; Only power can control power, and more precisely, only power that is greater than or more powerful can control this certain power.

Over the past few years, all sectors of society have vigorously advocated the restraint and supervision of power, including supervision by the masses and by public opinion. Leave aside the effectiveness of public opinion supervision; Speaking realistically, the effectiveness of mass supervision is minimal. This is not because the masses do not want to supervise and do not exercise the responsibility of supervision, but because the masses have "power" with their bare hands, and the supervised do not pay attention to such supervision at all. Therefore, real supervision can only be the supervision of the higher levels and the supervision of the Discipline Inspection Commission.

The final result of Xiao Zhen helping that scholar "go to the book" was no result, although Xiao Zhen himself was called by Xiao Lao to "talk" once, but a person like Xiao Lao obviously will not have any substantive actions, as Xiao Lao's identity, every word and deed may have a great impact on Huaxia, is it child's play?

On the high-speed train from Seattle to Chicago, Illinois, a high-speed train with an American style roars by.

In a certain carriage, a young Oriental man holding a newspaper is reading with relish, this carriage is quite interesting, at least twenty or thirty yellow-skinned and black-headed Orientals occupy one-third of the carriage, this young man is beside him, there is a young woman, also Oriental, quite young and beautiful, is peeling an apple and handing it to him.

The man took it with a smile, and looked at the newspaper with relish, the girl pouted slightly, as if she was a little coquettish, and complained: "These American newspapers are all about catching wind and talking nonsense, secretary, do you also read this kind of newspaper?" ”

The young man was naturally Xiao Zhen, and he glanced up at her with some surprise, wondering why she was dissatisfied. Didn't I see an American tabloid just now, who completely lost his nonsense under the identity of her, and made up unspeakable secrets between her and Xiao Ke? She must have been angry because of this.

At this time, a middle-aged man in his forties next to him also put down the newspaper and said: "These newspapers are indeed excessive, if we are in Wucheng, who would dare to arrange Secretary Xiao like this?" How can there be no one to manage such chaos? This government is really inactive! He put down the newspaper, Xiao Ke glanced at it, but it was more interesting, looking at the headline, it turned out to be "Gates panicked, asked for help from the prince of China" and "The shame of democracy: the grandson of the sixteen giants surrendered to the ** dictator"

Xiao Zhen couldn't help but laugh: "This, it can be regarded as a different national situation." Fourth, power should not be ignored. It seems, but there seems to be no anger in it.

When Deputy Secretary Yue Bangwei heard this, he didn't speak again, but sighed in his heart: He is the grandson of Xiao Lao, and for so many years, he seems to be incognito, he obviously has such dazzling political achievements, but he never shows off, if he hadn't come to the United States this time, how could he know that he was standing behind him, it was actually that old man! Fortunately, I never had the idea of going against the secretary, and since this is the case, it is possible to come in the future, and it will not be wrong.

But Yue Bangwei and Zhong Yu didn't understand the "fourth power" that Xiao Zhen said. In fact, the media, in the West, is known as the "fourth power": not only the three pillars of society

The legislative, executive, and judicial aspects are all subject to it, and it also has a strong influence on the public. Although "Fourth Estate. There is still controversy in China's press circles, but it is undeniable that the media, as a tool of public opinion, has certain characteristics of public authorities, and it also has a power that many public organs do not have, namely, the right to supervise and report. Since it is power, it has an innate expansive nature.

The strength of the Western media is to expose and ridicule the shortcomings of all levels and the top officials who are outside. It is the basic duty of the Western media to report bad news without good news. Officials at all levels must also "withstand" scolding, and the leaders and parliamentarians elected by the West must have the basic skills of "scolding"; On the side of the people, "scolding" is a basic right, and Western democratic society is based on the public's right to "scold" leaders and "scold". on the basis of; "Scolding" here refers to public remarks through the media and public publications, which is also a monitoring mechanism.

General elections in Western countries often become a big battle between candidates who expose each other's shortcomings. This kind of "unmasking." It is an important kind of public opinion supervision, exposing each other's shortcomings, from the subjective purpose of the candidates, of course, it is all to make the other party stink; However, the objective effect achieved is to supervise and inspect the basic quality and political ethics of future leaders through public opinion; This kind of mutual exposure of shortcomings will help cultivate honest and upright politicians. In the United States, journalism is a reflection of democracy, a platform for communicating elites with the general public; However, it is more of a consumer product. This raises the question of the objectivity of journalism: What is journalism? Who's making the news? Is the government that has been embellished by the media running like this? What kind of journalism better serves democracy? How do businesses influence the operation of journalism?

In his book "News: The Illusion of Politics", Lansbanes said: Political news is actually formed by the media, the government, and the public through imperfect information exchange, and in the process of constantly pursuing their respective goals, constantly changing and adjusting their positions, and it is a mixture of tripartite choices and games. In the process of political news generation, the government needs to maintain its power and implement its own policies, and it needs to communicate its intentions to the public through the media; The public needs to know the "real" politics, and they can only decide where to vote through the various media reports. The media also takes all kinds of information, and on the other hand, processes it into the most acceptable "news" and then sells it to the public for profit.

When journalism reaches the public after being performed by the government and processed by the media, it is far from its objective standards: fairness, balance and truthfulness. Factors such as the values in political events, the deceptive behavior of news figures, and the difficulty in fulfilling the requirements of the reported opinions are all "culprits" in covering up the truth of the news. "Yet in countries where the news media is protected, the main and unavoidable reason for obscuring the objectivity of journalism is that the law cannot bind the moral responsibility of the vast media outlets. Their code of conduct is to make a profit. Unbridled market interests make journalism the ideal "independent watchdog." There is a moral flaw, and as a result, it will never be able to act as a qualified "gatekeeper of democracy" and ultimately lead people out of the "trap of political communication".

Xiao Zhen's point of view is that the market economy and democratic system are not the most perfect things, but only the least bad things. What makes all Americans proud is that they consider themselves to have two of the least bad things in the world: a thriving market economy and a free democracy. Yet even in this society, which thinks it is the least bad, it still fails to reconcile the freedom and morality of the press. People pursue freedom of the press, but they cannot avoid moral hazards beyond the constraints of the law. People have come out of the "tyranny of power" but have fallen into the "tyranny of the market".

As for the US media's reports on Xiao Zhen, the reports of the big newspapers and tabloids can be described as varied, and China's outstanding performance in the Asian financial turmoil has attracted more and more attention from Aunt Shan's uncle on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, and then the degree of attention of the American people to China has also been constantly raised. Xiao Zhen, as the only grandson of the "Emperor Taishang" behind the scenes in today's China, his every move in the United States immediately aroused the gossip of countless Americans, and correspondingly, countless gossips naturally sprung up in endlessly.

Also yesterday, a member of the investment promotion group approached Xiao Zhen, hoping that Xiao Zhen would contact the United States to restrict this kind of "extremely irresponsible" news, which made Xiao Zhen cry and laugh. This is the United States, should you be China, one of the things that Americans are most proud of is called press freedom, looking for "the American side." The U.S. Federal Government? State government? Municipal government? Let's talk nonsense, their administrative system is similar to that of China, and these governments don't want to control it, and secondly, they really can't control it.

The United States and China are different.

With regard to the role and function of the public media, which are the main carriers of public opinion, there are two sharply opposing views that are the most popular. One view is that the media should be the mouthpiece of the government or the ruling party. It can only serve the control and integration of society by the regime; Another point of view is that the media, as another social force, is the main carrier of what the West calls the "fourth power". Supervision of the government and political power must be put in place, and only when the media exists as the husband and enemy of the government can the balance of social forces be balanced.

Erran. The former is the view of collective righteousness and national righteousness, and the latter is the viewpoint of individualism. Theoretically speaking, these two arguments focus on one end respectively, and both are one-sided in theory, and they will inevitably show their own inadaptability in practice.

The use of the media purely as the mouthpiece of the government or the ruling party has been experimenting for many years in the countries of the socialist camp; Practice has proved that only when the state ideology as a political ideal is consciously recognized by the people can the media's role as a mouthpiece achieve the desired effect. In other words, the media's role as a mouthpiece can only be strengthened when society as a whole has been integrated into a certain state ideology.

Under the circumstance that the integration role of state ideology has been greatly weakened, the government's tight control of the media can only play the role of monopolizing information and eliminating unfavorable information, and it is difficult to help the spiritual integration of society. In the global information age, the media's role in filtering information is also weakening, and if the media is strictly controlled, it can be said that it is half the effort and thankless. This situation speaks volumes about the need for new ways and means of integration in society; Holding on to the mouthpiece of the media will only ruin the opportunity to establish a new integration mechanism.

If the media exists purely as the antithesis of the government or the ruling party, and takes it as its duty to monitor political power, on the one hand, it is difficult for this kind of media to continue to grow under the current soil of China; On the other hand, under the condition that it is difficult to make major changes in the political system for the time being, and there is a backlog of many sharp contradictions in society, such media will intensify the confrontation between the people and the government, and divide the society is an anti-integration role. In an agrarian society or in the early stage of industrialization, the negative effects of this role were not very prominent, but in the era of fierce international globalization, the destruction of internal integration is the destruction of the comprehensive capacity of the country. If the media cannot find a glue for society while exacerbating social antagonism and conflict, it can only be a pure saboteur, and its actions will eventually make the relatives and enemies happy.

Therefore, both of these definitions of the role of the media are unfair. In fact, the media can exist as the mouthpiece and watchdog of the government or the ruling party at the same time, and at the same time can assume other roles, such as reflecting the voices of other classes and interest groups. The role of the media should be neutral, objective, and not ideologically biased, and more than local interests. The role of the media should be instrumental, that is, it should only provide a public platform for the expression of different views and interests, so that various views and interests can compete on an equal footing at the level of speech as much as possible, so that the audience can listen and understand at the same time. Therefore, the media should not become the exclusive property of any group, any kind of interest, any doctrine, it should become a tool for the expression of as many groups, interests and opinions as possible; It should treat all components of society equally, both the Government and social groups with which the interests of the Government conflict. Only in this way can public opinion help to minimize mutual harm within society, and can various social strata and interest groups tend to run in on the premise of reducing mutual harm. In the gradual running-in, a new integration foundation is formed, and new integration methods and means are found.

In fact, this is the true face of the media, but in today's era of ideological proliferation, the true colors of many things have been blurred and replaced by special ideological colors. Therefore, in view of the current situation, it can be called the third function, the third state of existence, and the third way of the media, which is not only in line with the national conditions of China, but also suitable for the media itself to continue to survive and develop under specific constraints. It is also in line with the true nature of media value.

The fact that leading cadres watch news programs has a certain political and practical significance. All the media in China are the mouthpieces and political tools of the party, through which our party disseminates the party's principles and policies, and at the same time can provide scientific basis and guidance for leading cadres at all levels to make decisions. There are also some leading cadres who, through the small window of television news reports, can observe and figure out the movements and intentions of the leaders at higher levels, as well as major personnel changes. News reporting is not only a barometer, but also a political guideline. The so-called value of news has a close relationship with the readers of news, and it is a spiritual activity between people. Journalism is actually an unnatural result of experience given by the controller of language.

The question of what the media is going to explain and what not to explain. In fact, whoever has the right to speak will have the right to interpret. What readers will see tomorrow is in the hands of the media; He has to see what you want him to see. In the media is scribble. But to the reader, it is an authoritative cloth, and it has become something that can be cited.

There is something that no one can write in black and white, let alone a society.

Most of the people who compete with the media are asking for their own hardships, and the best way is to quickly find key people to communicate with them and calm things down.

The tighter the truth is covered, the more popular lies become.

The instrumental theory of news has two characteristics: First, news is a propaganda tool used by a certain person or a certain group to achieve its goals from the day it is born. It should be said that the power of this tool is extremely powerful, organized and planned. The other level refers to the audience, who use the news as a tool to improve their learning and use it for personal purposes. It is precisely because of the theory of journalistic tools that journalism has gradually formed its own power. This power will become more and more expansive in the future, and after solving the problem of truth and falsehood, it will begin to continuously achieve the expected sensational effect around the strange circle of creating contradictions and resolving contradictions, so that the news will be at the mercy of everything after it has satisfied everything. In the ideological field, it is difficult to measure it by law.

The media is a treasure mine with abundant resources, and it depends on whether you have the ability and experience to dig into it.

Public opinion will be like a sharp sword that stabs the vital point without blood. But this sword is double-edged, and if it doesn't hurt anyone, it will definitely hurt itself.

The difference between Chinese and Western media is that the Chinese media belong to the government, while the Western media do not.

In fact, it is precisely because of a natural opposition that the media has its "fourth power." This is where the government's wariness of the media arises, regardless of country, as well as in Western countries. It is only in the consciousness and ability to effectively use this "opposition" that the West is more politically experienced; And Huaxia's caution towards Western journalists is understandable.

In fact, in today's world where information transmission is becoming more and more accessible and the public's awareness of rights protection is becoming stronger and stronger, it is obviously not a smart approach to suppress media reports and block news. Without power restraint and public opinion supervision, Xiao Zhen even believes that this is the biggest obstacle to maintaining minimum fairness in Chinese society, and therefore the biggest uncertainty factor for China's economy to continue to maintain high growth.

Xiao Zhen's clean government stove and ban on re-orders are seen as his first fire after coming to power. But he didn't want to

Roar; For a long time. There are three fires in the new office, where does this fire start? As soon as the new secretary takes office, does the scene open up the situation? It is necessary to rely on criticism and supervision by public opinion. This criticism and supervision are all the problems of his predecessor, which have nothing to do with him, and of course he has no scruples, and these problems are his opportunities to build up his political achievements. And also. He also needs to take this opportunity to rectify the rule of officials, those who cannot be of one heart and one mind with him, those who are inextricably linked with his predecessor, and who are just replaced by the exposure of the problem.

If the new secretary has been in this position for a few years, after becoming the old secretary, he will no longer let people point fingers at his work and judge his work, because every time it is revealed at this time, the problem is related to him. So what he needs at this time is to sing praises, increase the intensity of reporting, and explain his political achievements thoroughly. Therefore, the old secretary should be stable and tremble in the news; The new secretary wants to criticize, and those who engage in news are even more trembling.

It is not good to let criticism and not to criticize it, both are the products of the rule of man, and they are all things that make the press difficult. Only when supervision by public opinion is recognized by the law and supervision is carried out according to law, and it is not when the new secretary wants to criticize it, can such supervision be real supervision, and such criticism will be real criticism.

Overseers wait for instructions from their leaders because:

First, there is no supervision without instructions from the leader. Because many problematic places are places with backgrounds, and without the instructions of the leaders, which can be moved. Second, supervision can only be carried out under the specific guidance of the leaders. Supervision is a very complex system engineering, the economy is to develop, the market is to prosper, and the people are to be employed, you must give the green light; Supervision without instructions from the leadership is to create obstacles to economic development.

Third, only with the instructions of the leaders can we know how to supervise. Supervision is not in accordance with laws and regulations, but in accordance with the opinions of the leaders, so that supervision can be conducive to economic development; Only in accordance with the instructions of the leaders will you be able to look at the overall situation and grasp the timing of supervision, the focus of supervision, and the scale of supervision, so that there will be no negative effects.

Fourth, only by exercising supervision in accordance with the instructions of the leaders can we not abuse our powers. You must know that the power of our supervisory departments is given by the party and the people, not our own. Power is a double-edged sword, if it is used well, it can promote the development of the economy, and if it is not used well, it will hinder the development of the economy.

Fifth, we dare to supervise only when instructed by the leaders. Don't think that supervision is doing things according to the law, you are doing things according to the law, but people don't understand you according to the law. Not only does it create obstacles for you, but it also finds fault with you.

This is like a political article that should be listed in a party newspaper or party journal at or above the city level, and without a certain position, ordinary people will never be able to express it. The table of political discourse does not lie in how solid the content of the article is, how tightly it is structured, and how high the level is, but the key lies in how high the author's position is. In some periodicals, the position does not reach a certain level, and not a word can be expressed. The problem is not that the level of your article is not enough, but that you have not entered that social level. In this sense, the table article is more of a reflection of political treatment, which is a confirmation of a person's social and political treatment. It is very particular about what kind of article, what person to list the article, when to publish the article, what publication to post the article, and what position to list the article in what journal. Therefore, Xiao Zhenzhen expressed his political opinions in "Theoretical Dynamics". It made many people quite scruple about him, because although they didn't know Xiao Zhen's background at the time, Xiao Zhen was able to often appear on "Theoretical Dynamics", which is an amazing political status, "and a manifestation of political power."

The situation is objective, but how to reflect the situation is a matter of work. To whom it is reflected, through what channels, and to what extent it is reflected are all knowledge.

In particular, if the "problem" is not reflected well, you may stab the concubine, the light one will sting you with a bag, and the heavy one will lose the black gauze hat. To sum it up, there is one thing: the art of investing in leaders. If the leader likes it, you will reflect more, and if the leader doesn't like it, you will pretend to be deaf and dumb.

The media supervises society, but who supervises the media? Faced with a special group that lacks self-discipline but controls a large amount of social resources, we have reason to worry about the expansion of the alienated area. How to reconcile politics and the market, power and resources, discourse hegemony and social conscience? Today, the relationship between commercial interests and public interests is becoming increasingly tense, and does it not arouse the vigilance of the top management?

When money becomes the only value standard in society, and when profit becomes the only appeal of the media, it is difficult to avoid the alienation of people. There are some media outlets, waving the banner of marketization, that will shamelessly carry out to the end.

In China, as the organ of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the editorial and front-page comments of the People's Daily have always been regarded as a conveyance of the high-level statements of the Communist Party of China.

Most of the mainland media are under the leadership of party committees at all levels, and their function is positioned as the party's eyes, ears and mouthpiece. The role of the mouthpiece is to publicize the voice of the party and the government, and the role of the ears and eyes is to gather information for the party and the government. The function of the mouthpiece is embodied in public reporting, and the function of the eyes and ears is embodied in internal reporting.

"Theoretical Dynamics" is an internal reference. The authenticity, sensitivity, and depth of internal reports are far greater than those of public reports. It is one of the main bases for decision-making by leaders at or above the ministerial and provincial levels.

The characteristics of the media under the economic conditions are: the media is not a public platform for expressing social opinions, but a one-way information dissemination channel, that is, propaganda; At the same time, it is responsible for "educating the people." and "unity of thought". Even if there is criticism and supervision, it is criticism from above and below. However, with the transition from a calculated economy to a market economy, the media must win the approval of the market, and if it wants to make its own money, it must also give it a certain degree of freedom.

The reporters of the central newspapers stationed in various provinces are an important force in the central government's supervision of local officials, and whoever is popular is the eyes and ears of the central authorities in various localities, and the internal information they write can go directly to the highest decision-making level. Because of this special status, those feudal officials have to give them three points. With the heart, it is easy to build a particularly strong network of relationships at the provincial and municipal levels.

Regardless of the context, the political system has sought to use the mass media as the most important propaganda tool for its activities. The vast majority of China's journalism is led by party organizations at all levels and placed under the management of the government.

In media reporting achievements and problems, it is necessary to properly handle the relationship between "nine fingers and one finger." This is an unspoken rule of the Chinese press.

Huaxia has not yet issued a corresponding law, so. The media in China cannot be solely responsible for the law or for their readers, but can only be responsible for the competent authorities. In fact, there are two forces that limit the scope of the media, one is the power of public power and the other is the power of capital. Generally speaking, the power of public power is rigid, and there is no room for bargaining when it is said that "these topics cannot be reported if they cannot be reported"; The power of capital is flexible, mainly through the way of advertising or withdrawal of advertising to control, but in many places, the power of capital can already exert "two influences" on the public power, so it is often tempting the public power to speak more conveniently from the current mechanism of the media, the change has not really arrived, it still belongs to public institutions, the official color is still very strong, and it does not completely rely on the market to survive; Editors make use of the layout "Rent-seeking." It's always there.

The free reporting of the media is a wake-up call and a check and balance on public figures, especially high-ranking officials.

In fact, the "banning" of journalists is now a common occurrence. Why did you refuse to be interviewed by journalists? Why are you reluctant to face the media? It has always been a question that people often raise. Generally speaking, the reasons for reporters' interviews are roughly as follows: first, they receive reports from the masses and want to find out; the second is to raise questions in the interview and trace the source of Shuo to find out the truth; Third, the public generally has questions about a certain matter and hopes that the competent authorities will give an answer. These three points are all to let the public know the truth, and there is no doubt about the point. The right to know is the basic right of citizens, and the main way for people to exercise their right to know is to obtain all kinds of information through mass media such as newspapers, magazines, radio, and television. This determines that the interviewee must respect the reporter's interview and give the people sufficient right to know. However, some government departments do not agree to do so. In many places, such "three defenses" are popular: fire prevention, anti-theft, and anti-journalists.

When interviewed, government officials do not represent individuals, but government departments, which are public service structures with a legal obligation to make public information other than confidential. When journalists interview government officials, they are not just representing the media, but the public behind the media. Because of this, government departments should not refuse interviews, and journalists have the responsibility and obligation to do so. Journalists' right to report is not obstructed by extrajudicial powers; For all kinds of accidents and news incidents, as long as they comply with the provisions of the law, on the premise of not divulging state secrets, personal secrets, and not violating social and public morality, reporters have the right to openly and fairly report and report, and administrative organs must not illegally interfere. The infringement of journalists' right to cover is an infringement of the public interest.

When Xiao Ke attended the National People's Congress last year, he heard that the National People's Congress had included the "Open Government Information Law" in the legislative outline. Once this law is promulgated, if the administrative unit refuses to disclose government affairs information and refuses to interview reporters without any reason, it will be illegal and will need to bear legal responsibility. Under the law, the news media can take administrative units to court, and the courts will compel them to disclose their government affairs.

Supervision by public opinion is a necessary means to promote healthy tendencies. China is in a period of transition, and in this situation, supervision by public opinion is an indispensable social force. Xiao Zhen noticed that it was often the media and brave journalists who took the lead in firing at **, and it was they who provided strong information support to the government and gave ordinary people sufficient right to know.

It is only in recent years that the media have power in China, and it has gradually taken shape with the market-oriented orientation of the media. The traditional media is only an official tool, and it is completely dependent on party and government power. But. When the media is pushed to the market and its survival depends on the market, the market becomes the media's food and clothing, and the media's dependence on party and government power is greatly weakened. In this case. The media has a certain degree of independence, which in turn gives it a certain ability to intervene in society.

Of course, the party and government power do not want the media to get rid of their control, but the media has become a part of modern social life, and it is impossible for a market economy society to serve the society without the media. The party and government powers are powerless to ensure that the media meets the diverse needs of society while maintaining strict control over it. Unable to support the huge media system, it can only let it go to the market and give it a certain degree of freedom, which is the source of the limited power of the media.

In addition, without harming themselves, the party and government powers, especially the central powers, sometimes use the supervision function of the media. Under this long-term interaction, an unspoken rule has also been formed between the emerging power of the media and the traditional party and government power: as long as it is not, the competent authorities and their party and government leaders have also been formed. The media has a certain degree of freedom to report on the lower parts and the outside world.

Reflection has gradually become a common form of film in the new media. Most of the thoughts are natural disasters**. It is the opposite of the positive report, so there are those who love and those who annoy. Rethink. It became a hot potato.

This reflective essay can be done deep or shallow, depending on whose head the reflection is on and how big the steps of reflection are. Reflection is based on facts, which stirs up the narrative and discussion of ideological analysis, often pointing directly to the deep-seated reasons, and grasping most of the hot issues, which is to organize and systematize the events on behalf of the reader, and write them when the audience is anxious to know, so it is more permeable.

When the media engage in reflection and try to let readers see what is behind the surface, it is necessary to go deeper, and it is inevitable that there will be a misalignment with the normally permissible caliber, and there will be a question of appropriateness. It is undoubtedly correct for the party and government organs to proceed from the overall situation, comprehensively consider the combination of various means to promote the work, and add the timing and quantity of "condiments." The media can only help, and the reason why they can't add to the chaos is also here. However, out of selfish and selfish considerations, in the name of party and government organs, with the help of the convenience of control, it is another matter to protect the shortcomings and cover the lid.

The fighting style of public opinion supervision and counter-supervision has become more and more gunpowder in recent years. Under the guise of maintaining stability, the truth of dereliction of duty and ** is concealed, and the heavy responsibility of showing political achievements will be accompanied by lies at press conferences, threats and obstructions to interviews and investigations, and pre-injunctions on local media reflecting on events. As a result, the reports and reflections of the foreign media on the same incident hit the sore spot, but the local media pretended to be deaf and dumb; If we have no choice but to "sum up experience and teach," we have to "start lightly," and we have also gone through repeated scrutiny and strict control by leaders at several levels. Reflection is a bombshell that destroys bad political achievements, and it is a bombshell that shakes off the "ugliness of the family." The merciless hand of the people. After reflection, it is often the black gauze hats on some people's heads that fall to the ground; Reflection can also be a "knife" in the struggle of officialdom.

When there is a lack of heroes in reality. Heroes in the media will increase; When the dark side of the media shrinks, the dark side of reality expands. The media is a broom, it is clean, the house is dirty.

As for the emerging online media, Xiao Ding, as a traverser, naturally attaches more importance to it than ordinary officials. In fact, in Xiao Ke's view, the difference between reality and the Internet is that in reality, he uses his real name to tell lies, and he uses a fake name to tell the truth on the Internet.

"Secretary?" Zhong Yu whispered: "It seems to be in Chicago." ”

Xiao Zhen woke up from his contemplation, turned his head and looked out the window, yes, when I arrived in Chicago, my aunt thought that the convoy had been prepared.

Qin Qin's "official meeting" with him was not in New York, but in Chicago.

Four words, "Forget it, it's not enough." Send points to Zhuo.