Yang Jianxing: today and the editor-in-chief in response to the suspension
Yang Jianxing, the chief writer of “Zhong News” who was the former chairman of the Journalists Association, replied that he will respond to the suspension of operations of “Zhong” with Li Yuehua, the editor-in-chief of “Zhong” today. When Yang Jianxing commented on the “Position” incident last week, he described the “Hong Kong National Security Law” as “a knife on the head”, and the “crime of conspiracy to publish seditious publications” that has been “covered for many years” is also “a knife.”
“Zhong” issued a statement on Facebook at 9:30 last night with the title “Zhong News Saying Goodbye to Readers”. The statement is divided into two parts. The first part announces that the press will cease operations, and recalls that five years ago, on New Year’s Day in 2017, many media “old ghosts” were deeply concerned about the state of press freedom in Hong Kong, and hope that the press can inherit the spirit of professional journalism. , Returning to the original intention of news, and “Zhong” changed from the first 10 people to a team of dozens of people. From the beginning, the citizens “don’t know” them. “Today I heard people say: “Zhong News? I have watched.””.
The second part of the statement stated, “We have always loved this land, but we are helpless. Now we are not only facing wind and rain, but tornadoes and huge waves.” Two years of rapid social changes and the deterioration of the media’s living environment “have made it impossible for us to achieve our ideals without any worries.” The statement stated that “in the eye of the wind, our small boat is in a severe situation when the wind is high and the waves are rushing. In a crisis, we must first ensure that everyone on board can be safe and secure.” “Zhong” announced that it will cease operations on January 4, the website will no longer be updated, and will be closed after a period of time. Zhong Xin News was established on January 1, 2017. Since its development, about 305,000 people have “liked” on its Facebook page.
Voice of the Voice: Changing the times can not pretend to be as usual
After the announcement by “Zhong”, the “Zhongshenghao” cooperating with Zhongxin also announced at 10 o’clock last night that the two programs of “Zhongsheng Ji” and “Quotation Marks in Colon”, which were broadcast on Zhongxin platforms, will also stop immediately. Make. Public voice producer Li Xianzhe said that they once said, “The current situation changes, and the record is as usual, but the changing current situation prevents us from pretending to be normal.”
In October last year, the “public” reported on the topic “Deng Bingqiang refused to guarantee that Article 23 is not guilty of words”, and was criticized by the Security Bureau for misleading the public. Later, the Secretary of Security Deng Bingqiang was asked whether the report was “fake news” when he was interviewed by the media. Deng claimed that he had never said that “the public” was fake news in this incident, but he denounced that the title of the report was misleading, which made people think that he would convict him of words in the future, and that the incident involved moral issues.
After “Position” announced the suspension of operations last Wednesday (29th), Yang Jianxing said on the evening’s program “This Day in Hong Kong” that “Position” was “unable to do it” without being formally prosecuted, and that “relatively independent media would rarely buy it.” Many people are worried that if this continues, “will the media be more integrated, and even some alternative voices will be lost.” “Position” After the two former top executives appeared in court, Yang Jianxing said on the same program, “It is quite worrying. After the meeting will take the position, the next one will be the news?” He is worried about the crime of publishing seditious publications in the Criminal Offences Ordinance. “Extension and fall”, “All media will have problems.”
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