Violating the principle of fact-checking! NCC fined 400,000 people for “Spicy News 152” program | Politics | Newtalk News

National Communications Commission (NCC). Photo: Zhang Liangyi / photo (file photo)

The National Communications and Communications Commission (NCC) held a committee meeting this afternoon (28) to violate Article 27, Item 3, Paragraph 4 of the Satellite Radio and Television Law, and the production and broadcasting of news violated the principle of fact-checking and caused harm to public interests. Paragraph 2 of Article 53 stipulates that a fine of NT$400,000 was imposed on the “Spicy News 152” program on December 20, 2011, and another 5 letters were sent for improvement. Among them, China Television News accounted for 3 pieces.

The NCC held its 1034th committee meeting in the afternoon to review the case of the 3rd Radio and TV Program Advertisement Consultation Meeting in 2011. One case was checked and dealt with. It violated the principle of fact-checking in order to produce and broadcast news and caused damage to public interests.

NCC further explained that on the “Spicy News 152” program of FTV News Channel on December 20, 110, when discussing the issue of the legislative by-election, the guests used rumors and other methods to accuse Chen of violating the electoral strike law in the local elections and did not implement the facts. Verification damages the public trust of the people regarding the fairness of the electoral system and the implementation of democratic elections by local organs, causing damage to public interests, violating Article 27, Paragraph 3, Paragraph 4 of the Satellite Radio and Television Law, and producing and broadcasting news in violation of the principle of fact-checking. Damage to the public interest shall be subject to a fine of NT$400,000 in accordance with Article 53, paragraph 2 of the same law.

As for Zhou Yukou’s recent mention of Jiang Xiaoyan and Zhang Shujuan’s scandals in the “Spicy News 152” program, NCC said that as of yesterday, it has received 95 “Spicy News 152” from popular TV and 1 “News Firecrackers” from Baodao Network. , a total of 96 reports, and the follow-up will be reviewed before a conclusion can be made.

There are 5 other parts for improvement. NCC said that there are 3 parts of China Television, including: China Television’s main channel and China Television News Information Channel’s “China Television Noon News” program on May 3, 2011, In the report, President Tsai Ing-wen was mistaken for President Tsai EE, and the “1100 News First Report” program of China Television News Information Channel on April 30, 2011, misinterpreted the 10,181 confirmed cases in Shanghai as 11.81 million, and the May On the 13th, “Former Vice President Chen Jianren” was mistakenly referred to as “U.S. Vice President Chen Jianren”. The letter asked the industry to implement the news internal control mechanism and news editing and review SOP to avoid repeated mistakes; include the case into education and training, and propose specific improvement plans .

In addition, the “Zheng Dao Dao” program aired by Sanli Financial News on November 4, 2011 commented on the political relationship between Yan Qingbiao’s family and Zhenlan Palace’s financial issues. Objective comments are made on the basis of facts. Therefore, the industry is requested to improve the following matters: (1) When producing and broadcasting news talk programs, the main title and scrolling title of the program should be related to the program discussion, and the title text and text should be well verified. , should not be overly extended or insinuated, so as not to mislead or cause controversy. (2) The host should guide the program from the standpoint of promoting rational discussion and dialogue, and the guests should also strive to make objective comments on the basis of facts, and avoid too many emotional words.

In addition, there is also a case where the title of the “Spicy News 152” program broadcast by FTV News on May 2, 2011 was mistakenly planted in the mayor of Taipei’s estimate of the death toll from the new coronary pneumonia, and the letter asked him to be prudent in broadcasting public issues related to epidemic prevention and strengthen the internal control mechanism. , the content of the program should be verified, the subtitles of the program should be correct, and the education and training of employees should be strengthened; the prevention mechanism for false alarms and false planting should be established and implemented.

NCC calls on the association to respect the content selection and arrangement of TV programs, but operators should implement fact-checking before broadcasting the content, and strengthen the internal control process to avoid human error, broadcast wrong information and affect public order, so as to protect the audience. rights and interests.

The National Communications and Communications Commission (NCC) held a committee meeting this afternoon (28) to violate Article 27, Item 3, Paragraph 4 of the Satellite Radio and Television Law, and the production and broadcasting of news violated the principle of fact-checking and caused harm to public interests. Paragraph 2 of Article 53 stipulates that a fine of NT$400,000 will be imposed on the “Spicy News 152” program on December 20, 2011 by FTV News.

Another 5 letters were sent to improve, of which, China Television accounted for 3.

The 1034th NCC committee meeting reviewed the list of nuclear programs.Table: Provided by NCC

The 1034th NCC committee meeting reviewed the list of nuclear programs.Table: Provided by NCC

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