【新唐人2014年09月20日訊】最近，廣州南方報系屬下的「21世紀網」遭到整肅，多名高層及記者被扣查。分析指出，類似「新聞勒索」的做法在行內相當普遍。有香港媒體披露，專挑「21世紀網」開刀，其實是中共高層授意的，目的是重創南方系。
香港《明報》19號引述京城消息透露，由於南方報系多年來大膽敢言，中共中宣部去年初透過廣東省委宣傳部部長庹震，刪除了《南方週末》的新年獻詞。在那之後，《南周》和《南方都市報》等媒體大為收斂，但是中宣部仍不滿意，對準了相對獨立的「21世紀網」，打出致命的一擊。
報導還引述北京消息指出，中共公安部掌握了「21世紀網」所謂的「罪證」線索後，透過上海市政法委，找了央視、新華社等5家媒體，到上海採訪了搗破「21世紀網」實況。而這個網站被捕的高層和記者，還沒有經過審訊，就在鏡頭前「交代」如何透過自設公關公司，向大公司或IPO企業敲詐勒索的經過。
北京時政觀察人士華頗：「為甚麼通過上海政法委，因為上海政法公安系統還是對處置網絡工作比較認可，工作也比較落實，所以就通過了上海。上海政法系統，肯定是中央高層在支持它。」
報導進一步透露，新華社的應用程式「外泄」21世紀網的牌照將被吊銷、員工全部遣散的消息，其實是專案組故意向外透露的，目的是震懾南方系。而南方系曾經求助於中央高層，但是渠道受阻。
報導指出，南方系今後在報導內容和經營方面，可能進一步受限。
北京時政觀察人士華頗：「這方面是中央上層有人在主導，有人在協調，上海警方越省抓捕，肯定得到中央有人支持、有人受命的。」
據了解，上海警方9月3號以涉嫌「新聞敲詐」為名，抓捕了「21世紀網」主編等8人。報導說，這個網站的部分編輯、採訪、經營人員，聯合了兩家公關公司，威脅數十家大企業，必須在網站上刊登廣告，否則，就對企業進行負面報導。
大陸新媒體推動者北風：「像中國的網站，特別是商業性的網站，這種以負面新聞來達成廣告的目的，非常常見。基本上可以說是所有的機構都這麼做，那官方要認定這種行為是敲詐勒索的話，那是官方的事情，但是這種做法是很普遍的。」
原陝西電視臺記者馬曉明：「中共就找你媒體在審批或者是運行中間的一些碴，用所謂規定、紀律這方面的理由，去打壓這種敢於衝破新聞封鎖，或者是輿論監督的媒體。再一個就是找個別記者的工作中或者日常生活中的一些問題，來威脅、脅迫，或者是阻撓記者披露真相。」
海外大紀元新聞網指出，「21世紀網」不斷曝光江派的貪腐黑幕，而遭到報復。
據了解，近年來，「21世紀網」除了持續披露隸屬於上海市國資委的上海醫藥集團「行賄門」、「財務造假門」等事件，還深度揭發江澤民之子江綿恆操控的中科系的黑幕，曝光中科系企業與西部礦業的利益輸送。
而「21世紀網」所屬的《21世紀經濟報導》也在8月21號報導了天津渤海商品交易所，操縱「文山三七」價格，大肆坑騙投資者的黑幕。報導中點出，以蔡程舉為法定代表人的廣東益建集團，涉嫌操縱文山三七價格。有知情人士向《大紀元》透露，蔡程舉是江派政治局常委張高麗的親屬。
「21世紀網」被解散的消息，引發大陸網友關注。微博認證為「前浙江清華長三角研究院培訓部連鎖項目主任」的「清華秦鵬」說：「21世紀網被以有償新聞的名義解散了，如果這樣做合法的話，那麼解散CCTV吧。」
採訪/朱智善、陳漢 編輯/陳潔
Central Senior Level Orders to Crackdown On
21st Century Network, Says Hong Kong Media.
21st Century Network under the Southern Media Group
in Guangzhou has been under rectification recently.
A number of top executives and journalists
are being investigated.
Analysis says similar cases of “news extortion" are very
common in the industry in China.
Hong Kong media exposes that it’s under orders of the
Chinese Communist Party (CCP) high level to pick on
the 21st Century Network, and to crack down on the
Southern Media Group.
Since Southern Media Group has been outspoken for years,
the CCP’s central propaganda department deleted its new
year greeting message through Guangdong Propaganda
Department director, Tuo Zhen.
This is according to Hong Kong media Mingpao, quoting
inside sources in Beijing, on Sept. 19.
Southern Weekly and Southern Metropolis Daily have been
less outspoken since then.
However the central propaganda unit isn’t satisfied, and
has targeted 21st Century Network.
The Beijing source indicated that the CCP’s public security
got criminal evidence of the 21st Century Network.
Through Shanghai Politics and Law Committee, it sent five
media i.e. CCTV and Xinhua to do investigative reports.
The arrested executives and journalists from 21st Century
Network confessed on TV about how they extorted money
from big companies and IPO enterprises, before going
through trials in court.
Hua Po, political commentator in Beijing, “they went through
Shanghai Politics and Law Committee because the public
security system does a good job implementing suppression
over the internet.
The Shanghai Politics and Law Committee is obedient,
and it has support from central high levels."
The report says the information about a program of Xinhua
being leaked and that the license of the 21st Century will be
withdrawn is actually intentionally released by the central
special task force, to shock Southern Media Group.
The Southern Media Group once requested help from the
central high level, but it was obstructed.
The Southern Media Group is likely to face more restrictions
on reporting content and business running, the report says.
Hua Po, “there are people at the central high level in charge
of the issue… Shanghai police arrested people in another
province which shows it must be supported and ordered by
people at central high level."
Shanghai police arrested eight people at the 21st Century
Network on Sept. 3.
They included its chief editor alleged for “news extortion,"
along with two PR companies, some editors, reporters,
and management personnel of the website who extorted
dozens of big enterprises to advertise on the website.
They threatened to report negative news about the
companies if they refused.
Bei Feng, promoter of Chinese new media, “Chinese
websites, especially commercial ones, use negative
news to get advertisements as an extremely common
tactic. Almost all the organizations do this.
If the authorities identify it as extortion, they just say so,
but such ways are very common."
Ma Xiaoming, former journalist at Shanxi Television, “the
CCP finds fault by using so-called rules and disciplines.
It’s the way to crackdown on outspoken media.
Another way is to find fault with individual reporters in their
daily lives or work, to threaten them not to expose the truth."
Oversea Chinese newspaper Epoch Times says the 21st
Century Network exposed many corruption insider stories
of Jiang Zemin’s faction which led to a revenge attack.
The 21st Century Network exposed the bribes and financial
fraud case of Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding under the
State-owned Asset Supervision and Administration
Commission of Shanghai Municipal Government.
It also exposed the corruption and transfer of benefits of
China Science Group system controlled by Jiang Jinheng.
Jiang Jinheng is the son of Jiang Zemin.
On Aug. 21, the 21st Century Business Herald under
21st Century Network also reported that Tianjin Bohai
commodity exchange controls the price of pseudo-ginseng,
deceiving investors.
The report says the company involved in controlling the
pseudo-ginseng price is owned by Cai Chengju.
Cai is a relative of Politburo member Zhang Gaoli,
an ally of Jiang’s faction.
The information of disbanding the 21st Century Network
has attracted focus concern of Chinese netizens.
“If it’s legal to disband the 21st Century Network for paid
news, the CCTV should be disbanded."
Netizen Tsinghua Qinpeng, identified as former director
of Yangtze Delta Region Institute of Tsinghua University
in Zhejiang, made these remarks on Chinese social
media, Weibo.
Interview & Edit/Zhu Zhishan ChenHna Post-Production/ChenJie
