【新唐人2014年12月10日訊】近來，中共中宣部、新聞單位和網絡監管部門聯合發表聲明表示，要對大陸媒體採取進一步管制措施，要各級各類新聞單位對駐地方機構進行全面清理整頓，撤銷不符合要求的駐地記者站、解僱違規聘用人員。媒體觀察人士指出，新聞界腐敗問題的確嚴重，但根源不在記者本身，當局的做法表面「清理」媒體腐敗，實則藉機加強管控。
據中共《新華網》報導，中宣部、國家新聞出版廣電總局、國家網信辦召開專題會議，詳細部署了針對各新聞單位駐地方機構的「清理整頓」工作。
會議指出，近年來一些新聞單位駐地方機構過多過濫、人員私聘濫聘、違法違規行為多發頻發等問題，日益凸顯，嚴重敗壞新聞界風氣、侵蝕新聞媒體權威性公信力，社會影響惡劣。
會議要求，對各級各類新聞單位駐地方機構設立、人員使用、業務開展情況進行全面清理，不符合要求的駐地機構一律撤銷合併，違規聘用人員一律辭退。
對此，很多媒體人士表示，中國新聞界腐敗十分嚴重，記者搞有償新聞、敲詐勒索的現象的確極為普遍。
前北京大學新聞學院副教授焦國標：「國內的新聞記者站非常的混亂，好多的記者在下邊就吃、拿、搶、要。在地方敲詐勒索是非常大的問題。他們做記者有的是為單位『創收』，有的是藉著這個名義為自己『創收』，實際上所謂『創收』是甚麼？就是敲詐勒索。」
媒體人士還透露，一些媒體單位向企業強行索取「好處費」，若不從就進行大肆抨擊和「負面報導」，若是紅包給的夠足，就會給予「正面宣傳」和極盡所能的「讚揚」。但媒體人士同樣指出，上述腐敗現象的存在，問題不在記者本身，而是整個媒體行業的道德觀已不復存在。
《德國之聲》援引中國資深媒體人、前《冰點週刊》主編李大同的觀點表示，中國媒體腐敗根源在於，中共對新聞的嚴格管控，使新聞工作者沒法從事真正的採訪報導工作，因此很容易陷入「歪門邪道」。
焦國標：「媒體本身的大的格局有問題、新聞界的體制有問題。各地、各層級的媒體又不能夠完全獨立經營，不能在新聞業本身的職業化上去競爭。它沒有辦法，因為大環境不允許，它們又得生存，那怎麼辦呢？就來這些歪門邪道，搞些地方記者站，搞些亂七八糟的記者，去敲詐勒索。」
就此，李大同指出，即使中共當局採取目前這種「全面清理」的辦法，效果也很有限，因為「野火燒不盡，春風吹又生」。
憲政學者陳永苗：「我只能說這措施本身來說是個治標不治本的行為，它只要有新聞的管控，它就必然產生新聞腐敗，這是一個沒辦法的事兒。我覺得它對各種新聞領域的管控，它都是以一種以毒攻毒的方式，最後發現舊的毒沒去，然後又增加了新的毒，我覺得這是一個沒用的辦法。」
此外，除了針對各地記者站，專題會議還強調，要將各媒體網站的地方頻道納入清理範圍。中央重點新聞網站開設地方頻道必須經過事前審批，其他各類網站不得開辦地方頻道和駐地方機構從事新聞採編業務，已開辦的一律撤銷。
外界認為，這一政策很明顯是將言論控制，由傳統媒體擴大到了新媒體。
中國知名的新媒體推動者溫雲超則指出，無論是針對傳統的記者站或者是新媒體，中共當局出臺的所有新聞管理政策，基本上都不是為了新聞的專業性和規範性，而是為了進一步加強控制。
採訪/陳漢 編輯/張天宇 後製/鍾元
The CCP’s Clean Up: Correspondents Stands Accused Of Controlling Regulations
Recently, a joint statement was issued by the Propaganda
Department of the Central Committee of Chinese
Communist Party (CCP), News Agencies and the Internet
Supervision Departments.
Further control measures in the Mainland media require
all levels of news organizations to conduct a comprehensive
clean-up and rectification of local branch offices, cancel
all those correspondent stations which do not comply
with the requirements and dismiss illegally-employed staff.
Media observers have pointed out that serious corruption
exists in the field of news media.
However, the root cause is not reporters; the authorities
labelled the action as cleaning-up corruption
in the media field, but in fact took the opportunity
to strengthen supervision and control over the field.
According to the CCP’s Xinhua Network, the Propaganda
Department of the Central Committee of the CCP,
the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio,
Film and Television (SAPPRFT), and the State Internet
Information Office jointly held a special meeting requiring
each news agency to deploy “the clean-up and rectification"
of local offices.
The meeting noted that in recent years frequent problems
occurred with a number of news organizations who had
an excessive number of local agencies that privately hired
staff and conducted other illegal activities.
This became increasingly prominent, seriously damaging
the media atmosphere, eroding media credibility.
All of these produce bad social impacts.
The meeting required various types of news organizations
at all levels to carry out a comprehensive clean-up
on their local institutions, personnel
and business operations.
Those disqualified local offices are required to close
or merge, all illegal employment of staff shall be dismissed.
In this regard, many media sources said that corruption
in Chinese media was very serious, and the phenomena
of engaging in paid news reports and extortion
were indeed very common.
Jiao Guobiao, former associate professor of journalism,
Peking University: “Domestic news reporter stations
are very chaotic.
When many reporters visited the news targets,
they ate, took, looted, and extorted.
Their looting and extortion at their local offices
has become a very big problem.
Some reporterss are working to “bring income"
to their companies, some just utilize these opportunities
to create more personal income sources.
In fact what is the so-called creating more income?
This is called looting and extortion.”
Media sources also revealed that some media outlets
forced some enterprises to offer commissions,
otherwise they would denounce the enterprises
and report negative news about the enterprises.
If they were gifted generously, then they would give
positive publicity and praise.
But the media professionals have also pointed
to the existence of corruption.
The problem is not aimed at reporters, and the morality
of the entire media industry has ceased to exist.
Deutsche Welle quoted Mr. Li Datong, a senior Chinese
media professional and former editor of Freezing Point
Weekly who said that the root of corruption of Chinese
media is the CCP’s strict control of the news.
It causes journalists to be unable to work on the real
interview reports.
Therefore it is easy to fall into “dishonest or crooked" ways.
Jiao Guobiao: “The overall media pattern and media
institutional system are problematic.
The media at all levels are not able to completely execute
independent operations.
They cannot compete in professional journalism itself.
They have no way, because the environment
does not allow them to.
But they also have to survive, so how?
Then they developed these dishonest or crooked ways.
They establish correspondent stations, recruit
poor-quality reporters, and then go extort."
In this regard, Li Datong pointed out that even if the Chinese
authorities take the current “comprehensive clean-up"
approach, the effectiveness is very limited because
new problems will crop up.
Constitutional scholar Chen Yongmiao: “I can only say that
this measure in itself is a palliative action that does not cure
the root reason.
As long as the news is supervised and controlled,
this will inevitably produce news related corruption,
and there is no choice in the matter.
I think its regulating all sorts of media is to create a theft
in order to catch a thief, then finally finding out the old
poison did not work, and then added a new drug.
I think this is useless.”
In addition to the correspondent station in many places,
the conferences also stressed that all the local channels
of all media across all media websites shall be included
in the clean-up and rectification.
The key news website must be approved for setting up
local channels.
All other websites are not allowed to open local channels
or undertake the interviewing and editing business
of the local office of the news agencies.
All opened local channels and local correspondent
stations will all be removed.
Public opinion believes that this policy obviously applies
control of speech from the traditional media to new media.
China’s leading promoter of new media, Mr. Wen Yunchao,
pointed out that all news management policies issued by
Chinese authorities, whether to a traditional correspondent
station or new media reporter stations, are for further
enhancing control rather than developing professionalism.
