【新唐人2013年01月07日讯】《南方周末》现职编辑、记者亲自站上台面发表声明，呼吁广东当局成立调查组，彻底调查《新年特刊》违反出版流程的事故及原因。而，2号发生的新年特刊遭窜改《新年献词》事件，只是一个导火线，据不完全统计，2012年，南方周末编辑部被改、撤稿件共1034篇。一年共52期的《南方周末》，平均每期有将近20篇稿件被撤或删改。
这封公开信5号透过南方报系下属媒体的官方微博发出，随后立即被南方报系编辑、记者及大陆网民疯狂转发。
公开信呼吁广东当局成立调查组调查此事，并发布调查报告；解禁和恢复所有因讨论此事而被禁言的微博账号。据报导，5号微博上，大批南方报业员工及关注者的账号陆续解封。
《南方都市报》5号也发表《让无声者有声，让有声者多元》社论，呼吁中共当局放松舆论环境。据了解，一年共52期的《南方周末》，平均每期有将近20篇稿件被撤或删改。
公开信之后，网上声援的音浪一波接一波。各家意见领袖参与讨论，呼唤“新闻自由”，但也有人认为，事件核心并不是新闻自由的问题，而是新任中共广东省委宣传部长庹震对媒体的管制方式问题。
大陆作家 铁流：“庹震这个人，他过去就是一般部门主任，他90年代是经济日报评论部的主任。这个人应该说，他不是一个媒体人，就是一个牵头﹑傍大腿的这么一个无耻的小人 。”
针对“2013 年新年献词事件”，前《南方周末》编辑和记者的公开信表示，事情极为严重，不得不表明共同立场。
公开信写道，南方周末2013 年新年特刊主题为“ 筚路蓝缕、不懈不止：家国梦”。1 月2 号，在南方周末已经签版定样、编辑记者休假、完全不知情的状态下，广东省委常委、宣传部长庹震，指示对新年特刊做出多处修改、撤换，并导致多处错误、事故。
铁流：“而且他（庹震）又用《南方》的名义发出来，你说这对《南方》简直…怎么交代﹗那怎么不感到愤怒﹗他的目地就是要跟刘云山﹑李长春勾结起来，反对十八大新的领导人习﹑李，因为现在习近平都提了，任何部门﹑任何团体，都必须置于宪法之下，任何违反宪法﹑超越宪法，都要受到追究。”
大陆学者辛子陵表示，他周围的学生跟他都是一样的观点，认为，这次事件反映﹕人民当家作主的民主意识进一步提高，是个好事情﹗
采访/常春 编辑/周平 后制/周天
Southern Weekly: 1,034 Articles Censored in 2012
Editors and journalist currently working at the Southern
Weekly recently appealed to the Chinese Communist
Party (CCP) authorities in Guangdong Province.
These media professionals requested an
official investigation into the cause for the
forced alteration of 2013 New Year
message, which is deemed as merely a fuse.
Reportedly, the CCP regime censorship
altered and deleted at least 1,034 articles.
This is equivalent to nearly 20 articles in
each issue of the Weekly published in 2012.
The open letter was released on January 5
in the newspaper’sofficial microblog.
It was swiftly and widely circulated on the internet.
It appealed to the CCP Guangdong authorities;
1, to set up a research team to investigate
the issue and release the findings.
2, to restore all microblog accounts that have been
blocked for participating in discussion on the issue.
Media reported that on January 5, many Southern Weekend
staff and followers had microblog accounts restored.
On the same day, the Southern Metropolis Daily published
an editorial, urging the CCP regime to de-regulate the press.
The Southern Weekly publishes 52 issues per year.
On average, nearly 20 articles per issue were reportedly
deleted or revised by CCP official censors.
Support for the open letter has surged on the
internet, calling for “freedom of the press”.
Some online critics say that the core of the
issue is not about freedom of the press.
Rather, it is a question of how Guangdong CCP
propaganda chief Tuo Zhen exerts control on media.
Tie Liu, Writer in China: “Tuo Zhen
was not an unusual figure.
In the 1990s, he was in charge of the
comment section at the Economic Daily.
He cannot be called a media professional,
but a shameless bureaucratic villain.”
In the letter, former Southern Weekend
editors and journalists claimed that they
had to express their common position to
protest the 2013 New Year message incident.
The open letter said that the original theme of the 2013
New Year message was the pursuit of China’sDream.
On January 2, without the knowledge of newspaper editors,
Tuo Zhen, Guangdong CCP propaganda chief, deleted
and altered content on the final signed-off print proofs.
To add to this, Tuo made several obvious errors.
Tie Liu: “Later, Tuo Zhen’saltered piece was still
published under the name of the Southern Weekly.
How could it not drive the newspaper’sstaff mad?
He simply did that in collusion with
Liu Yunshan and Li Changchun.
This was to fight against Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang.
Xi has just openly said that any department
or group shall be subject to the Constitution.
Any breach or overriding of the Constitution shall
be criminally investigated and held accountable.”
Xin Ziling: “The central authorities will deal with
it formally, and won’tleave it unchecked, I think.
It’suseless that Liu Yunshan backs up
Tuo Zhen, as Xi Jinping is the new boss.
Tuo Zhen just sang a different tune, which
is directly against the central leadership.”
Xin Ziling adds that the students
around him feel the same way.
They all view the Southern Weekly incident as a good thing,
as it shows Chinese democratic consciousness is improving.
