【新唐人2013年08月03日讯】8月1号上午大陆多家门户网站包括千龙网、搜狗、新浪微博、搜狐、网易、百度共同发起成立一个所谓的“北京地区网站联合辟谣平台”。此外，中共喉舌《中央电视台》于周二晚推出一档全新栏目“真相调查”，央视声称，该节目针对所谓的流言、谣言、谎言进行查证。大陆学者指出，传言泛滥预示着社会大变动，防止谣言不在于压制，而在于透明。
《中央电视台》于7月30号晚间推出新栏目“真相调查”。当晚首先以《一次车祸的真相》为题，示众了两个以微博传播“谣言”的年轻人，让他们在警方的威摄下穿着囚衣向电视观众认罪。
所谓的“北京地区网站联合辟谣平台”则由千龙网负责内容搭建﹔搜狗负责数据整合﹔新浪微博、搜狐、网易、百度提供辟谣信息。各网站均在本网突出位置对平台进行推荐。
中国社科院近代史研究所研究员马勇早先曾经撰文说，谣言止于“知者”。 意思就是，如果政治透明，社会是透明的，发生什么事情立刻就能公开全部真相，谣言就没有生存的空间。
8月2号马勇对《新唐人》表示，在中国历史上来看，每一次谣言比较泛滥的时候，实际上可能预示着社会的变动和变革。
中国社科院近代史研究所研究员马勇：“我们看汉唐时期，唐朝鼎盛的时候没有什么传言。中国历史上谣言传言最多的时候就是秦汉之际，两汉之交，就是社会在大变动的时候，或者政治不太顺畅的时候，它会有这种谣言啦传言啦。这是必然发生的。”
马勇认为，真正的辟谣是把真相说出来。央视设立“真相调查”栏目，马勇指出，不是“调查真相”的问题，而是“公布真相”的问题。
马勇：“比如讲湖南那个秤砣砸死瓜农的事情，那就应该在第一时间去公布真相，公布录像，公布监控的录像，中国大陆到处都是监控的摄像头。没有什么调查不调查的。弄了几天之后，尸体也火化了，家属也给安抚了，回头告诉说是外力。”
北京外国语大学新闻学副教授乔木指出，当局所谓的辟谣，往往是选择性辟谣，而历史上中共官方造了很多谣，又何曾有哪个平台来辟谣呢？
北京外国语大学新闻学副教授乔木：“历史上关于大跃进，文革反右，所谓三年自然灾害，这个我们都不提了。最近拿薄熙来这个事件来说，重庆市外办在他们官方微博上明确提到，王立军是休假式治疗，事实上我们知道王立军是跑到美国领事馆了。这就是官方的，重庆市直辖市政府的一个造谣。”
最近中共已经对薄熙来提起公诉，三项罪名当中并未提及此前《新华社》通稿中提到的，薄熙来长期跟多名女子保持不正当关系。乔木揶揄道，官媒说半句留半句，怨不得大家要猜测。
乔木还举了当局最新的造谣例子。 8月1号，由中央领导布置各大网站转载一篇署名王小石的文章，批判公知每天在网络上兴风作浪，煽风点火。文章还说苏联解体后，俄罗斯穷困潦倒。
乔木：“但是此前的《人民日报》又说，俄罗斯发展良好，GDP世界第五，人均收入一万多美元。那这到底哪个是真的哪个是假的？每天他们都在这样造谣。现在党媒党报连标点符号都没有人相信了。”
乔木认为，很多政治性的所谓谣言，从最后的发展来说，大多数都得到了验证，特别是关于王立军薄熙来这个案子，包括涉案商人徐明被抓，当初所谓的造谣，其实都是有根据的。
马勇指出，在美国如果发生危机，媒体在第一时间就能自由的传播事实真相。信息在一种自由竞争的状态下，真实和虚假的信息本身可以对冲。只要在自由传播的环境下，假的就没有办法传下去。
采访编辑/秦雪 后制/钟元
Chinese Regime Refutes Rumors. Does This Predict A Change?
On August 1, several websites in
China including jointly set a platform.
This included Qianlong, Sina Weibo and Sohu. The platform
was called, “Beijing region joint site for refuting rumors.”
To echo this, China Central Television (CCTV)
launched a new program called, “truth investigation.”
CCTV claimed that this program is about
the investigation of rumors, slanders and lies.
Scholars in Mainland China said that when rumors
are rampant, it indicates major changes in society.
The way to really avoid rumors from spreading
over is to not to suppress it, but to be transparent.
On the evening of July 30, CCTV launched
a new program called, “Truth Investigation”.
They used a car accident as a story, showing two young
rumor makers wearing inmate clothes escorted by police.
They admitted their crimes in
front of a television audience.
Qianlong website, responsible for the
content of the “refuting rumors” website:
Sogou is in charge of collecting data. Sina Weibo
and Sohu provide information on the rumors.
These major website promote the “refuting
rumors” website on their main page.
Ma Yong, a research fellow in modern history at the
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, commented.
Rumors will stop if there is transparency. If the
politics is transparent, society will be transparent.
When anything happens, if the truth is immediately
told to the public, the public certainly will understand.
The rumors cannot survive.
On August 2, Ma Yong spoke to NTD television.
From the perspective of Chinese history, every time rumors
became rampant, it likely forecasts a change in society.
Ma Yong: “In the Tang and Han dynasty’s, it was a time
of great prosperity, and there were no rumors around.
The time of Han dynasty took over the Qi dynasty, and
became one of the worst times for rampant rumors.
When society has a big change, or politics aren’t smooth,
many rumors will spread, which is bound to happen.”
Ma Yong believes that to speak the
truth is the way to clear away rumors.
Regarding CCTV’s “truth investigation”
program, Ma said that the problem isn’t
to investigate the truth, but to tell the truth.
Ma Yong: “For example, a watermelon farmer was beaten
to death by law enforcement personnel, with an iron weight.
The truth of the incident, as well as
videos should be publicized first.
The recorded monitor videos should be open to the
public, as in China monitor cameras are everywhere.
It is not the issue whether to investigate or not.
A few days later, the farmer’s body was
cremated, and his family were silenced.
Finally, the authorities lied, and claimed
the farmer wasn’t killed by law personnel.”
Qiao Mu, Vice-Professor in Journalism of
Beijing Foreign Studies University, commented.
Qiao said that the so-called “refuting rumors”
often aims selectively towards rumors.
In the history, the Chinese Communist Party
(CCP) has created many rumors, so how
can it clear them using an online platform?
Qiao Mu: “In history, Great Leap Forward,
the Anti Rightists in Cultural Revolution,
and the so-called Three Years of Natural Disasters,
have never been mentioned any more.
For example, in Bo Xilai’s case, the Chongqing
official website did say Wang Lijun had
received “holiday-style medical treatment”.
Actually, we know Wang fled to the US Consulate.
This is the rumor that the authorities created.”
Recently, the CCP has prosecuted Bo Xilai.
The crimes of Bo had improper relations with several
women, and which Xinhua News reported earlier, had
not been mentioned in Bo’s three charges this time.
Qiao Mu said that state-owned
media tells the public half the story.
It covers up the other half, so no
wonder everyone speculates about it.
Qiao has listed several rumors
that the authorities created lately.
On August 1, the central leadership ordered major
websites to circulate an article written by Wang Xiaoshi.
It criticized intellectuals creating rumors online.
The article said that after the Soviet
Union collapse, Russia became poorer.
Qiao Mu: “However, prior to this, People’s Daily
has said that Russia has developed very well.
Its GDP reached the top five in the world,
with more than US$10,000 income per capita.
In the end, which is true, which is false?
They create such rumors everyday.
Now, no one believes state-owned
media, not even their punctuation.”
Qiao said that many CCP claimed “political rumors”
had been proved are truth for the time beings.
Especially with the Wang Lijun and Bo Xilai
cases, including businessman Xu Ming’s
arrest, all the rumors we heard are reasonable.
Ma Yong said that if this crisis happened in the
US, media are free to report the facts initially.
The information is under a free competed environment.
The true and false information can be worked on.
As long as it is a free environment, the
fabricated information has no way to be sustained.
