5 g0 s2 y% D/ y, \ o5.39.217.76原600字篇幅 變100字簡訊 % ]5 d4 U. S; x" A) V1 b5 U4 ^' R * f2 z# d% B' [8 V) f. l: {5 |) STVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。Alex Price於報道見報日、即本月7日晚發電郵給王向偉，表示不少人奇怪為何有關報道簡單處理，希望王解釋。王向偉3分鐘後回覆稱，「決定是我下的」（ I made that decision） 。Alex再發電郵，關注事件是否有「自我審查之嫌」，王反駁「沒必要向你解釋」，更表明「若你不喜歡，你應該知道怎樣做」( If youdon't like it, you know what to do）。TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。+ Z% l8 @' D$ | r2 P% D" n j* b# N
7 B& d* F1 }0 pAlex認為回覆具恐嚇性，「擔心任何人對編輯決定提出質疑，均會被要求閉嘴或離開」，重申當其他媒體以大篇幅報道事件，向總編輯提出如此質疑亦屬合理，惟王向偉否認出言恐嚇，拒再說明（見圖）。tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb/ Z4 y) Y$ S1 c$ p- P% Z( `
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即使Alex前日再發電郵，提出南華早報其後曾以專題、社論等顯著篇幅報道李旺陽事件，反映有其重要，然而首日確是做細了這則新聞，又稱新聞道德和該報的公信力危在旦夕，促王向偉向員工及公眾交代，惟一直未獲回覆。 + Y" O3 o" u! H : ^4 n+ P4 x* T( z+ n1 b Xtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb據了解，相關人士不滿王向偉未有交代，遂向全體員工發出有關電郵，有員工再廣發傳媒，令事件曝光。公仔箱論壇( Z: C1 F3 }) K$ T+ s* H
% K" q8 h2 Y- K9 w7 G公仔箱論壇Alex Price: Hi Xiangwei ... A lot of people are wondering why we nibbed the Li Wangyang story last night. It does seem rather odd. Any chance you can shed some light on the matter? ! g1 }9 \" g& J9 T) }+ bTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。 4 e3 \: k. `$ H9 f& Z4 M1 A% Z4 s王向偉: I made that decision. 9 A; m9 ~6 _* s+ ^4 `! c$ A5.39.217.76 ) @0 |+ z8 e0 uAlex Price: Any chance you say why? It's just that to the outside world it looks an awful lot like self-censorship ...tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb( R& e) g8 T! V6 z
: d3 }. q' f+ `& y, P! K5 o6 K# Gtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb王向偉: I don't have to explain to you anything. I made the decision and I stand by it. If you don't like it, you know what to do.8 ^( z/ w) Q6 ]1 x* a; N9 M
Alex Price: I am concerned by the intimidatory nature of your reply. A very strange editorial decision was made and everyone is wondering why. Many other news organisations splashed with the Li Wangyang story yet we reduced it to a brief. In such circumstances it is quite reasonable to ask the editor why the decision was made. Of course he may decline to say why; there could be any number of reasons, and he may well want to keep them to himself. But if the question was polite and reasonable than [then] I see no reason why the response should not be equally polite and reasonable. As it stands, I am concerned. I am now worried that anyone who wishes to raise issue with an editorial decision - no matter how much that decision appears to go against good journalism - will be told to shut up or leave. I am further concerned that my justifiable concern on this matter as a journalist may lead to the termination of my employment.3 Q) r( U- }/ y5 h. V
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I look forward to a chat where you can put my mind at rest. % x5 ^- S4 } a1 z b* F3 x公仔箱論壇 % |1 N! }7 l/ {& C王向偉: I don't think my answer is anyway intimidatory and I don't know why you have formed your opinion.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。' e3 e- t7 c+ F7 q6 |$ ]) a+ R
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Alex Price: Xiang Wei; A good man died for his cause and we turned it from a story into a brief. The rest of Hong Kong splashed on it. Your staff are understandably concerned by this. News is printing what someone else does not want printed.Everything else is public relations. Please explain the decision to reduce the suspicious death of Li Wangyang to a brief. I need to be able to explain it to my friends who are asking why we did it. I'm sorry but your reply of"it is my decision, if you don't like it you know what to do" is not enough in such a situation. Frankly it seems to be saying "shut up or go". The SCMP has subsequently splashed on Li Wangyang, had a focus page devoted to the matter, plus editorials, two columns by yourself and other stories. Yet on the day it counted we reduced the story to a nib.5.39.217.765 f: \ p/ p6 v8 q, J7 ?3 D
, Z2 k' @, b0 ]+ Q1 X6 ntvb now,tvbnow,bttvbJournalistic ethics are at stake. The credibility of the South China Morning Post is at stake. Your staff- and readers - deserve an answer. " z5 G# q( v; A( {4 c: z1 z$ J$ p公仔箱論壇I look forward to hearing it." t5 U$ L# p* q+ f6 X* P5 K
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/ C( L4 A/ ^6 B2 i# O- F1 P【明報專訊】兩個傳媒組織及3間大學新聞系學者，表示關注事件，要求澄清是否判斷失誤或自我審查。多名立法會議員敦促管理層交代，建議有關記者可向資訊科技及廣播事務委員會正式投訴，以交立法會討論。tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb" A# F5 V+ K9 }2 D; l
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記 者協會主席麥燕庭表示，《南華早報》的處理手法有別一般傳媒，令人關注有關安排是否屬自我審查還是評估失誤。另外，她無法理解為何王向偉對下屬的合理要求一直未有清晰回應，她又指事件已引起公眾關注，成社會事件，有必要清楚交代，記協已正式向王向偉提出質疑，至今未獲回覆。公仔箱論壇, T6 n& v, x9 A9 d. J& T4 n
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新聞行政人員協會主席趙應春稱，雖然近日傳媒鋪天蓋地報道李旺陽事件，但主編確有權決定報道如何處理，但他認為，作為開明的傳媒管理層，面對員工以至公眾質疑，應作具體說明。 1 [! {" B) J8 `5 ^5.39.217.76 " H9 B* Y* T3 v" V: I9 T4 X+ Z0 Otvb now,tvbnow,bttvb浸 大新聞系助理教授杜耀明認為，《南早》有關做法反映有高層自我審查，或是對新聞無知，兩者皆有必要清晰交代，「若認為有充分理據，更應交代」。他說，王向偉身為地方政協，有「淡紅」色彩，「很難不令人聯想（決定）與此有關」。杜耀明稱，若傳媒機構視報章為公器，應向社會交代，又指單是今次已影響其公信力， 更莫論該報早前連串懷疑自我審查事件。 1 r+ I- f, D* G; o0 ~) ], o5.39.217.76公仔箱論壇) _6 {* v4 T! L( |
中大新聞與傳播學院教授蘇鑰機說，李旺陽之死毫無疑問是大事件，令人懷疑管理層自我審查，《南華早報》近來對連串重大事件的處理手法，已影響公信力，管理層應向公眾和內部員工詳細說明事件，以釋疑慮。 2 p. H' \" C% _tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb 9 B+ g& b9 q6 P9 t9 c: A8 E5.39.217.76樹仁大學新傳系系主任梁天偉表示，王向偉出任《南早》總編輯後，該報對牽涉內地新聞的取態明顯有變，李旺陽事件遭簡單處理，意味有關人士太接近中央，相信其說法而採取同樣口徑，某程度屬自我審查。 , K) d6 ]2 p: k( g% p 8 f; G2 M3 v3 s8 `: O& L9 u/ gtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb李永達建議正式投訴TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。$ o, F! B/ L8 k p- Y* e3 G TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。( S. u9 J" |% h7 D
立法會資訊科技及廣播事務委員會兩名委員劉慧卿和李永達均指事件屬政治審查，促《南早》管理層解畫，但目前立法會有大量工作須處理，今屆難在會內跟進。李永達建議有關記者向委員會正式投訴，以便跟進。 ) |5 t q% l1 N M0 q O( I 3 W& \3 ?* W X公仔箱論壇總編為吉林省政協 8 U0 ] V1 v# `1 K5 @5 _- v7 c; ^3 E. r3 a# G
【明報專訊】今年初正式接掌《南華早報》，成為該報近11年來第十名總編輯的王向偉，於內地出生和受教育，曾是英文《中國日報》記者，現為吉林省政協委員。 8 }3 \2 M' w0 e8 L+ W # R- [! Q# y& ^. g) V8 W& m4 {公仔箱論壇現 年47歲的王向偉，1982年入讀北京外語大學，於1989年六四事件後受聘《中國日報》，其後到倫敦深造，1996年加入《南華早報》任中國經濟評論 員。他於今年初上任總編輯時，曾向全體編採部人員發信，自言雖在內地長大，但深明同事關注《南早》未來編採方向，強調自己一直視香港為家，又說會忠於香港人，捍衛核心價值。作者: felicity2010 時間: 2012-7-3 07:35 AM
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SCMP獲獎記者Paul Mooney不獲續約公仔箱論壇+ d. U* |5 ]. {) ]+ q+ A: [1 ] # l1 X2 `5 M2 l6 o. h9 V; s4 hTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。《南早》獲獎記者不獲續約tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb0 f" [! x% N) W0 @" F3 n; J2 C0 I
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【明報專訊】有23年內地採訪經驗、屢獲人權新聞獎的《南華早報》駐北京記者Paul Mooney（慕亦仁），上月不獲續約，南早解釋為節省經費。他昨向本報表示，大半年來建議逾20項採訪，多涉內地維權議題，僅兩篇獲刊登。他認為出於政治因素被炒，矛頭直指年初上任總編輯的吉林省政協王向偉。 1 M5 J( d7 ^% @% d ) G. Q$ C4 c& z, w公仔箱論壇認為因政治因素被炒 c7 k" a) m+ Jtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb + E1 O6 z# H0 t3 u% W+ G本報昨多番致電王向偉，未獲回覆，而《亞洲華爾街日報》昨亦報道慕不獲續約一事。與南早合作17年的慕，兩年前成為合約僱員。今年4月他由北京回港領取人權新聞獎，獲王通知合約5月21日到期後，將不獲續約。慕的內地採訪證今年9月到期，他曾建議以自由撰稿形式與南早合作，但一直不獲回覆。公仔箱論壇* n1 Q0 N) D$ N/ I' t- t+ ]
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慕指出，以往提供稿件平均約每周一篇見報，但去年9月起至今，該報只採用慕的兩篇作品，一是成都大熊貓學習野外生活，另一是國際組織呼籲中國政府向賣血染愛滋病人賠償。慕認為，兩篇報道是這段期間他曾向報館建議逾20項的採訪項目中題材最溫和的。胎死腹中的題材包括在囚維權律師高智晟身在美國的妻子專訪，交稿後終未見報。慕認為，南早有嚴重自我審查。慕亦仁現時正與美國《新聞周刊》洽談合作。 4 |+ Y4 X8 W- c1 j. F: C) [4 I# X公仔箱論壇TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。6 o7 ]% f/ Y! d& ]" t+ B
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4月22日，《南華早報》的新任總編輯王向偉通知我，《南華早報》與我的工作合約在今年5月21日期滿後將不再續約。說實話，對此我一點也不吃驚。 ! P e% l z. Y9 [! ktvb now,tvbnow,bttvbtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb: x& P8 p7 a) ~8 H4 J
那是在4月的某天，天氣炎熱，王向偉與我在香港一間酒店的餐廳裏談話。他開口時眼睛望著桌子，看起來根本不想與我有眼神接觸。隨便聊了幾分鐘後，我單刀直入地問他我的合約問題。 . ]) |' C* `. A0 }" s6 ^7 K 6 \; X7 Z9 J2 E- A3 jTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。他有些坐立難安，說，因為財務上的問題，他沒法給我續約了。公仔箱論壇& e3 D7 F- x; n$ o @' }5 a
2 H5 ^1 H z) f( e% @5 S4 K在我看來，這明明白白是個包含政治考量的決定。在過去的七個月裏，他幾乎不讓我給 《南華早報》寫任何跟中國有關的文章。在這段時間裏，我只有兩篇刊載在《南華早報》中國版塊上的報道，一篇是關於熊貓的，另一篇是關於愛滋病感染受害者賠償的。我給報社的中國新聞編輯組發了二、三十封提出選題建議的郵件，沒得到任何回覆——其中有個選題倒是通過了，但版面編輯告訴我，王向偉把它否決了。我給王向偉發了六、七封郵件，表明我想為《南華早報》多寫些文章，他也從不回覆。: N5 t- z% z! F: v! T
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這當然跟錢沒關係。我一離職，王向偉就招聘了好幾個年輕的新人記者，其中很多人都是從中國大陸來的。就算真有財務問題，為什麼是我被解聘？顯而易見，報社裏好多人沒有我資深。兩年前我成為《南華早報》合約僱員，但第一次給《南早》寫文章已經是1990年，22年以前了。我為《南早》贏得了10個新聞獎，比報社其他任何記者都多。 - G n+ p' v4 ^0 o! y S a/ i! j5 m公仔箱論壇. z8 n, f! B8 M" x; i% b( {4 `' s
我提出我可以給《南早》做自由撰稿，而且我不計較每個字能拿多少稿費。他聞言只是支 支吾吾。我請求報社至少讓我保留《南早》的記者資格證，這樣我還能繼續給報社貢獻各類文章。他聽了咕噥著說他要考慮一下。我後來發了好幾封郵件向他求肯，他還是不肯點頭同意。其實在這方面支持我根本不花報社一分錢。 : G3 X& I# p& l. O0 a公仔箱論壇公仔箱論壇6 J: Q% [$ H0 G. u
去年，當我得知王向偉晉升為總編輯時，我非常驚訝。不說別的，不管外界說他是個多麼資深的記者，他其實都沒多少做新聞的一線經驗，遠遠比他的很多員工要少。王在《中國日報》工作過，拿過一個新聞學碩士學位，去過倫敦參加一個相關的訓練項目，在那時短暫地給BBC工作過。據我所知，他從來就沒「在外頭跑過」——就是我們美國記者說的花多年時間踏遍大江南北做採訪。 : _1 V3 H! n# n0 W2 x# d / k4 ^- H7 V* B- o公仔箱論壇在很多事件裏，王向偉已經顯露出他的新聞判斷不準確，但更重要的是，他一直有「審查新聞」的名聲——也許《南華早報》的大老闆、馬來西亞富豪郭鶴年和他輪流經營此報的兒女就是看上了他這點。公仔箱論壇8 J i( X' p' t2 ^5 q; Z0 y ?" i- B
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隨便跟《南華早報》中國報道組的任何一個人聊聊，他都會告訴你王向偉是怎麼斃掉他的報道，或者怎麼要求他寫中國喜歡看到的無聊文章的。5.39.217.760 y" ~" m" C( v# {# x
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Self-censorship in SCMP 4 k9 K4 m; ~: ?# ttvb now,tvbnow,bttvbPaul Mooney 6 u# s! X/ P- `4 p0 p1 J+ Ntvb now,tvbnow,bttvb TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。# t3 F1 C+ N% H: B1 |' v8 V; ^6 }
On April 22, Wang Xiangwei, the new editor-in-chief of the South China Morning Post, informed me that my contract with the newspaper would not be renewed when it expired on May 21. I can't say I was surprised.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。- G# M! {: @9 a, V
9 y, d1 @7 P1 X' Z7 x) @Sitting in a hotel restaurant in Hong Kong on a hot April day, Wang stared down at the table as the conversation began,seemingly unwilling to make eye contact. After a few minutes of chit chat, I asked him directly about my contract. He fidgeted and said he would not be able to renew it due to budget problems.# H7 |' X4 z& o
3 z1 Z5 f) ]2 t8 M8 m% I- O- j! V5.39.217.76To me it was clear that this was a political decision. For seven months, he had basically blocked me from writing any China stories for the newspaper. During that period, I only had two stories in the China pages of the newspaper–one on panda bears and one on compensation for AIDS victims. Some two dozen other story suggestions went unanswered by the China Desk–in one case a story was approved, but the editor told me Wang had overruled him. A half-dozen emails to Wang pleading to write more for the newspaper went unanswered. 2 f; e4 X! ]8 C8 B, G) ?, v2 L# X ; k" N+ d9 |5 C. S5 N; ]tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbIt certainly was not about money. Following my departure,Wang hired a spate of new young reporters, many apparently from the mainland.And if there were budget problems, why was I chosen to be let go? Obviously,there were newer people at the newspaper than myself. I had been on contract for two years, and wrote my first article for the newspaper in 1990, some 22years ago. And I'd won 10 awards for my reporting for the newspaper, more than any other staff reporter. # `( d e* n$ `, k1 R+ N' {5.39.217.76 公仔箱論壇1 r# E$ s- X ^/ z
When I offered to freelance and said I didn't care about the word rate, he hemmed and hawed. When I asked if the newspaper could at least allow me to keep my journalist accreditation with the South China Morning Post,so I could continue to contribute articles to the newspaper, he muttered something about having to think about it. Despite several emails asking about this, he never agreed to do this. And there was no cost in sponsoring me. - H& L l' N e# O5 C公仔箱論壇 % U! A3 n* f: v1 s! v公仔箱論壇When the news came last year that Wang had been appointed the editor-in-chief, I was quite surprised. For one, despite talk of him being a veteran journalist, he had little actual practical experience doing real journalism–far less than a lot of his staff. Wang had worked for the China Daily, done a masters degree in journalism and had gone off to London on a training program, where he worked briefly for the BBC. As far as I know,he never “pounded the sidewalks,” as we American journalists say of a reporter who has spent years roaming around doing interviews. ) L g0 Y/ d" i0 H, Qtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb 9 w3 s! X/ p6 r- ]) g公仔箱論壇He'd shown weakness in news judgement on many occasions, but more important, he'd long had a reputation as being a censor of the news, which may be what endeared him to Mr. Robert Kuok, the Malaysian tycoon who owns the newspaper, and his son and daughter, who took turns running the newspaper.& u$ O" k7 t' l0 N* D1 T! e
( E% Y/ V6 O: p* ITalk to anyone on the China reporting team at the South China Morning Post and they'll tell you a story about how Wang has cut their stories, or asked them to do an uninteresting story that was favorable to China.5.39.217.766 v/ x) T5 K- P! D1 c0 g4 M$ m8 N4 ^( r
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Last November, I traveled to the US on holiday and decided to take a train to meet Geng He, the wife of rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng, who had snuck past Chinese security guarding their Beijing home with a young son and daughter, making it all the way to Thailand and eventually political asylum in the US. ' V5 Q, n1 G s% F } 5.39.217.761 I0 {. |9 F& z; N1 E# e
During a three-hour interview in a highway Burger King, Ms.Geng gave me unreported details about the harrowing escape through Southeast Asian jungles, much of it in the middle of the night. She cried as she talked about her husband's treatment by brutal security people, and she smiled when she recalled her husband's dedication as a lawyer. Tears fell as she described the difficulties the family was facing in the US.Both children had been seriously affected by the treatment of their father herein China, which included serious torture and forced disappearances for lengthy periods.公仔箱論壇, z7 ^1 |5 @# I3 r3 V! f
- J! H6 `# P A5 FTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。An editor expressed interest in the story, but got back tome later in the day to tell me that Wang had spiked it. No reason was given. ; T8 j7 t9 \) \ tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb Q) u. Z% B4 |# b" X V
When I was the second foreign reporter to see Gao during his brief respite from being disappeared, Editor-in-chief Reg Chua and Deputy Editor David Lague had a bitter argument with Wang, who was not keen to run the story. They wanted it on the front page, but Wang wanted it buried inside. They compromised by putting the story inside and cutting it slightly. Gao Zhisheng was obviously on Wang's list of people not to be reported about.公仔箱論壇, B! |& `9 y0 R5 r7 L
6 l, M7 ?' R2 ^# n公仔箱論壇When the government began its nasty crackdown against rights lawyers and other dissidents last year, that saw people have black hoods thrown over their heads before being stuffed into a car, and then being taken to hidden location, where most endured horrible torture. I saw an unprecedented pattern of intimidation and pain that clearly marked a new and frightening trend and so I suggested a story to the China Desk (David Lague, the deputy editor, was on holiday at the time). The story was immediately rejected by a China Desk editor, who said the newspaper had reported on tortured lawyers already. I wrote a short note saying this was a new and different trend, but I knew it would go unanswered.5.39.217.76$ N7 s. S. E% Z% U
. K6 T' Q5 T3 n4 g/ I( f2 oWhen David Lague returned weeks later, I submitted the story to him and he immediately said to go ahead. I finished the story, but it sat on China Desk for about three months, a practice I later learned was not uncommon when Wang wanted to let a story shrink in importance. When I wrote to David Lague, he pleaded he no longer had the authority he used to have. Silence of the Dissidents ran three months later, and I went on to win two awards for the story the China Desk tried to kill.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb0 I+ g# w8 i2 _' r
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During their time at the newspaper, the two veteran journalists frequently battled fiercely with Mr. Wang over stories, with the daughter of Mr. Robert Kuok, the Malaysian owner of the newspaper, frequently siding with Wang. Insiders say the Kuoks long coddled Wang, believing he had influence in China. , t/ L2 M3 V# k, Atvb now,tvbnow,bttvb 5.39.217.76% F% ^9 Z- b2 f; r6 r) N; ?- P
Nor was I the only foreign reporter to be pushed out of the newspaper–I follow a long line of foreigners–each with long experience–who saw their contracts allowed to run out by Wang–this way he could plead innocence:You've not been fired, your contract ran out. There are now no foreign reporters working for the South China Morning Post in China–a first in a long while.5.39.217.768 C5 q% A9 ?4 b" q
, E. M% a/ `6 O5 aTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。One good example is the case of former Guangzhou correspondent Leu Siew Ying, a native of Malaysia,who won the European Commission's Lorenzo Natali Grand Prize in 2006 for her reporting on protests in the village of Taishi the previous year. Sheleft the paper in 2007 after disputes with Mr. Wang about following up on Taishi and pressure from the Guangdong authorities.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。, W# _# d( ^. p5 q
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During Wang's time with the newspaper, several foreign editors were offered the job of editor-in-chief, but most left after fighting a losing battle with the former China Daily reporter and member of the Jinlin Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. The Kuoks always made it clear where their loyalties lay.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。0 L- R+ ]$ Q0 \; m
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But this is not just a case of foreign reporters being harassed. Talk to just about any one of the excellent Chinese or Hong Kong reporters writing about China for the newspaper, and, if they're willing to talk, they'll quietly tell about Wang spiking perfectly good stories or of being told to write more “positive” articles. 3 ]+ V8 l6 s7 a* } w8 _TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。 $ p. p5 b% J: }tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbIt's interesting that the story that finally exposed Wang was one about the mysterious death of June 4 activist Li Wangyang, which barely got coverage in the newspaper. ' T' S! G0 ^/ ^( n8 G$ d0 z! H5.39.217.76 1 p! c! t2 E% Q9 k8 A" ^' m$ R公仔箱論壇After a sub on the desk questioned this gap in the newspaper's reporting, about a story that other Hong Kong media had jumped on eagerly, Wang curtly told the sub off. “I don't have to explain to you anything. I made the decision and I stand by it. If you don't like it, you know what to do.”5.39.217.767 ~# J5 m/ s+ }* Z
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But what Wang failed to say was that the newspaper had in fact run a much longer story on Li's death in its first edition and that Wang had chosen to yank it, shave it down to a brief for the next edition, and replace it with an article about former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui and a conversation he had with a group of students–a story that had already run two days earlier. What few have noticed, is that self-censorship is not the only problem. Possibly more worrying is the newspaper's new-found proclivity under Wang to publish dubious stories that reflect Beijing's views.5.39.217.768 j! g6 K& u, A* l
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Earlier this year, deputy editor Tammy Tam gushed like a high school girl in a story about the Chinese Panchen Lama, asking only one serious question of a person who has never appeared in the Western media before. Eric X. Li, a well-known apologist for China,has been writing regular columns for the South China Morning Post. In one recent article he slapped Hong Kong citizens on the wrist for not welcoming mainland women to have their babies in the territory,and then wondering aloud if a people like this deserved the right to vote. Last week came a story by Professor Jiang Shigong, deputy director of Peking University's Centre for Hong Kong and Macau Studies, that claimed “Hongkongers accept Beijing's rule.”5.39.217.765 v) z6 `6 t8 R/ g2 i- Y
+ U/ e! L. |1 O3 W& O! z: Z5.39.217.76In his own weekly commentary, Wang had egg on his face after predicting that disgraced Chongqing party secretary Bo Xilai had escaped any serious trouble. “Firstly, Bo's political career looks safe for now and he has apparently managed to push back the pressure from his opponents within the party,” Wang wrote just before Bo fell hard.公仔箱論壇! O4 n8 c { P' z
) A/ H+ `2 z! ^( n% X- _% vTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。Another article described Tibetans in Lhasa happily celebrating the Tibetan New Year, with quotes coming from one unidentified “middle-aged Tibetan man.” Meanwhile, more objective reports were reporting a dire situation in the Tibetan area. The article read like a China Daily story. " x6 e* R! B) ~4 R5 D; w0 J公仔箱論壇 - l/ m5 w" i8 z$ c1 b公仔箱論壇While the South China Morning Post continues to publish good critical reportage on China, the newspaper no longer has the status it had in the late 1990s, or more recently under three years direction under Mr. Chua and Lague, when the newspaper made great advances.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。5 @" ^7 w, Z9 Y# b$ \
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Under Wang's stewardship, the newspaper has lost credibility with Hong Kong and international readers and is now often the butt of jokes in the local Chinese media there. Sadly, the South China Morning Post, which has a history of more than 100 years, may be beyond the point of return. With credibility and morale at the newspaper sagging, and controversies on the rise, competent journalists will now be reluctant to join the newspaper, and it can only sink deeper into mediocrity. The prospects for English-language journalism in Hong Kong is not good and this is sad.
