The picture shows the Taiwan Communications Commission (NCC) holding a regular press conference. (Photo by Guo Jiquan)
Making money from war disasters is nothing new, and the Russia-Ukraine war is no exception. Since the war, various artificial manipulations of malicious price hikes have been inevitable, which has greatly affected the lives of people in both warring countries. Even the weapons used by both sides in the war have long become a platform for arms dealers to display their products, preparing to make a fortune.
What about Taiwan, which is far away? Major news stations reported that unscrupulous people took advantage of the public's love and conducted fake fund-raising and real fraud businesses through various channels and platforms. The news stations' actions seemed to be just, but at their core, they still followed the established ideology and took the lead in broadcasting all kinds of fake news. Fake news that deliberately fails to verify complete information is essentially the same as the deceptive methods used by unscrupulous people.
For example, the green media FTV recently reported on the casualties and losses of the Russian army, using a ticker to show the astonishing figure of 14 million dead. Before the war was over, the death toll of the Russian army was close to that of World War I , with more than 30 countries participating in the war, resulting in 16 million deaths. But in fact, the United States estimated that the Russian army sent only about 150,000 troops this time. After the news broadcast, the entire army was wiped out, and each Russian soldier was resurrected more than a hundred times. It can be said to be an out-and-out fake. news.
Some people may think that the numbers are mistakenly planted rather than deliberately falsified, but this is not the real point. The essence of the matter is that the green media, based on their original ideological stance, when broadcasting news content about the Russo-Ukrainian war, all used reports that were hateful to Russia and pro-Ukrainian. Therefore, even if the figure of 14 million is questioned, the public cannot blame them for taking " Treat it with the disingenuous theory of "appealing to motives" and believe that the death toll of 14 million is actually a deliberate misrepresentation to serve political goals.
compares the controversy of Zhongtian Guantai. The NCC once said that Zhongtian News was obviously biased in collecting and broadcasting information, and believed that some reports of Zhongtian News violated the principle of fact-checking. Some members even questioned Zhongtian Report and even reported that Han Guoyu slept in socks, held a wine glass, and Han Guoyu It is the male version of , Lin Chiling and other news. Questioning is against journalistic ethics and public interest.
According to the same "press freedom" standard, should the NCC adopt the strictest standards to punish "FTV" for broadcasting a death figure of 14 million, causing viewers to misunderstand the truth of the war, and fabricating death figures that may cause social panic? Penalty or even shut down? After all, the audience is not obligated to understand the true motives of FTV’s numerical presentation, but the 14 million death figures are far beyond the scope of common imagination. It has indeed violated the principle of fact verification and cannot be denied by FTV.
Such false and exaggerated news reports on the Russia-Ukraine war, and the motivations of ideological propaganda are so clear-cut, but no public opinion representatives are seen to correct the unhealthy trends through questioning, which is really contrary to their duties. Another example is the NCC’s report on the death of 14 million people. Turning a blind eye to the numbers, showing condonation and condoning without taking harsh measures, there is no guarantee that people will one day surround Chen Kang, and the consequences will be disastrous.
