In addition to pearl milk tea , political commentary programs can also be regarded as a major "specialty" in Taiwan. In recent years, it has become the "standard configuration" of major TV stations on the island. Especially the recent "good show" staged by the pro-green media person, Yu Kou, , has attracted more attention from this group. On the 9th, "DailyView Network Thermometer" used the "KEYPO Big Data Key Engine" public opinion analysis system to count the top ten political commentary hosts with network voice in the past three months. Let’s see, how many do you know? The first in
is Zhou Yuko, who has recently been the hatred value of Guangla. She revealed on the MinTV "Spicy News 152" she hosted that the rumored heroine of the father of the Kuomintang Taipei Mayor candidate Jiang Wanan was former "Miss China" Zhang Shujuan. Zhang Shujuan came forward to cry and complain, which made public opinion explode in an instant. On September 26, Zhou Yukou and Taipei City Councilman Wang Hongwei , who accompanied Zhang Go, complained, and even made his negative network voice soar. On this day alone, Zhou Yukou's negative voice volume soared by 120,000, nearly 4 times the positive voice volume. Some netizens described it as more exciting than the eight o'clock series.
More or less carefully read this list. The hosts of the political commentary program on the list can be roughly divided into the following categories:
Senior media person Zhao Shaokang
The first category is that they have been struggling in the political circle for a long time and have rich political experience. It can be said that the top four belong to this category. For example, Zhou Yukou was once a member of the Kuomintang, later joined the "Taiwan League Party" and also represented the party in the Taipei mayoral election. Zhao Shaokang, who ranked second, was named "Political Golden Boy" in his early years and participated in the establishment of the new party. He also served as a "legislator", a Taipei City Councilor and the "Environmental Protection Director". He started hosting programs in 1995 and currently has programs on platforms such as China Radio and Television, TVBS and YAHOO TV. Among them, the one that is well known is TVBS TV's "Shaokang War Room". Even after so many years of moving to the media, Zhao Shaokang is still deeply involved in politics. He not only expressed his intention to run for the leadership of Taiwan in 2024, but also announced the establishment of the "Fighting Blue" in September 2021.
Former DPP legislator Guo Zhengliang
Wu Zijia, who ranks third, is the chairman of Meilidao Electronic News. He joined the DPP in 1997 and was expelled from the party in October 2021. He dares to speak and scold, and often criticizes the DPP directly on the show, and has gradually moved away from the DPP in recent years. The fourth place is Guo Zhengliang, a former "legislator" of the DPP, but he criticized the DPP's housework without any mercy. He was asked whether he was still a member of the Democratic Progressive Party. At that time, he replied, "Our party dues have not been paid, and this is not called withdrawal. In fact, if you do not pay the party dues in a normal democratic society, you will not be called a party member."
Yu Beichen
In addition, Yu Beichen, ranked seventh, retired from the Army Major General. He was originally the chairman of the Kuomintang's "Huang Fuxing Party Department" and belonged to Deep Blue, but he had conflicts with the Kuomintang in recent years. At the end of 2021, he announced his withdrawal from the Kuomintang. This year, in 's "nine-in-one" election, he ran for Taoyuan City Councillor as an independent, and his degree of intervention in politics is also very deep.
The second category is the host who comes from the media circle. For example, Huang Weihan, who ranked fifth, was a grassroots reporter and moved to the famous vocal circle in 2018 to become a political commentator. , ranked sixth, Liu Baojie hosted the program " Critical Moment " on Dongsen News for 15 years. Zheng Hongyi, who ranked eighth, has been hosting programs on Sanli TV since 2003 and is currently hosting "Zheng Knows" on Sanli News.
Sanli host Xu Guiya
Xu Guiya, who ranked ninth, was the mainstay of political news in Minsheng, and then became an anchor. In May this year, he hosted Sanli's "Come on New Taiwan" program. She has another identity, which is the wife of former "Executive Yuan" spokesman Ding Yiming. Ding resigned in 2020 due to the "beef noodle chaos". I wonder how embarrassing it would be for Xu Guiya to host this episode.
The third category is other political commentators from origins, such as , ranked 10th, Zhu Xueheng was once a writer, and later started his career as an Internet observer and has been on major political commentary programs.
is visible, and these famous people have a close relationship with the blue and green camp. In a sense, they are the "mouth substitutes" of these camps.
Taiwan political commentary program appeared as early as the 1980s. In 1987, the "China-Guangzhou Hotline" program in Taiwan showed a call-in interactive form, allowing listeners to briefly express their opinions by calling the program. In 1994, TVBS launched Taiwan's first political commentary program "2100 National Talk ", which was a great success.
A table, two cameras, plus a few people, such a low cost can bring good ratings and advertising fees. The TV station naturally welcomes you warmly, and political commentary programs are being held more and more. Under the fierce competition, the entertainment of this type of program is becoming more and more prominent. Famous people are constantly relying on their bitter words and deeds to seize resources, and their professionalism is put aside.
, let’s see how these people perform:
In November 2010, when Zheng Hongyi talked about the NT$30,000 per month for graduate students from mainland China, he publicly scolded Ma Ying-jeou like a "tongued son" and said, "It’s a donkey or a horse, you can tell if you take it out and take it for a walk." The result caused strong protests from the Kuomintang.
political commentary program staged a fight.
In August 2006, a full-fight battle was actually staged on the live broadcast of the civil service political commentary program "The First Family Comes to Start Talk" and the founding veteran of the DPP, Lin Zhengjie, , fought with Jin Hengwei, a commentator who was on the same day. The latter was injured in the nose and stitched five stitches in the hospital.
In August this year, Yu Beichen said on the TV program "News Digging": "Often the Tiangong (interception rate) is about 70%. Then I will stop you three times (referring to the People's Liberation Army) and it will be 210%. How can I not be blocked?" Such arithmetic has caused unanimous ridicule from netizens on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. Not to mention brainless remarks such as "Mainland people can't afford to eat pickled vegetables" and "Mainland people get Wuliangye because of their poor economy" and other brainless remarks.
It is precisely because Zhou Yukou and are rampant in Beichen, such as "performance-type famous mouths", and there are endless means without bottom line. Political commentary programs and "famous mouths" are thus called the "source of chaos" in Taiwan society. Especially when the election phase is approaching, real policy discussions are rare on TV and the Internet, leaving only personal attacks and negative news of candidates. In addition, the remarks of famous speakers often have the effect of fueling, making Taiwan's election taste heavier and heavier.
