{"id":1449,"date":"2008-06-06T17:01:27","date_gmt":"2008-06-06T09:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cmp.hku.hk\/2008\/06\/06\/1053\/"},"modified":"2008-06-06T17:01:27","modified_gmt":"2008-06-06T09:01:27","slug":"politicians-running-the-newspapers-%e6%94%bf%e6%b2%bb%e5%ae%b6%e5%8a%9e%e6%8a%a5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinamediaproject.org\/2008\/06\/06\/politicians-running-the-newspapers-%e6%94%bf%e6%b2%bb%e5%ae%b6%e5%8a%9e%e6%8a%a5\/","title":{"rendered":"Politicians running the newspapers \u653f\u6cbb\u5bb6\u529e\u62a5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cPoliticians running the newspapers\u201d is a phrase first raised by Mao Zedong in 1957, who said: \u201cThe writing of articles, and especially lead editorials (\u793e\u8bba), must be responsible to the overall interests of the party, united closely with the political situation. This is what is meant by politicians running the newspapers.\u201d<br \/>\nDuring the annual national meeting of propaganda ministers in early 1994, Ding Guangen (\u4e01\u5173\u6839), head of China\u2019s Central Publicity Department, said: \u201cOur politics must be acute, our heads alert, our flag clear. The political and policy nature of ideological and political work is strong, and a number of problems are of an extremely sensitive nature. We must be careful to consider such problems from a political standpoint. We must be clear about what we promote, what we permit, what we oppose and what we limit.\u201d<br \/>\nOn Junuary 2, 1996, Jiang Zemin said on a visit to the <em>Liberation Army Daily<\/em>: \u201cMao Zedong once said that in doing media work we must ensure that the papers are run by politicians. This warning rings true even today.\u201d<br \/>\nTerms of a similar vein including, \u201cpoliticians running the wires\u201d (newswires), and \u201cpoliticians running the stations\u201d (radio and television). After the war against the Falun Gong religious sect became a political obsession in 1999, party leaders also began talking about \u201cpoliticians running the Websites.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cPoliticians running the newspapers\u201d is a phrase first raised by Mao Zedong in 1957, who said: \u201cThe writing of articles, and especially lead editorials (\u793e\u8bba), must be responsible to the overall interests of the party, united closely with the political situation. 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