Event review

In April 14, 1997, the famous Taiwan actress Bai Bingbing's only daughter Bai Xiaoyan the kidnappers were kidnapped, the kidnapper asked Bai Bingbing to 5000000 dollars for exchange, Bai Bingbing received the call, the 9 point to the police. But when the police prepared to take secret way to rescue the hostages, to arrest the kidnappers and at the same time, the major media in Taiwan have to go into action without delay, seize every opportunity, competition "exclusive". The media sent guard at the door of Bai Bingbing's home, in order to avoid the police chased away, some journalists as Betel nut brother, others played a lorry driver, also use the telephoto cameras within the White House scene. Journalists are even using the latest electronic equipment to monitor police communications, driving or rented helicopters tracking police action, so that the police had to frequently change the communication way and the use of language, but also deliberately spread false information, to interfere with journalists. When the media that the notice of payment and Bai Bingbing meet, he dispatched more than 10 cars followed, some media even in the kidnappers about her meeting places off the TV trucks. Because of the involvement of the media, the kidnappers after Bai Bingbing failed to repeated pressure for provision of ransom, was hid a police escape reporters, so get desperation, crazy shot. The parties Bai Bingbing angry geological asked: "I do not know whether these reporters in save my daughter, or to force him to kill my daughter?" After that, some media published Bai Xiaoyan killed his hands tied, naked pictures, lose one's beyond recognition. After the audience in the broadcast seminar said: "Bai Xiaoyan 'lucky' dead, even didn't kill her, a girl's nude photo was so publicly, she is also the only one."   

"White" streams of people busily coming and going for seven months, during the three suspect this is still around from one place to another, then two Xian Fanlin Chunsheng, Gao Tianmin WeiZui Dutch act. The main suspect Chen Jinxing in November 18th of the same year and hijacking of South African diplomats in Taiwan, the social evolution of international events for criminal case. "Full of iniquities" Chen Jinxing in the fugitive period, also took the initiative to put the mass media, the hostage that night, more become the hot star TV "". In his talks with the police for twenty-four hours, thirteen television stations and radio interrupt normal program all, marathon this event to do a full report. During the live broadcast, many words not found will be immediately communicated to the public.

The absurd is, TV media have let the appearance description, he and his wife met "moving picture" also appears in front of the audience, and they how to embark on the Mafia story, more overnight have introduced; media naturally or half unconsciously unexpectedly to shape a The sin is great. villain into a "tragic hero".

A brief analysis of the impact of the media, Taiwan in this event and causes

1, media all-weather tracking reports, interference secret police detection activities, hinder the hostage rescue work.Second days after the incident, two local daily "great news" and "China Daily" for the exclusive, but first the news. In April 23rd, the case is unknown, "first hand" will report detailed reports.

2, regardless of the dignity and feel forced to interview, published should not publish pictures or details, assault victims and family's privacy.During the course of the incident, Taiwan much home media for 24 hours waiting at the door of Bai Bingbing's home, and even the use of high-tech means to pry into internal white house. Reporters not only for Bai Bingbing himself his tail, and the white related personnel and all the White House people forcibly tracking interviews, photography, these practices seriously violated the interviewee's dignity and privacy. But reporters from the heart feeling, some sharp questions, too inhumane practice. Some media also published a photo of the victim, the victim and his family suffered second strikes.    

3, media speculation over the case, detailed description of crimes, cruel plot, misleading the social atmosphere.A newspaper published in April 26th the headline fully reflects the mood at that time: "the media keep 12 days total media dawn attack". "China television company" first to caption broadcast news, then, "the television station", Taiwan TV companies have to follow up, in the event of three and spent a total of hundreds of people in the White House to wait; cable television were also in the fastest time reported the incident; in the newspaper, "4 · 14" kidnapping case becomes a few days after the newspaper from the news, which reported most newspapers, every day was to report Bai Xiaoyan events in the space of 5 full page. Media speculation over possible indifference "bystander" psychology to the general audience, more likely to follow for others. According to Taiwan's "Ministry of the interior" statistics, nearly ten years, every year has kidnapped for ransom cases in more than 95, which last year 156, which to some extent and the media on the kidnapping techniques, process details, detailed reports associated.

    The Taiwan press self-discipline news Council have the corresponding provisions of moral norms in the formulation of:

"An interview with major crime, shall not hinder the work of criminal investigation." ("Taiwan press ethics" third section of the first article);

"Kidnapping news should regard life safety. The paramount consideration, not reported in the victim did not escape before usually." (ibid., article third paragraph sixth);

"News and advertisements, and shall not be published nude or obscene pictures." (ibid., article sixth paragraph third);   

"The news about crime and weathering cases, in processing technology should be particularly careful, language can not picture description methods of crime, violence and pornography and avoid lens." ("Taiwan TV moral norms" fourth paragraph fourth);  

Visible, Taiwan press of journalism ethics in the understanding level and behavior level have a big gap. Taiwan Press Council just news practitioners of civil society organizations, the lack of the necessary administrative punishment right, news can be achieved only maintained by personal moral ethics, in the competition mechanism of purely commercial, media to improve their ratings or sales, even though there will be negative moral judgements, but do not get real the sanctions, but by the social sensation, achieve higher economic benefits.

Two, the news media in judicial practice and judicial role -- news

   "Bai Xiaoyan" event fully illustrates some of the news media is not properly exercise the media rights, not properly recognize and handle the relationship between news and judiciary, the news media in the judicial activities act as an inglorious role, hinder the normal judicial activities, bring bad influence to the society. However, we should see, the pursuit of justice and the media in the final value is the same, the fundamental goal is the pursuit of fairness and justice of society. Justice through the law to solve disputes, safeguard the legitimate rights of the parties, to the pursuit of fairness and justice of the law; media through public opinion to judge is not good, belittling evil, to the pursuit of fairness and justice of social moral.

1, the news media need to intervene in the judicial activity.

The news media is the information center, is the connection of citizens, social organizations, enterprises and institutions and state organs and ties, bridges, reflects the social public opinion, and guide public opinion. Recent news media's responsibility is to spread to the society of public concern, and found that, with typical or uniqueness of objective facts, figures, ideas and comments. The right to know is a basic right of citizens, citizens the right to use and the other is the premise and condition, in the face of modern social public affairs complex, people direct access to information is limited, so the news media has become the effective way for citizens to realize their own right. The citizens through the media to understand the important news about justice, realization of the right to know; and the citizen published media comments on news fact, realization of the freedom of expression, but also can promote the judicial justice.

In July 5th, China rural private entrepreneur Sun Dawu, accused of illegal financing of 180000000 yuan was formally arrested. But his arrest, and not as another rich Zhou Zhengyi was arrested as public good. On the contrary, since China media reported Sun Dawu was arrested for illegal fund-raising, many scholars stand out, as the Sun Dawu grievances. "We are concerned about" his case ", because we always pay attention to private entrepreneurs, pay close attention to the development and destiny of the private economy. Due to lack of funds "insufficiency", is not the private economy have more room for development of the "gate of life". But any "blood transfusion", should be, must be carried out under the framework of the law to allow. Learn to respect and obey the law, private entrepreneurs to get rid of "troupes" image, become a process of social progress strength must be experienced. We are concerned about the "Sun Dawu case", but also because we hope that relevant departments can create better for the development of the private economy environment, open up a broader financing channels. "This is Chinese" news weekly "on Hebei private entrepreneurs Sun Dawu case is a discussion. The case of Sun Dawu since the case has received widespread attention in the media, on whether Sun Dawu's behavior has constituted the crime of illegal absorbing public deposits and private entrepreneurs of fate, in the media under the guidance of, caused widespread controversy in the society. At the same time, it is because of the media while the intervention in the judicial case, make his case by a high degree of attention, and finally get justice judgment.

At the same time, in order to ensure that the people be in power status and the right of every citizen is not affected by the public power infringing upon, must limit the powers of the state, justice, is the last defense of social justice, is a special position in the state power, so it is in the process of power operation, must accept the supervision of public opinion. The news supervision of public opinion is a form of exercise of democratic rights of citizens, is the important content of the socialist democratic politics, is an important means to expand citizens' orderly political participation, and also an important symbol of political civilization of socialism. Therefore, the news public opinion on the staff of state organs and supervision is an unshirkable duty of news media.

In addition to handling a case, have a lot of work to carry out the judicial organ, need to use media to achieve. For example, the judicial organ judicial practice may be introduced many new initiatives, need to the community through the media publicity; the emergence of many heroes and models in the judicial practice, need to recognize to the society through the media; many of the advanced experience in the judicial practice, need to communicate through the media; laws and regulations are often used in judicial practice, need publicity to the public through the media; many new concepts in the judicial practice, need to disseminate to the public through media; many new problems in the judicial practice, through the media to discuss etc.. At the same time, the Department of justice for the pursuit of the judicial fair, fair value, in order to reduce judicial personnel engaged in judicial activities of subjectivity and one sidedness, oneself also put forward judicial open question.

In a word, the public reports and news criticism is the core of the media and judicial intervention, which helps to the constitution of the citizen's right to know, the right to freedom of speech and other democratic rights really gave the people, but also to a certain extent, guarantee the judicial activities of the honest and promoting judicial justice.

2, the media should be reasonable, legal and judicial activities.

The judicial activities of the need for a relatively closed environment, such as detection, prosecution, trial case, investigators and social requirement to maintain an appropriate degree of isolation, the relative isolation of various public power, social power, social mood to investigators instruction, interference and influence, make the case personnel according to the facts and the law act independently, without the interference all kinds of sounds and behaviors including news public opinion, the. Any undue intervention of media, any tendentious reports or comments are likely to disturb the normal judicial activities, or to the judicial personnel and the audience caused First impressions are strongest prejudices, the judicial personnel based on the influence of the media or under the pressure of public opinion, make the loss of justice judgment. The news media through the judicial activities, open, true fair report, can help to promote legal knowledge, carry forward the spirit of the rule of law, promote judicial reform, to maintain the dignity of law effect, has an irreplaceable, positive, important significance to speed up the construction of democracy and rule of law in our country, especially the news public opinion acts of corruption in the judicial activities expose and discussion of new problems in the judicial practice, the discussion in the legal issues in the judicial activity of, it plays an important role in promoting the judicial justice.

3, the news media should make clear oneself to report what, what can not be reported

The community every day may occur in many cases, the news media should clearly understand what kind of case need, what kind of case can not be reported, only those with typical and news value in case it is necessary to disclose to the society and the communication to the public.

First of all, the news media should generally not be publicly reported pending trial and although not legally effective cases and not sure or applicable in the facts of the case, the case law of the controversial. For not hearing the case, the news media should be limited accordingly, usually only legal documents reported hearing the case of the time and the result of the case and the court's effective involved content. In some cases, the disclosure may interfere with the detection or endanger the safety when the thing person, such as the kidnapping hostage was rescued safe in the past, drug smuggling case in not cracked before, media cannot report the case, not the whole process tracking report case. In the criminal case report, the media should be strictly limited disclosure police detective means and process, stage of investigation in criminal cases, the occurrence of media only reported cases, reported the details until after police investigation, so as to provide anti cracking the experience for the criminals. In the case report, should the parties to respect the right of personality, the protection of the right of privacy.

4, the news media must know how to report

The news media reports in the judicial case to note in the reported scores "and orientation. The starting point of different ideas, different reports, the focus of the interview is different, different writing style, it will have a different social effect. The same is a criminal case report, can focus on writing a detective process, can also focuses on the criminal process; focus on the writing of judicial process, with a focus on writing crime characteristics, but also to focus on writing the consequences of the crime, and the reason behind the thinking, focus on writing case mining case etc.. For the pending case should be based on objective facts reported as the principle, a clear tendency of comments should not be, nor to judicial procedure using qualitative language reports. Case reports must be objective and fair, especially in civil, administrative litigation cases reported, cannot listen to only one side, not to take sides, but not deliberately speculation.

In the Zhang Jinzhu case, some of the media is not a very good grasp of the line reported and adhere to an objective and fair principle. Zhengzhou City Public Security Bureau twenty-seventh branch director Zhang Jinzhu, drunk driving, the pedestrians on the road and his son Su Donghai and Su Lei into dead and another injured. Zhang Jinzhu was killed after su Lei Su Donghai drag drag in the car. After nearly 1500 meters, causing serious contusion of su. This is the media disclosure, aroused public indignation, the society requires the sentence Zhang Jinzhu to death, the media hype, and even make the story, claiming that "do not kill Zhang Jinzhu not to anger!" Under the strong pressure of public opinion, the morning of January 12, 1998, Henan Province, Zhengzhou City Intermediate People's court to the crime of traffic accident and the crime of intentional injury in accordance with the law, sentenced Zhang Jinzhu to three years in prison and the death penalty, deprivation of political rights for life. The decision to death, deprived of political rights for life. Can be said about the Zhang Jinzhu case at least from the perspective of definite evidence, the crime of intentional injury is dubious. The court is in the media as the leading the pressure of public opinion to civilian angrily to Zhang Jinzhu sent to the guillotine. After the verdict that Zhang Jinzhu in despair say "I'm not be legal to kill, is kill media and journalists".

Secondly, involving state secrets, personal privacy, the minor crime case reports should pay attention to grasp the sense of propriety, publicly reported on is not suitable for the content to be filtered and necessary technical treatment, not a detailed description of crimes, at the same time to avoid published or broadcast a special cruelty, terror, bloody, bawdy details, in order to avoid the adverse impact on the public.

In the interview reports, news media should pay more attention to respect and protect the legitimate rights and interests are reported people, embody the humanitarian care. in shocked the whole country "Ma Jiajue" cases, some of the media lack of humanistic care practices have not. Media spare no effort, full page full page to launch exclusively revealed, exclusive photos, exclusive interview with the media, seems to be more a suspect to Ma Jiajue individual edges depict, to describe him as a little trifles kill in cold blood "a fiend in human shape". In the next report, the person's name, place of origin, even the pictures are in a prominent position important layout of printed.

In short, the news media and judicial activities are reported and being reported, relationship of supervising and being supervised, the news media to play the role of supervision in communication activities, not only to carry out the real objective reports, but also to understand the nature of the judicial organs, the task and role, not ultra vires exercise the power of investigation, procuratorial power and the judicial authority, the maintenance of judicial independence, judicial justice, together with the justice society.

Reference material.

The relationship between media and justice "" Wang Jun       

"Reconstruction of the relationship between news and justice"Zhang Heng

"" on the relationship between media and justice Liu Bin Li Chu

"News law" of Wei Yongzheng