Seeing the situation here one after another with Director Xue, Nie Cai was not in a hurry to leave this time.
Each of these intercession calls was more "exciting" than the last. They simply used all their means. He would not see this kind of scene in normal times.
He knew that there would be great resistance to doing this kind of public opinion supervision reporting, but he did not expect that the resistance would be so great, with all kinds of tricks emerging one after another.
The interceding parties are full of tricks. Faced with all kinds of interceding, what should Director Xue do this time
"He is a top-ranking leader in province
Director Xue cursed and seemed a little helpless.
The pleas of leaders at the county level can be ignored, and the pleas of leaders at the city level can be ignored. As for the pleas of leaders at the provincial level? That's a little tricky.
If they don't give face to the other party, they can directly call the Taiwan leaders to complain. If they insist on being a hindrance to the economic development of poor counties, they can make Director Xue drink a pot of wine.
Moreover, in life, the word "favor" cannot be escaped. If he can be so hard-hearted that he won't even give his father's face, it doesn't mean that others can do the same.
The advertising money offensive coupled with the intercession of senior leaders, and the relationship with a fellow countryman, I wonder if the Taiwanese leaders can resist this wave of intercession? Anyway, based on Director Xue’s experience, I think it’s a bit confusing.
Just when Director Xue was distressed, his cell phone rang again, which frightened him so much that he almost jumped.
Fortunately, this time it wasn't a call, just a text message.
Director Xue picked up his cell phone and took a look. This text message was sent by one of his elementary school classmates. The tone was sincere, saying that Boss Xi of Lanxiang Chemical Factory was his old friend for many years. Please be sure to show him face and thank him deeply, etc. … Director Xue frowned.
Relatives, classmates, leaders, good guys, all these favors come together.
"Even my classmates from elementary school came to join in the fun?"
Director Xue simply turned his head off and turned off the phone, sitting on the bedside with a helpless expression.
"Director Xue, I've been through life and death, don't tell us that we can't do this topic!"
Ouyang said nervously, holding his hands and struggling to sit up from the bed.
His leg was injured because of reporting and interviewing this news. He couldn't get injured. If the news couldn't be broadcast in the end, it would be a big loss!
"What do you think, the news must be broadcast, but the boss's phone call cannot be ignored. As a chief editor, director and producer, my waist is not that strong, so I have to watch the leader..."
Director Xue gave a wry smile and said, "I guess the call from the provincial leader will go to the leader of our station. Our news will have to be restrained a lot. It's too boring to be indifferent!"
Whether the news is broadcast or not, and how strong the reporting is, all depends on how reporters and producers do it. If they criticize it in a gentle way, they may be able to get it accepted.
"I was well prepared when I started this new column, but this army of intercessors is still too powerful... Do you know why "Focus Interview" has so little content for public opinion supervision? It's all thanks to these intercessors."
He sighed, rubbed his temples, and said helplessly: "In the year when Focus Interview was launched, the content supervised by public opinion reached an astonishing 47%. Later, this proportion continued to decline and became 10%. About ten years old, I had to find some innocuous topics to make up the numbers. I also claim to insist on combining positive reports with critical reports. If it were based on the ratio in the first year of broadcasting, I would still believe it. Isn’t the latter ratio a joke? !”
"Focus" is the most watched public opinion monitoring program. Its ratings once reached an astonishing 35%, but this number has been declining year after year. Of course, this is due to the impact of new media such as the Internet, Weibo, and Moments, but The continuous reduction of “sensitive content” is also an indisputable fact.
The reduction of these "sensitive contents" is not due to insufficient news clues. On the contrary, after "Focus Interview" became famous, there was an endless stream of people lining up at the door to report clues. There was no shortage of clues at all.
For public opinion supervision columns, one of the most influential reasons is "intercession". "Intercession" is a "hidden rule" with Chinese characteristics. It does not follow the rules of legal policies, but Use the relationship between people and the size of interests to influence and interfere with normal rules.
Sometimes, the power of this "hidden rule" is even more influential than the public rules, determining the direction of news reporting.
In order to protect themselves, those who have been criticized and exposed by public opinion supervision will spare no effort to mobilize all their connections, plead, pressure, and even bribe CCTV reporters, directors, and station leaders to nip the report in the cradle and prevent it from being released. This negative publicity affects them.
The situation faced by the public opinion supervision column "Skynet" is similar to that of "Focus Interview". In fact, this is also a problem faced by all public opinion supervision columns.
There is no domestic law on news to protect this. If the current legal situation does not improve and a law such as the "Press Law" is introduced, as a media supervision to safeguard public interests, there will be no way to stand up straight and act in accordance with the law. , can only remain in this weak state forever.
"Director Xue, what should we do now?"
Nie Cai took a deep breath and said with a serious face.
They are using the upper-level approach, and this is a terrible way of removing salary from the bottom of the cauldron.
"Forget it, they took the upper-level route, and we also took the upper-level route. I'll make a call... No, I'd better come to the door in person."
Director Xue seemed to grit his teeth and made up his mind, and then said: "Nie Cai, aren't you going back to City N? I'll see you off. I just happen to be going back as well, and I'll pay a visit to an old leader and ask him to come and give me something. Let’s support him!”
"Is it possible? The other party is a provincial or ministerial official..."
Nie Cai was a little worried and said.
Although Nie Cai didn't know who the person who called to plead for mercy was, Nie Cai knew that Director Xue was under great pressure now. I was afraid that whether the news would be miscarried or not would all depend on Director Xue.
He had known for a long time that Boss Xi from the chemical plant had a great background and was very capable. However, what Nie Cai did not expect was that Boss Xi could actually persuade a leader of this level to intercede on his behalf. No wonder Qian Xiaohao was wronged last time. .
"It doesn't matter if it doesn't work, I will risk it all. If I don't believe that the old leader won't give me face!"
Director Xue sighed and said: "Nie Cai and I are leaving first. Zhan Zhi, I will leave the rest to you. There should be no big problem with the reports from the leaders of the relevant departments in the county. They don't know that we have No matter what evidence they have, even if they don’t dare to come out for interviews, it’s something worth talking about.”
After saying this, Director Xue had a dark face, hastily packed up his things, and immediately got into the car with Nie Cai, rushing back to City N without stopping...