Piao Tianzi    Chapter 667 Misconceptions about propaganda (1)

Xu Shaojie's desk was a copy of "Xilin Daily". This is the party newspaper of the municipal party committee and municipal government. The front-page headlines are about the matters about solving land disputes in Hanzhong District. It turned out that Hanzhong District was used to be a junction of urban and rural areas. During the urban expansion process, a large number of land acquisitions occurred. The nature of the land was collective land. Later, the land was expropriated and changed to state-owned land. Farmers must be given certain land acquisition compensation. A large number of farmers need to designate the location for building houses. Moreover, these farmers lost their land and lost the capital to survive because of urbanization.

We must also consider the future of farmers' future life. During the land acquisition process, due to the operational errors of relevant departments in Hanzhong District, some farmers received a problem after signing, and some farmers did not receive the land acquisition compensation for the time being, and the developer directly started to build a house, which led to a dispute. The farmers began to petition, and in the process, some disputes arose. Some farmers took some extreme measures, including not allowing developers to start construction, etc. The developer paid for the land, regardless of that much, forcing construction. During the conflict between the two parties, some people were even injured.

It was not a big deal, but because of the shirking responsibilities of the relevant departments, no one was willing to take responsibility. After such a thing happened, the matter was petitioned to the municipal party committee and municipal government. Xu Shaojie made a clear instruction. However, for some reason, Tan Changxuan also intervened to solve the matter directly. Moreover, Tan Changxuan personally went to the scene to do work for the farmers, and expressed that he would hold the relevant staff accountable. With Tan Changxuan's attention, the matter was quickly resolved and the farmers received the money.

When the newspaper reported this incident, it reported from a positive point, highlighting Tan Changxuan's spirit of doing practical things for the people, and in the article, it highlighted the gratitude of the farmers. The final conclusion was that ** was to do practical things for the people.

Xu Shaojie felt very uncomfortable when he looked at this report. Such reports often appear in Xilin City, including what petition problems Tan Changxuan has solved, and they must be expressed on the front page headlines. The final conclusions are all good and do practical things for the people. Because the front page of Xilin Daily has been reviewed by the Municipal Party Committee, whether it was reviewed by Tan Changxuan himself was not clear, but Xu Shaojie felt that there were big problems with such a propaganda atmosphere.

When working in Deyang City, Xu Shaojie did not allow such reports. He said that the conflict between farmers in Hanzhong District and the builders was originally a mistake in the work of the relevant political departments. The government should do good things for the people. Because of their own mistakes, many things were triggered. In the end, the leaders came forward to resolve the matter, but showed that they did practical things for the people. What would the people think when they saw such reports?

Xu Shaojie thought of Bao Qingtian's propaganda. Because some corrupt officials did something wrong, Bao Zheng dared to take action and make decisions for the people, so he was praised by the people as Qingtian. However, in the era where Bao Zheng lived, politics was actually dark. It was because of the overall darkness that Bao Zheng appeared, so the people would be grateful. Besides, that was an ancient thing. But from the current propaganda focus of Xilin City, is there such a thought? It seems that he did something wrong below. Tan Changxuan came forward to solve it and became Bao Qingtian. Therefore, all the unreasonable things in the past were concealed, and the people eventually felt that it was best.

It was originally a function of the government, and it was something that should be solved. If it was not done well, it had to be dealt with and took responsibility. Unexpectedly, through such publicity by the media, it became a good thing to be put into the newspaper. Xu Shaojie felt that he could not understand it. Of course, overall, publicity still had certain requirements and atmosphere. Xu Shaojie had long been a leading cadre and still had some insights into this aspect.

Bai Changlin was not surprised by Xu Shaojie's visit. Instead, Xu Shaojie found that there was a copy of the "Xilin Daily" of the day on Bai Changlin's desk.

"Webmaster Bai, you are also reading the Xilin Daily."

"Governor Xu, don't be so polite. I am a specialist. How can I not read the Xilin Daily, including the Xishan Daily, and the party newspapers of other cities and prefectures. I have to read it. Of course, many times, I just look at the title and see what news is there. Governor Xu, you rarely come to our unit, what instructions do you have?"

"How dare I give any instructions? I just want to talk to you. I don't understand the current news reports. I want to talk about this matter at the right time."

Bai Changlin looked at Xu Shaojie, and a meaningful smile appeared on his face, as if he knew what Xu Shaojie would say.

"I don't understand the current propaganda of party newspapers. You see, the front page headlines are all activities of leading cadres. It is understandable to report the whereabouts of leading cadres. After all, it is a party newspaper. However, in reporting on related activities, we must have correct public opinion orientation and not blindly embellish the peace."

"Governor Xu, you are a senior leader. When you say these words, you should be careful and worry about causing some bad effects. Over the years, propaganda and public opinion have been carried out in accordance with the current requirements, and there is a fixed model from top to bottom. If Xilin City is preparing to change, you must be well prepared."

"I know it's very difficult, but I think that people still have to tell the truth and dare to admit the shortcomings in their work. The society has developed to this day. Some ancient ideas can be inherited and even carried forward, but some decadent understandings must be abandoned without hesitation."

"Oh, what do Governor Xu know about it? Let me refer to it. It is the first time I have been a journalist for so many years that I have heard a provincial and ministerial official say such things."

Xu Shaojie looked at Bai Changlin. In front of Bai Changlin, Xu Shaojie dared to express his understanding.

"You see the current propaganda and party newspapers and magazines, there are positive news. From the understanding of newspapers, it is a very good form, but is the real situation like this? Don't say that the people don't believe it, even our political organs don't believe it. With the development of society, there will inevitably be more and more conflicts. If you blindly embellish the peace, the people will not believe it. In the end, we will not believe it ourselves. This is definitely not a good phenomenon."

Bai Changlin nodded, his eyes becoming deeper.

"Governor Xu, I agree with your opinion. After so many years, I have mainly been engaged in the selection of internal references. There are many bad phenomena I have seen, but these situations are reflected in internal references. The central government and leaders at all levels know it. I believe you have also read internal references and have some understanding of the situation. It is precisely because of understanding the situation that you have such feelings. However, our publicity always has to have a direction, mainly conduct positive publicity, and it is also a need for the situation. We cannot say that the world is dark, nor can we say that there is a sunny day everywhere. How to grasp a degree in the middle is the main problem facing us journalists."

Bai Changlin took a sip of tea and continued to speak.

"This is the most important problem at present. Because of the spread of the Internet, a lot of news has come out on the Internet, so fewer and fewer people read newspapers. In this case, how to do party newspapers and magazines has become a matter of concern for many people, but they are all raised by our journalists, and leaders seem to pay little attention to this issue."

"Website Manager Bai, I understand what you mean. I haven't considered that macro. After all, I am not in charge of publicity. However, I have two feelings. Let me talk about it and discuss it with Webmaster Bai."

Bai Changlin quickly picked up the water core pen and looked at Bai Changlin preparing for the record. Xu Shaojie smiled bitterly.

"Webmaster Bai, the views I expressed may not be very consistent with the current publicity form. If you report it, I really have to consider how I should speak in the future."

Bai Changlin had a smile on his face and didn't say anything.

"The first aspect, I think we must abandon a view that we must break the wrong understanding that the happiness of the people is a gift from the Party and the government. The knowledge we have learned is that the people are the main body of creating history, and pursuing happiness is the power of the people. The Party Committee and the government must benefit the people. This is a responsibility and a responsibility that cannot be shirked. If we do not do this well, it is the dereliction of duty of the Party Committee and the government. The society has developed, and the people's pursuits are different. Everyone wants to pursue a beautiful and happy life. Therefore, we are facing more and more contradictions, issues of fairness, conflicts between personal power and public power, etc. We cannot have a correct understanding of these issues. The final outcome is I dare not imagine."

Bai Changlin's face no longer had a smile. Looking at Xu Shaojie, he looked extremely shocked. He could not have thought that Xu Shaojie would make such a point.

"Only the ancient emperors had this understanding, because everyone was the emperor's people, and the world and the country were the emperor's private property. But now it is different. We always say that the country belongs to the people, but many of our leading cadres still believe that the country is controlled by themselves and that the people can be obedient. This feudal view has a large market today, and we can see this from our propaganda and public opinion."

"Study has something to teach, work has something to earn, sick has something to do, elderly has something to support, and housing has something to live. These basic living issues are the most concerned issues for the people. Let's see how our government is doing in this regard and whether it is doing it perfectly. I don't think so. People say that the pressure on life is getting greater and greater, and they are becoming more and more dissatisfied with these aspects. This shows that there are many things that need improvement in our work."

"The second aspect is about the reporting of positive propaganda and negative news. Over the years, our party newspapers and magazines have been accustomed to reporting positive news and always concealed some negative reports. In fact, can these things be concealed? The dissemination of the Internet has long been made public, and the people can know all the news from the Internet. On the contrary, because of our deliberate concealment, some problems have become more and more complicated, and the people are increasingly distrustful, especially the matters related to officials and the privileges of officials seem very prominent."

"Our reports always pursue high-end holistic qualities when establishing the image of party members and cadres. Is the actual situation like this? I don't think so. Leading cadres are also human beings, and they also have seven emotions and six desires, and they also have shortcomings. However, because of the misunderstanding of reporting, the masses have particularly high requirements for leading cadres and cannot have any flaws. I ask myself that I can't achieve such a requirement. What's scary is that the overall public opinion has such an understanding, and everyone sees it like this. So, what will happen to our reports? Bai Webmaster, what do you think?"

"Of course, I think that reporting should promote righteousness and promote more models so that the people can see role models and have role models to learn from. However, because of this starting point, reporting according to Gao Daquan's requirements is not in line with the actual situation. Over time, it will distort the people's understanding and make the people not believe our reports."

"I don't agree with some of the current views. When it comes to officials, they are like crows in the world, and they are all corrupt officials, and they are not good things. This is the view of some angry young people. What's scary is that the people have also accepted such understanding. Why do we have such understanding? Shouldn't we reflect on our publicity?"

"When I was in Deyang City, my requirements for party newspapers and magazines were very clear. Report more about the concerns of the people and don't be afraid of negative news. The biggest role of public opinion is the role of supervision. If there is something that our party committee has not done well in political affairs, public opinion reports it to encourage us to improve, and the people can understand it. Whoever does not make mistakes? As long as it is sincerely corrected, the people can forgive it. But the current situation makes me a little worried."

Bai Changlin has been recording what Xu Shaojie said. After Xu Shaojie finished speaking, Bai Changlin raised his head and his eyes became deeper.

"Governor Xu, your understanding represents a level. I can say it without exaggeration. It represents the view of upright officials who truly consider the future of the country and do things for the people. I have been doing news for so many years and have been working in Xishan Province. I am very happy to hear you say this. Maybe it is because there are too many negative news reports, or maybe it is because I have been engaged in internal journalism for a long time. My understanding is a bit darker. I have never thought of writing positive reports and publishing them in national party newspapers. The following reporters do such things. Today, you said these words, which made me think deeply."

"Website Manager Bai, I just say my own ideas. I just have some different views on the direction of public opinion propaganda. In fact, I'm very hesitant. What kind of impact will these words have if they say them."

"Governor Xu, I understand that telling the truth requires courage. What we lack now is the courage and atmosphere to tell the truth. I think Xilin City can take the lead in this regard."

Xu Shaojie shook his head and sighed. Bai Changlin immediately understood the meaning.

After Xu Shaojie left, Bai Changlin thought for a long time, and finally he couldn't help but lifted his pen and wrote down Xu Shaojie's views, adding some typical examples to illustrate. After two or three revisions, Bai Changlin resolutely submitted these views and understandings. He knew that these views might cause an uproar and may even cause some controversy, but Bai Changlin still made a decision. He vaguely felt that doing so would definitely be of great help to Xu Shaojie, and the leaders of the central government needed to hear these honest advice.

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Chapter completed!