"Some reporters with the evening papers, who must file their stories by noon, attended meetings organized by my office to discuss land reconstruction and immigration policy for only a short time before leaving to write their stories, which were very different from what actually happened," Lu said.
"Then, TV reporters followed the evening papers with their evening news programs and late-night talk shows. Then the next day's newspapers produced stories based on the wrong information provided by the evening papers," she said.
"It's like a rumor mill, and its product -- malice and incorrect news coverage -- misleads the public and causes more disputes," she said. "So I have called it `black terror' to express my regret over the degeneration of the media."
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