Enraged by cable news channels insensitivity in reporting events, a group of professors and graduate students will lead a protest tomorrow in front of the TVBS building to show their unhappiness with the country's six news cable stations.
"We can't stand it any longer. The treatment of [New York Yankees pitcher] Wang Chien-ming (
Lin was referring to the open letter issued by Wang last Thursday, announcing that he will no longer accept interview requests from the Taiwanese media.
Wang said that he was disappointed by the way that the furor created by the local press had affected his family's privacy.
Lin said that in order to boost viewing figures cable news reporters often interview people against their will and their insensitivity has been damaging for some interviewees.
"We will continue with the campaign until we receive a suitable response from each and every cable news channel," Lin said.
Deputy manager of the TVBS Pan Tsu-yin (
Ma Yung-jui (馬詠睿), deputy manager of ETTV, said: " I believe that the cut-throat battle for ratings is wrong and that everyone should strive for `cleaner' news reporting."
"As for Wang Chien-ming, he is the pride of Taiwan and I don't think any domestic press meant to present him in a bad light. The Taiwanese press has been friendly toward him," Ma said.
He added, "I don't think the decision to write the [open letter] statement was Wang's own."
SETN's news department manager Yu Chao-wei (余朝為) said that its reporters always adopt high moral standards and that SETN has demanded their reporters respect the wishes of interviewees when seeking approval for interviews.
Actress Barbie Hsu (徐熙媛) has “returned home” to Taiwan, and there are no plans to hold a funeral for the TV star who died in Japan from influenza- induced pneumonia, her family said in a statement Wednesday night. The statement was released after local media outlets reported that Barbie Hsu’s ashes were brought back Taiwan on board a private jet, which arrived at Taipei Songshan Airport around 3 p.m. on Wednesday. To the reporters waiting at the airport, the statement issued by the family read “(we) appreciate friends working in the media for waiting in the cold weather.” “She has safely returned home.
A Vietnamese migrant worker on Thursday won the NT$12 million (US$383,590) jackpot on a scratch-off lottery ticket she bought from a lottery shop in Changhua County’s Puyan Township (埔鹽), Taiwan Lottery Co said yesterday. The lottery winner, who is in her 30s and married, said she would continue to work in Taiwan and send her winnings to her family in Vietnam to improve their life. More Taiwanese and migrant workers have flocked to the lottery shop on Sec 2 of Jhangshuei Road (彰水路) to share in the luck. The shop owner, surnamed Chen (陳), said that his shop has been open for just
Twenty-four Republican members of the US House of Representatives yesterday introduced a concurrent resolution calling on the US government to abolish the “one China” policy and restore formal diplomatic relations with Taiwan. Led by US representatives Tom Tiffany and Scott Perry, the resolution calls for not only re-establishing formal relations, but also urges the US Trade Representative to negotiate a free-trade agreement (FTA) with Taiwan and for US officials to advocate for Taiwan’s full membership in the UN and other international organizations. In a news release announcing the resolution, Tiffany, who represents a Wisconsin district, called the “one China” policy “outdated, counterproductive
MUST REMAIN FREE: A Chinese takeover of Taiwan would lead to a global conflict, and if the nation blows up, the world’s factories would fall in a week, a minister said Taiwan is like Prague in 1938 facing Adolf Hitler; only if Taiwan remains free and democratic would the world be safe, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Francois Wu (吳志中) said in an interview with Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera. The ministry on Saturday said Corriere della Sera is one of Italy’s oldest and most read newspapers, frequently covers European economic and political issues, and that Wu agreed to an interview with the paper’s senior political analyst Massimo Franco in Taipei on Jan. 3. The interview was published on Jan. 26 with the title “Taiwan like Prague in 1938 with Hitler,” the ministry
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