{"id":180807,"date":"2015-01-25T23:08:25","date_gmt":"2015-01-26T07:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=180807"},"modified":"2015-01-25T23:08:38","modified_gmt":"2015-01-26T07:08:38","slug":"zhan-jiang-china-leads-world-media-corruption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2015\/01\/zhan-jiang-china-leads-world-media-corruption\/","title":{"rendered":"Zhan Jiang: China Leads the World in Media Corruption"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With <a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2014\/09\/business-media-corruption-probe-deepens\/\">an official investigation into 21st Century Business Herald<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2015\/01\/arrest-shen-hao-marks-end-era-chinese-journalism\/\">the detention of its influential editor Shen Hao<\/a> on suspicion of extortion, the issue of corruption in Chinese media has been once again brought to light. Supporters argue Shen and his colleagues have been unfairly singled out in an industry, and society, where corruption run rampant. <a href=\"http:\/\/cmp.hku.hk\/2015\/01\/23\/37921\/\"><strong>Foreign Languages University professor Zhan Jiang recently discussed media corruption in an online chat with 21ccom.net<\/strong><\/a>; David Bandurski at China Media Project has translated part of the interview:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Host: In 2014, the anti-corruption drive advanced into the media. First, we saw an investigation into CCTV2, with Guo Zhenxi (\u90ed\u632f\u73ba), <a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/china\/rui-chenggang\/\">Rui Chenggang (\u82ae\u6210\u94a2)<\/a> and others being arrested. After that, we had the investigation into the 21st Century Business Herald, where erstwhile angels of professional journalism became prisoners. This was a great shock to media colleagues. One of the major social roles of media is supervision, but we see that China\u2019s media itself has become a corruption disaster zone (\u8150\u8d25\u7684\u91cd\u707e\u533a). What happened?<\/p>\n<p>Zhan Jiang: First of all, media corruption is an outgrowth of political corruption and commercial corruption. A general level of corruption persists in our political and commercial cultures, and so the media cannot be the exception.<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, corruption in China\u2019s media also has to do with the pressures and challenges brought on by new media. And it has to do with the problems facing journalists themselves. For example, is it corruption for journalists to accept red envelopes? Even though everyone accepts red envelopes, this too is a form of corruption. And so, if we talk about the intrinsic and extrinsic reasons for corruption, there are many.<\/p>\n<p>However, regardless, the level of corruption in China\u2019s media is staggering. How staggering exactly? Search across the world and I\u2019m sure you won\u2019t find another country facing media corruption as serious as what you find in China. To be a bit less polite about it, China\u2019s leads the world in media corruption.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Read more recent posts about media corruption from China Media Project, including &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/cmp.hku.hk\/2014\/09\/24\/36201\/\">Who Warped China\u2019s Media?<\/a>&#8220;; &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/cmp.hku.hk\/2014\/09\/19\/36099\/\">China\u2019s Corrupt Media<\/a>&#8220;; and &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/cmp.hku.hk\/2014\/09\/18\/36056\/\">Why News Extortion is So Hard to Uncover<\/a>.&#8221; See\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/china\/media-corruption\">more about corruption in the Chinese media<\/a>, via CDT.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With an official investigation into 21st Century Business Herald, and the detention of its influential editor Shen Hao on suspicion of extortion, the issue of corruption in Chinese media has been once again brought to light. 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