www射-国产免费一级-欧美福利-亚洲成人福利-成人一区在线观看-亚州成人

USEUROPEAFRICAASIA 中文雙語Fran?ais
Opinion
Home / Opinion / Op-Ed Contributors

'U-turn' stories reveal misuse of new media

China Daily | Updated: 2017-08-26 10:03

According to the Chinese media, it refers especially to a partisan, one-sided story woven to defend one party in a conflict and blame the other only to be proven fiction after a fair investigation into the incident in question, which prompts the public to make a U-turn.

In this age of new media, U-turn stories are becoming increasingly common, as anybody can tell his or her side of a story while blaming the other side.

One such example is an incident involving a tourist who called himself "Lulu Love" in Zhangjiakou, Hebei province. He complained on a social network micro blog on Sunday that a local resident had blackmailed him into paying 4,500 yuan ($675.4) for injuring his mule, even though he didn't as much as touch the animal.

The local resident at first had to face a barrage of online attacks. But public opinion shifted to his side once it became clear that Lulu Love and his friends kept riding their motorcycles around the mule for more than 20 minutes, causing physical injuries to the mule. The man had bought the mule for 10,000 yuan but was forced to sell it to a butcher for half that amount, and thus suffered a loss even after Lulu Love paid him compensation.

Another such incident took place in Beijing's Badaling Wildlife Park, where a tourist surnamed Chen told journalists that he was "unfairly treated" by the staff after he was bitten by a bear. The truth emerged later: he had opened his car window in the Malaysian bear garden and tried to feed the bears biscuits. In fact, some videos showed Chen escaped the bear attack because of the help from the staff. He also admitted to having received some first aid from the staff and being advised to go to the hospital for further treatment. He complained simply because he was unhappy.

In both cases, the complainants were to blame for the incidents. But instead of apologizing for their actions, they rallied public support by posting made-up stories online. Had there not been fair media follow-ups or police investigations, the mule owner and the park employees might still be receiving verbal brickbats, suffering further damage to their reputation.

Such U-turn stories are particularly unfair to those not adept at using social media. The mule owner, for instance, is a senior citizen who does not have any micro blog account, which could have prompted Lulu Love to twist the incident in his favor. Unfortunately, no netizen bothered to find out the other side of the story.

Besides, U-turn stories deal a heavy blow to public trust, because people who have faced flak for no fault of theirs will hesitate to voice support for those unfairly treated later. To prevent the propagation of U-turn stories, every social media user should learn to act rationally. Whenever a rather sensational story breaks out, it is advisable to wait till all the details unfold instead of jumping to a conclusion and scarring the innocent with invectives.

More importantly, law enforcers need to act and hold those people who fabricate stories accountable. Yet in neither of the above-mentioned cases did the rule breaker receive any punishment for his misdeed.

True, social media have opened channels where individuals can raise their grievances and voice their opinions on issues of their choice, but to ensure the new social tools are not misused, it is important to exercise self-discipline.

The author is a writer with China Daily.

Most Viewed in 24 Hours
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

Registration Number: 130349
FOLLOW US
主站蜘蛛池模板: 国产在线视频精品视频免费看 | 国产精品亚洲二线在线播放 | 国产乱理片在线观看夜 | 欧美日韩一区二区三区高清不卡 | 国产精品网址 | 99久久免费精品 | 亚洲精品日本 | 日韩一级黄色 | 欧美亚洲国产精品久久久久 | 午夜不卡在线 | 一级a性色生活片久久毛片 一级a做爰片欧欧美毛片4 | 成人看片黄a免费看视频 | 在线成人| 91久久国产精品视频 | 夜色福利久久久久久777777 | 小明台湾成人永久免费看看 | 波多野结衣免费视频观看 | 成人性色生活片全黄 | 全部在线播放免费毛片 | 亚洲系列在线 | 亚洲国产精品乱码在线观看97 | 成年网站在线在免费播放 | 国产精品久久久久久一区二区三区 | 国产一级大片在线观看 | 天码毛片一区二区三区入口 | 亚洲精品国产一区二区图片欧美 | 午夜限制r级噜噜片一区二区 | 欧美一级视频免费观看 | 麻豆一级片| 欧美视频一区二区三区 | 模特视频一二三区 | 在线日韩国产 | 亚洲国产天堂在线网址 | 久久精品免费观看国产软件 | 久久久久一区二区三区 | 成人a视频片在线观看免费 成人a视频在线观看 | 亚洲第一在线 | 一级欧美视频 | 欧美丰满大乳大屁股毛片 | 91久久精品国产91久久性色tv | 久久91精品国产91久久跳舞 |