Reporter Lao Zhen: Tell the truth, stop spreading rumors - "Alberta Times" currently has no intention to sell

Reporter Lao Zhen: Tell the truth, stop spreading rumors - "Alberta Times" currently has no intention to sell In mid-August, the local X Weekly...

In mid-August, the local X Weekly wrote in a front-page article: "Another Chinese newspaper in Alberta is for sale at an urgent price." Two days later, at a conference, I asked the editor of X Weekly: "Where did this come from?!" He asked indifferently: "Is that about you?!"

" There are three Chinese newspapers in Alberta. , I asked the XX Overseas Chinese Newspaper, and neither of our two newspapers reported this. Otherwise, it is just a rumor!"

He said nothing, showing an extremely irresponsible attitude. The media is oriented to society, and articles in newspapers are for the public to read and directly affect public opinion. Therefore, any media should have a sense of social responsibility. As far as the X Weekly rumors are concerned, they have actually been fermenting. In the past few days, many friends and readers have asked our colleagues: According to the legend of X Weekly, your newspaper has been sold, so you don’t have to go to work anymore? At the same time, some business owners asked, what should they do with the long-term contracts with this newspaper according to the rumors? Undoubtedly, the spread of falsehoods is having an effect. It slanders the credibility of this newspaper, harasses the working mood of the newspaper team, affects the business development of this newspaper, and hinders the development of a newspaper industry that is popular with the public. Can X Weekly adopt an irresponsible attitude towards this kind of bad influence?! We are in a free and democratic country. Freedom of speech and free market competition. This kind of freedom should be premised on not damaging other people's credibility, infringing on other people's rights, or exposing other people's privacy. It can never be like X Weekly. For some matters that affect the rights and interests of other newspapers, there is no investigation and research, but only speculation, and the main writer makes his own subjective assumptions. Nonsense. In the final analysis, the newspaper used self-deception methods of large discounts or free advertising to pull the advertisements originally published in this newspaper, but it still failed to achieve the powerful influence that overwhelms the newspaper. It also resorted to such perverse actions of spreading rumors to confuse the public and slandering the credibility of the newspaper. It completely violates the ethical standards of the media and must not succeed! They are born from the same root, so there is no need to rush into mutual conflict. We are both descendants of the Yan and Huang dynasties, and we are pure sons overseas. To make a living in a foreign land, he works in the media. It was impossible to receive any assistance from the government or financial groups. We could only rely on the support of local Chinese compatriots to gather public love through advertising and newspaper subscriptions, so that the newspaper industry could develop step by step. We naturally cherish the businesses we have established through our own efforts. At present, I am old and sick. How to inherit and develop our business is a question we have to think about. We welcome more valuable opinions from kind and benevolent people. However, those who take the opportunity to spread rumors and confuse the public and cause trouble over nothing should stop!