How China trains its journalists to report “correctly”
A new app tells them all they need to know
Some years ago China’s leader, Xi Jinping, issued instructions to the reporters working for state-run newspapers and television stations. He demanded “critical reports with accurate facts and objective analysis”. But he also told the journalists that they must “love and protect the Communist Party”. He did not explain what they should do if one instruction conflicted with the other.
This article appeared in the China section of the print edition under the headline “What would the party say?”
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