As
for the magnate of the media all over the world, the BBC fully
deserves its title. As for the BBC, its integrity, boldness, and
impartiality are rare in the world.
Recently,
comments are flying around in the media circle. It is said that the
old and mature BBC is just like a mad youngster seeking love and
someone must have stolen away the heart of this media tycoon. Then,
who is so “charming” that he can not only “steal” away the
BBC’s heart but also make it debase itself and do its utmost to
please him? What has the BBC done to cause such a stir?
The
BBC Has Actually Become the CCP’s Mouthpiece
by
Su Ming
(from
China)
In
Mainland China, in order to survive, the media have to act strictly
according to the government’s instruction and can’t report the
objective facts, so that the true fact is covered. Thus, we try every
possible means to read the news on foreign websites (including the
BBC) over the wall mainly to learn about the true fact.
At
the end of 2010, from the BBC’s report on Liu Xiaobo Incident, I
saw the BBC’s impartiality, objectivity, and integrity. Such a good
impression urged me to pay attention to it. Then I knew that this
British broadcasting corporation which was established in 1922 has
been considered as one of the few respectable media in the world.
Moreover, I read in section 15 of the BBC’s editorial guidelines
“Conflicts of Interest”: Our audiences must be able to trust the
BBC and be confident that our editorial decisions are not influenced
by outside interests, political or commercial pressures, or any
personal interests.
The
BBC Chinese website also states that it is responsible for the
impartiality and accuracy of all the contents on the website.
This
is the BBC I know, and this is the reason why I love the BBC.
In
2013, I found that some readers raised a query on the BBC. One of
them said that “the BBC is totally politically-biased and has
completely violated the news principles of impartiality and
authenticity.” Someone even said that the BBC had been bought off
by the CCP. However, the BBC is still the main channel for me to gain
information, because the BBC’s objective and impartial image has
taken root in my heart.
Living
under the CCP’s totalitarian rule, Chinese people have long been
deprived of human rights, freedom, and right to information.
Especially in religious belief, the CCP’s means of persecution is
abominable. In order to deceive and cheat Chinese people, it stops at
nothing to fabricate rumors, defame, and frame up, and spares no
efforts to resist God’s work. It alleges that God’s church is
man’s organization and that the normal church life is illegally
disturbing the social order. It also uses the base means of
investigating openly and secretly, phone monitoring, shadowing in
secret, secretly arresting, searching the house and imposing a fine,
interrogating by tortures, threatening and tempting, afflicting body
and mind, and so on, so that numerous members of the Church of
Almighty God have been arrested, beaten, and put into hard labor or
prison, some of whom are even maimed or killed. The right of the
freedom of religious belief stated in the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights, and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and
Cultural is man’s basic right and is the universal value
acknowledged by the world today. However, the CCP regime keeps
violating basic human rights and opposing universal values massively.
Under such white terror, we really hope that we can believe in God
without restraint and that the media can report impartially and
objectively.
BBC
has ever given us an expectation.
However,
on August 14, 2014, when I entered the BBC Chinese website over the
wall, its headline was a so-called “Report on the Spot” written
by Carrie, the BBC China editor. It did give me a head-on blow: The
BBC, which I always trust and support, actually becomes the CCP’s
“mouthpiece.” In the report, the “May
28
Shandong Zhaoyuan case” of framing and defaming the Church of
Almighty God, which has been exposed by Chinese netizens, is
mentioned again by the BBC. Besides, it gets a Mr. Wang and an
undercover involved to illustrate the “fact” and makes a
voluminous analysis. In fact, it is a criminal case, but the CCP uses
it as a fuse to frame and defame the Church of Almighty God and thus
conduct an extensive suppression and slaughter on the house churches
in Mainland China. The comments of the CCP, which tells a pack of
lies and plays the trick of a thief crying “stop thief,” are used
in this report. After reading this article, people with discerning
eyes will see that the BBC has completely stood on the CCP’s side
to defame the Church of Almighty God and instilled the absurd views
into millions of netizens. Originally, we hoped that the BBC could
uphold justice and make an impartial report on us. But now the BBC’s
actions have greatly disappointed us.
Even
a reader’s feedback underneath that report says, “As for the
amount of money collected and the number of people murdered, who is
more sinful than the CCP?”
It’s
known to all that the CCP regime has already been in imminent danger.
To safeguard its regime, it has to spend money to buy diplomacy and
make a deal with money everywhere.
Actually,
the BBC is not foolish. In fact, it knows very well about the CCP’s
evil and baseness. However, for the deal behind, the BBC would rather
sell out its dignity, regardless of the universal values. To repay
the “grace,” a big gift package worth 14 billion pounds China
bestowed to Britain, the BBC actually fits in easily with the CCP and
becomes its accomplice in cracking down on the religious belief.
Thus,
I understand that why there is no impartiality and objectivity in the
report and it is absolutely the view of the CCP’s mouthpiece media.
Here I’d like to ask the BBC: Based on the CCP’s one-sided
publicity, Carrie’s report is made without checking the fact with
the Church of Almighty God at all. Is it fair or proper? As a western
media, the BBC respected the religious belief and stressed equal
human rights in the past. However, in this report, the BBC becomes
abnormal and acts as the CCP’s “mouthpiece,” suppressing and
discrediting the Church of Almighty God, which has totally departed
from its aim of managing the media.
BBC,
you should examine yourself deeply. Otherwise, you’ll be totally
rejected by the public.
