Identify ‘subdivision, sale background’ of magazine pages

On March 31, the Ministry of Information and Communications (TT&TT) held a seminar to exchange identities of “newspaper” magazines, “publicize” general electronic news sites, social networks and “privatize” newspapers. solstice.

Some signs of “privatization” of the press were pointed out by a representative of the Press Department (Ministry of Information and Communications), such as: “Dividing lots and selling backgrounds” of specialized pages and categories for journalists, reporters, representative offices , affiliate partners.

Mr. Nguyen Thanh Lam, Director of the Press Department (Ministry of Information and Communications)

The phenomenon of contracting revenue, advertising for journalists, reporters, representative offices. There are many cases where reporters take advantage of their professional activities to harass agencies and businesses.

Allocate to affiliate partners: Assign specialized pages and categories to representative offices, groups of reporters or partners who are responsible for all activities.

The site’s server and the site’s server are located in different places, not as specified in the license. This is a loophole in content management, partners have full control over the content of the site.

Speaking at the seminar, Mr. Luu Dinh Phuc (Director of the Department of Radio, Television and Electronic Information, Ministry of Information and Communications) said that: The sign of “privatization” of the press is reflected in the press agency. let loose to privately produce content, have the right to post articles;

Leave it to affiliate partners; Open channels on operating platforms such as newspapers;

KOL updates, writes articles on social networks, establishes channels as press agencies, content with prejudices, inciting hate speech.

Talking about signs of “privatization” of the press, according to Mr. Phuc, this phenomenon often occurs in television. There are units that set up representative offices, become their own kingdom, post whatever they want to post.

Partners associate with television, after the association is complete, they take the brand and open their own channel. There are channels that have more viewers than television and have ads – those are private newspapers, which need a solution.

The Director of the Department of Radio, Television and Electronic Information also agreed with the opinion of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dinh Thi Thu Hang (Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Radio and Television, Academy of Journalism and Propaganda) that published advertising fake brands of news agencies.

There are many ways to “circumvent the law”

On the issue of “publicizing” magazines, “publicizing” general electronic news sites, social networks and “privatizing” the press, Mr. Le Quang Tu Do – Deputy Director of the Department of Broadcasting, Television and Electronic Information (Ministry of Information and Communications) commented: The state has policies, the world has countermeasures, like a chase.

Mr. Le Quang Tu Do – Deputy Director of the Department of Broadcasting, Television and Electronic Information

Talking about the expression of “newspapering” of social networks, Mr. Do mentioned the status of social networks, the general news site, interface design, categories, production, news aggregation, and acts as an electronic newspaper site. , electronic news site.

Recognizing the manifestations of “newspapering” on the general electronic information page, Mr. Do said that these units that let the domain name use confusing words are press agencies such as newspapers, magazines, news, etc. News, News, Times, Online, Daily…And there are countless other ways to “circumvent the law”.

At the seminar, Mr. Nguyen Thanh Loi (Editor-in-Chief of Journalists Magazine), representing the Vietnam Journalists Association, expressed his opinion that in order to solve the problem of “privatization” of the press, it is necessary to use the organization Party.

Many press agencies do not have a Party organization, they need to request a pause or suspension.

Mr. Nguyen Thanh Loi (Editor-in-Chief of Journalist)

Mr. Loi also pointed out that the “privatization” of the press is primarily caused by economic problems and this is a headache. The governing body needs to support the development of journals.

Mr. Le Hai, from Communist Magazine, expressed concern about the “privatization” of the magazine and the “privatization” of the press and considered it a real problem, more or less causing chaos in life. Press life, there is a black and white phenomenon, reducing the prestige of the press and the reputation of journalists in society.

Mr. Hai pointed out that the cause of the “newspaper” was due to the lack of awareness of the leaders of the press agencies and reporters and editors. They haven’t defined what an e-journal is yet.

Many magazines intentionally publish articles fighting for profit, lacking integrity in journalistic activities. When they discover a mistake, they put pressure on it and take advantage of it.

“If you make a genuine magazine, you can’t stir up and publish negative news…. This issue needs to be paid more attention to avoid affecting the reputation of the journalism industry in general,” said Mr. Hai.

Still according to Mr. Hai, the magazine making team is right, the financial mechanism for these magazines is very difficult. A true scientist cannot be an economist.

In addition, the mechanism of action of the journals is also problematic. If operating purely, the magazine is very difficult to operate…In Mr. Hai’s opinion, first of all, it is necessary to amend the Press Law, there should be very specific regulations…

T.Velvet