The Legacy and Use of the Spring and Autumn Law in Contemporary Media

Independent journalist Wang Gan-ho, the Quantuan Sing-Chou-Chou-Chou-Chou-Chou-Chou-Chou-Chou-Chou-Chou-Chou-Chou-Chou-Chou-Chou-Chou-Chou-Chou-Chou-Chou-Chou-Chou-Chou-Chou-Chou-Chou-Chou-Chou-Chou-Chou-Chou-Chou-Chou-Chou-Chou-Chou-Chou-Chou-Chou-Chou-Chou-Chou-Chou-Chou-Chou-Chou-Chou-Chou-Chou-Chou-Chou-Chou-Chou-Chou-Chou-Chou-Chou-Chou-Chou-Chou-Chou-Chou-Chu

The words of restraint are used to restore the truth and to safeguard justice in strict terms.

The background of the Spring and autumn law is a straight book, not a murky murky one, which is particularly important for current investigative reporting. Partly under the media's banner of “in-depth investigation”, the so-called “spring-and-tip” deliberately distorts facts, double-words, favouring one side and discrediting the other, which is an alienation of the traditional pen.

The core purpose of truly good law-related, investigative reporting, using the Spring and Fall method, is not to play with words, but to use objective neutrality as the basis for holding the non-bottom line with facts. For example, in the case of political disputes, tax-related offences, the journalist presents the same statements of the three parties, namely, the business, the tax authorities and the whistleblower, and gives full publicity to the documents, the flow of funds, the legal basis, and the non-selectivity of any party, but, through a complete chain of facts, the facts of the violation are given to appear. This writing, which inherited Confucius's initial intention to “demeanor and good”, was to safeguard social equity in a historical spirit.

The Spring and Fall law has lasted for more than 2,000 years, from the pretence of ancient history books to today's investigative report, the kernel has never changed: truth is the foundation, the position is in detail and the judgment is not the truth.

For in-depth, investigative reporting, this traditional writing wisdom is not a matter of speculation, but of the professional ability of journalists to balance public opinion with justice, objectivity and social conscience within the framework of the rule of law. The best legacy of the law in contemporary media is to preserve the truth in a language that is in a strict and precise manner, with a record of history, a sense of purpose, no confusion, no blindness, and a restraining word.

The Retro and Core of the Spring and Autumn Law

The Spring and Autumn Law, which is derived from the history of the Gouru State, Spring and Autumn, was revised and codified by Confucius. The House of Screech Concord writes: “Puco is in charge of the court, and there are words that are with others, and there is no one else. As for the Spring and Autumn, the pens are cut, and the summerers cannot praise the word. The blogger adds:

In a manner that changes history, by taking away historical information and using words to read, the position of a pious and evil is hidden in the gap between words, and it is in the words of Meng who says, “The puddle is a spring and autumn and a treachery of the king”, the power of the teaching and of criticism. The post-life genre, the ram and the garland, has explained the meaning of the stale and derogatory letter of the Spring and Autumn, making this writing paradigm the core tradition of Chinese history and narrative writing.

The essence of the Spring and Fall method is not to directly show subjective judgment, with objective narratives as the outer shell, which is presented in three terms, by choice of words, choice of events, detail of narratives, sequence of words, and in a subtle way, conveys positions, good or bad judgement and value orientation:

First, it's a word of praise. (a) The same military action, the just war, the “flow”, the unwarranted aggression, the diabolical “square”, the king, the characterization of the nature of the act, by a single word; The word “show” in the record of the subordinates' defeat implies the moral condemnation of the following, and in no way obscures the right or wrong in neutral terms.

Second, pen-off. The pen is an addition to the key historical facts, and the “cut” is a way to delete irrelevant details and to guide readers to the nature of the event by filtering narrative material, rather than to record all information in a flowing account.

Thirdly, the euphemism is the grandeur. Faced with the issues of power and sensitivity, it is not a matter of criticism, but rather of narratives, in which the peace of speech is based on the truth and the expression of values.

The Chunqiu law is not a word game, but a Chinese man's “right and straight” wisdom: respect historical facts and hold back the wrongs and wrongs and, in the limited space of expression, complete the commitment to justice.

The investigative journalist uses the Spring and Autumn Law.

(a) In-depth and investigative reporting of the law, which naturally faces multiple constraints: cases are pending and cannot be adjudicated; (a) The evidence is not completely closed and cannot be assumed; In the face of public power and subject matter, a straightforward judgement can give rise to legal risk and emotional disputes.

The core of the Spring and autumn law, which is based on facts, stands in words to make a trade-off between right and wrong, euphemism and not loss of heart, is just as important as the writing tool for investigative journalists. It requires journalists to abandon emotional abuse, pre-set findings, use objective and neutral text casings, allow the truth to be told in itself and balance the expression of compliance with public opinion.

The most basic application of the Spring and autumn approach is the precision of the verb, adjectives and the completion of the definition of the nature of the conduct of the parties without labelling, which is particularly critical in the context of legal reporting.

The distinction between “pornification” and “pornification” in traditional history books, which correspond to modern investigative reporting, is a differentiated expression of the same conduct. For example, official announcements of the Changsha “space dispute” have raised public questions about the double-standard wording: depicting ordinary owners stopping cars, using negative terms such as “blocking” “denial to move cars”; The neutral “showing” of “unmoved vehicles” for the description of the same conduct of a public official, which appears to be an objective statement, is the fact that the alternative language is used to tilt the position, which is the negative chronology.

(a) Good in-depth and investigative reporting, on the other hand, follows a neutral standard, using uniform terminology: equally, it refuses to cooperate with investigations and uses identical expressions for the persons involved and for public officials; The description of the violation is made only in objective terms within the legal framework, such as “undeclared tax” “suspected for the disposal of assets in violation of the law”, rather than in the direct use of unjudicially recognized conclusive terms such as “tax evasion and evasion”, which avoids the risk of press abuse and, by means of rigorous wording, gives readers a sense of the irregularity of the conduct.

For example, investigative reports such as tax evasion reports, journalists do not directly assert that “a company is taxing millions” but rather make a strict statement that “the company's lending income from 2013 to 2020 is not recognized as such, and that the taxable income of a small enterprise is taxable, and is subject to tax scrutiny, involving taxes and fines totalling more than 5 million yuan”, based on the documentary facts of the tax authorities, and that the legal boundaries are strictly adhered to, with the implicit assessment of the company's irregularities, in full conformity with the internal core of the “Direct Book, Verbiers” of the Spring and autumn Law.

The core contradiction between pens is highlighted.

Confucius's work on Spring and Autumn, which was to be simplified and historical in nature, was highlighted by key historical events, and was reflected in investigative reporting as a fine-tuning of narrative material.

Law-related reporting is often flawed, without any detail, emotional justification of the person concerned, peripheral trimming of the core issue, and mature journalists following the “cut-down” approach of spring and autumn: detailed construction of the core facts of the case, key elements of the violation, and chain of evidence; The unconnected private grievances, secondary messages, are dealt with briefly and even appropriately, to focus public opinion on the rule of law itself.

For example, in-depth legal reporting on the review of a grievance case, journalists do not make a big deal of the personal emotions of the individual concerned, family matters, but rather focus on the central rule of law issues of “incomplete chain of evidence” in the “conviction of guilt” case, by combing the investigation process, evidentiary defects, and questioning the trial; The person concerned had no previous history of personal life. This detailed compromise, without a direct criticism, allows readers to see clearly the loopholes in the judicial process and achieves the objective of oversight, which is the contemporary evolution of “cracking its complexity and its criticality”.

In the earlier series of investigative reports on the “Shaw Shan 5 youth” grievances, journalists did not emotionalize the case handlers, but rather provided detailed information on the details of the torture and the inconsistencies in evidence, briefly describing the daily experiences of the persons concerned, and reproducing the facts, forcing the judicial side to reflect on the causes of the error, which is a typical positive application.

Faced with unresolved judicial cases, public powers at the investigative stage, open criticism, characterizations are highly susceptible to interference with the administration of justice and can also touch the “red line”. The character of the “slull-tweet, slurry-tip” law gives journalists the space to retreat: instead of drawing conclusions directly, they give the public and the judiciary the power of judgement by presenting multiple testimonies, contrasts of evidence, and contrasts of laws.

For example, in the case of investigative reports of the “no-filed” police dispute, journalists do not directly accuse the police of “unfairness” but rather of presenting the full range of surveillance evidence, the records of the person reporting the case, the legal provisions that provide for the `sufficiency of evidence' “the lawfulness of the reasons for not-in-chief” to be hidden in the narrative, and to trigger public and judicial scrutiny by objectively listing the facts.

Many of the media reports are prone to error here, and the tone of “police inaction” is directly defined by the title and is pre-established; In addition, the practice of the “Cunch-Ayu” method of in-depth reporting is to show facts, to contrast suspicions and to give the word a critical role in the exercise of public opinion and in keeping with the principles of objectivity in the press.

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