Look at this movie from a news perspective

Yesterday I chatted with a colleague and discussed with him about the professionalism of journalists. He gave me an example. There was a big earthquake in Japan. A large number of Chinese reporters ran to do interviews. They asked questions about how many people died in your family, and what are your current feelings, and so on. . My colleague always thinks that Chinese journalists have too little professional ethics, and they are already in great grief, and they need to further hurt them. Since the beginning of the journalism class, the teacher has discussed this issue with us, and I can only express my deep sympathy. But from a work point of view, this is what we have to do. If we wait for a long time before interviewing others, and wait for them to calm down before interviewing, we will lose precious time in this respect (for news Time means life), on the other hand, is the sadness expressed by the interviewee the effect we want? This problem is always a problem that reporters have to face. If you don't do this, I can only say that you have chosen the wrong career.

I watched the Indian movie "Suicide Live Broadcast" early this morning. After watching it, I couldn't say anything in my heart. It might give a better explanation to the problem I mentioned above. A farmer who was forced by his life accidentally heard that he could get a lot of money by committing suicide. He did not expect to become the focus of the whole society without committing suicide. This attracted the attention of the whole society, and even the general election may be because of himself. Change the election. At the same time, various media are flooded with a lot of reports. What's ridiculous is that even the protagonist's shit before his disappearance has to be checked by experts, and some guesses and whereabouts about this person can be drawn from it. This is really a huge joke that ordinary people can't understand, but for us journalists, this is a method we often use, but the "shit" is replaced with another clue. At the end of the film, the protagonist was mistaken for an accidental death. At this time, the media evacuated one after another, leaving behind this broken family and corrupt society.

Next is a short dialogue: A is a well-known female anchor of the TV station. B is a little conscientious reporter (his character is destined to be a little reporter).

B Why n (the name of the protagonist here is abbreviated as n) is so important to us.

A A farmer wants to commit suicide because he owes a debt. You think it is not important.

B is important, but there are other farmers in this village. Are they not equally important? Is it

A You are not only giving up the report, but also changing the subject. This won't work. You will continue to follow the report until you reach a conclusion.

There is another farmer in this village B. His land has been auctioned off, so he digs up wasteland and sells it. His labor can earn about 20 rupees.

A. What is your focus?

B. He was found dead in his own pit. People say that he starved to death. Doesn’t it matter?

A. Well, if this makes you happy, I will send a reporter to give him a special program (very disdainful tone)

B But he died

A let me explain to you , The survey shows that our audience is only interested in n (the male lead), do you know why, because he was the first person to commit suicide, do you know how important this is?

Will B find n to solve the problem?

A No, no, there won't be any solution. Some people choose to become doctors, some become engineers, and we are journalists. This is what we should do. If you can't handle it, then your career is wrong.

A few simple lines of dialogue, I think it is worthwhile for those of us who study journalism to think about it. If you can't pass the barrier of your own conscience, you can only give up this career. I chose to give up. I also hope that when I want to engage in news, I should take a good look at this movie-"Suicide Live Broadcast".

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