I have always believed that in such a vast China, there are still media outlets that uphold conscience and try their best to speak out within their capabilities. Why speak out? It’s just to speak out for ordinary people.
This time, it’s the turn of Sohu News to speak out for ordinary people. They used nine pictures to describe the suffering and pain, as well as the various helplessness in the lives of most ordinary people.
In fact, these nine pictures can no longer be seen on Weibo.
In fact, the data for these nine pictures all have sources, and they all come from authoritative departments, such as the risk of depression.
It comes from this report.
I don’t want to praise the courage of Sohu News, because this is what they have been doing, they have always been paying attention to the living conditions of ordinary people.
For example, last Friday, they focused on the group of middle-aged and elderly tenants.
For example, the urban village renovation in Shenzhen.
For example, being beaten up for hitting the village chief’s dog.
For example, sixty-year-old people who dare not retire.
For example, a 24-year-old female worker who died from overwork.
For example, the current situation of the widow village 20 years after the major mine disaster.
From these news headlines, it can be seen that Sohu News has been paying attention to the survival status of ordinary people over the years, and trying to write it out, so that more people can pay attention to the survival status of these ordinary people, or marginalized groups.
Personally, I think this is what modern media should do. Grand themes should be paid attention to, but the living conditions of ordinary people should be paid more attention to. This is the true meaning of the existence of the media.
I only hope that our media can focus more on ordinary people, spend more ink on ordinary people, even if it is difficult, we must try our best to write the voices of ordinary people. Only by paying attention and writing it out can the dark side be less, and the light and warmth be more.
Sohu has done these things, and has been doing them, so I want to write about them today, for their courage, and for their persistence.
On them, I saw, and felt: the news is not dead, the ideal is not dead, the conscience is not dead.
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