Hunan maternal deaths: media to premises, close to the truth 
 
 
The 2014-08-19
 
 
Source: changjiang daily 

        Hong Kong media for in an interview with a media on the mainland, has expressed directly, by your own to career always have a sense of "fear". "Fear", because the media as a social public, will have great influence to society, therefore, the media often reports, writing about comments, natural to be afraid, fine add consideration, so as not to mislead the public (gist). "Afraid" of, fear is also. 
 
 
        If, as a kind of professional ethics, everyone with the fear of the department of their industry, the media should be even more so, because of its services and affect the object near the most (this is similar to government), rather than wait like an eye doctor, only responsible for specific groups such as ophthalmic patients are harmless (). The truth is self-evident, but in real society, many media show it is not so. 
 
 
        One of these days, xiangtan county of hunan province maternity and child care maternal because amniotic fluid embolism caused by multiple organ failure, rescue invalid death event, almost caused the onlookers and the discussion. One of the focus of discussion, that is, the media reports. The maternal only doctors and nurses run table Hospital say to "after a draft published, some media and web site and to the" hunan a maternal hit the table Doctors and nurses all missing ", "county maternal and child health care hospital maternal bleeding eyes with tears died on the operating table staff missing" issues such as reproduced. "Maternal death Medical missing "topics, high on the top portal microblogging hot topic at the moment. 
 
 
        Single look at the title, phrasing, as touchy-feely, media tend to be clear. Journalism is often "seven points, three points and writing" say, emphasis on find out the facts is more important than the expression. Details not to mention the human life event, the truth was still being ignorant (including professional recognition and interpretation of the amniotic fluid embolism disease), a reporter is bold and qualitative "disclosure". Perhaps the only harvest is wide attracts the eyeball, of course, also with the public. 
 
 
        I guess the reporter's "selective report", generally by the social cognitive prejudice the nose, such as medical ethics from bad to worse, doctor-patient conflicts, such as resentment of deepening, serve the administrative corruption and so on. These accumulated macro impression is numerous social reality, but to every specific events, media have to premises, in existing society macro background, step by step, more must be physically close to the truth. 
 
 
        The truth is hard to find, sometimes because of human shelter, social transition, from obstruction is the most common interests. Reporters beaten by investigating the truth often, have been reported injured, his soul is not alone. It goes without saying that the media are subject to all aspects of society, the media are more than live in a vacuum. Meets the critical risks of attack, the reporter will weigh trade-offs, this is normal. But more and more facts have proven that the press in our country have professional ideal and "not afraid" do all the media people not in the minority, while the system change can make more people to do even better. 
 
 
        "Fear" and "not afraid", the two sides of media people working state, the almost ideal, also is generally for the society and the public expected. But we have to admit, judge whether a media people good, far better than to measure an ophthalmologist or not is much more complicated, because it involves the value of the whole social consensus. This, of course, is a topic for another day. Senior media person ( MeiMingLei)