Chapter 1276: 1276

Saturday, August 5, 1995, is destined to be a day that will go down in history, because on this day, for the first time, the public stood up against the media and protested against the media's inaccurate and falsified reports.

For a long time, the relationship between the public and the media has been unidirectional—the media input information to the public unidirectionally, and the public accepts whatever the media reports. . The mouthpiece of the government regulates public opinion as a whole.

This kind of relationship continued into the 21st century, with the strong rise of the Internet, first of all, the emergence of blogs, so that everyone can become a news source, which means that everyone can become a reporter, even a media, a media civilian The rapid development of the technology; followed by the prosperity of forums and instant chat software, the communication channels between people began to be widely opened, and Canada could learn about news events in South Africa in time, not only through the news media, but also through living in Locals in South Africa know firsthand that this has led to an explosion of fake news, but it has also led to a revolution in news authenticity and diversity.

Finally, there is the emergence of social networks, which has brought the media's status to a crawl, allowing media reporters and ordinary people to stand on the same platform for communication and dialogue. The way of information transmission is not only unidirectional, but also not bidirectional, but multidirectional. Everyone can become an information transmission point and spread information to countless nodes.

The media still shoulders the responsibility of public opinion supervision, but the public also has the ability to supervise the media, which has completely changed the pattern of the media industry.

But before the Internet boomed, traditional media dominated by television, newspapers and magazines were still the main force, shouldering the heavy responsibility of transmitting information in one direction.

And on August 5th, a news revolution started by a young volcano. However, with Baton Rouge as the center point, life is in full swing throughout the North American continent.

From the Rodney King incident to the Michael Jackson incident, the tragic consequences of the stupid mistakes of the news media have been deeply felt by almost the entire North American continent, whether it was the Los Angeles riots caused by the former, or the entire entertainment directly caused by the latter. The industry and the media industry have been questioned, and they have put forward new demands on the news media: truth, which is absolutely not to be ignored.

Even in the crazy age of entertainment to death, everything can be a means of entertainment, a carrier for making profits, and a target of teasing and ridicule, but if it exceeds the real bottom line, there will be endless exaggeration, distortion, misunderstanding, and fabrication of facts. , then the entire entertainment industry will collapse.

Now, Young Volcano has officially posted a battle post to the media: Give me the truth!

Hollywood needs entertainment, profits, and breaking points, but at the same time, Hollywood practitioners also need calm, personality, and truth.

The 1,500 young volcanoes in Baton Rouge are just the tip of the iceberg of this resistance movement. On the same day on August 5th, 21 in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Houston, Seattle, Boston, Miami, etc. Demonstrations were held in front of the city's main media office buildings, and even three Canadian cities, Vancouver, Montreal and Toronto, joined the movement this time around.

According to incomplete statistics, all twenty-five cities have mobilized more than 50,000 people, of which the most powerful is not Baton Rouge, but Burbank in Los Angeles, "Los Angeles Times", "Hollywood Report", "Variety" , "The New York Times" and many other newspapers are located in the square in front of the Burbank office base. A total of 3,000 people gathered. They held a sit-in protest at the scene in an orderly manner. Signs with the words "trial" and "protest against the uncrowned king covering the sky with one hand" sat in the square for three hours, causing a huge stir.

This is definitely a milestone in the history of journalism.

At the beginning of the seventeenth century, the world's first printed newspaper appeared on the European continent, and it has been developed for three centuries. Newspapers have gradually become an important part of people's lives, even in 2014, the Internet media infinitely compressed paper media. However, the time-honored newspapers still occupy an indispensable position in the market.

Newspapers represent the roles of social thought leaders, information disseminators, speech leaders, and public opinion supervisors, which makes the news media have a lofty status, and then has the honorary title of "uncrowned king".

But the times are progressing, and the society is developing. The media that has always been high in the market had to make changes based on interests in order to cooperate with the market. Now, someone has finally challenged the supremacy of the media.

This is not only a sign of the decline of media credibility, but also a sign of the change in the identity and status of the media in the era of "entertainment to death", and it is also a key point for ordinary people to truly try to reverse the situation.

In fact, before this, this spirit of resistance has appeared many times one after another, from slavery society to capitalist society, but it has never really formed the mainstream of thought. At that time, people were more hopeful Spread the news through the media. The theory of life, transforming the media into its own weapon to influence ordinary people, and then promote the revolution. success of life.

No one could have imagined that the course of history would actually be changed because of Hugo. The awakening of the young volcanoes brought the news media's throes at least five years earlier!

Originally, everyone thought that this resistance movement was just advocated by young volcanoes to protect Hugo's reputation and prestige. Everyone knew that the news about "Hugo is crazy" in the past week was uproar, and it was gradually getting out of control. More and more exaggerated, more and more bloody, more and more dramatic, the conflict seems to be clearer. Now, Young Volcano is chanting "Return me the truth". On the surface, it seems to be resisting the unidirectional transmission of information by the media, but in fact, it is to clarify the facts for Hugo and support Hugo with practical actions.

Eli, Meredith and others did think so.

But history is so real, with inevitability in contingency.

Steven, Rick, Joseph, and others inside the crew witnessed it all when the young Volcanoes showed their support in action. They are always looking for the right moment to clarify the facts and give the reporters a perfect answer without putting more pressure on Hugo, because they have nothing to hide, and there is no need to hide Hugo's dedication and difficulties , all they need is a timing.

And they knew, obviously, that the young volcanoes had created the perfect timing, and all they needed to do was a nudge in the back, and that was enough.

So, just as all the reporters were surrounded in the center, anxiously waiting for the tragic ending of being submerged, there was a commotion from the crew behind them, and some reporters looked back and saw someone coming, and immediately became sharp He shouted, "Steven, it's Steven! Steven!"

Among the loud shouts of the young volcano, the reporters' shouts were not worth mentioning at all, but he was full of desire to survive. Wang's shouting attracted the attention of the surrounding reporters, so all the reporters became agitated and screamed frantically.

The young volcano standing at the forefront also noticed the change and found that Steven and Rick were within sight. Although it was only the two of them, Hugo did not travel, but they knew that at this moment history The appearance of Steven and Rick must have a special meaning.

So, Eli, Meredith, and others turned around to convey the message. They first quieted the young volcanoes, and then asked everyone to step back slowly to free up a space for Steven and Rick to use.

Looking at the crowd leaving like a low tide, the reporters can finally deeply appreciate the taste of "escape from death". The mixed emotions danced bitterly on the tip of the tongue. Almost at this moment, many people cried with joy. , not only because they were reborn after being surrounded and tormented, but also because their waiting finally came to an end, and they could finally know the truth. Of course, if not the truth, at least it is official.

However, many reporters have realized that if the truth is really bad for the reporters, will the young volcanoes in front of them tear them to pieces? The thought just popped up and made them shudder.

Steven and Rick passed the levels and appeared in front of the reporters. The reporters tried to show their professional skills and surrounded the two in a semicircle, but many people found that their legs were too weak to stand. not get up. This scene really made many young volcanoes burst into laughter. The ridicule and banter in the laughter made these reporters want to burrow into the ground, but they did not dare to turn back and resist.

Fifteen hundred people, and a bunch of fanatics, unless they don't want to live anymore.

Anthony wasn't much better at this time. His whole body was like being pulled out of the water. His clothes were soaked with sweat, but he knew that Steven and Rick in front of him were his life-saving straws. , and he is very fortunate that he did not confront Hugo head-on in this state, otherwise he would not know how long he could last. At the same time, Hugo did not appear. Does this mean that his report is one step closer to the truth?

Thinking of this, Anthony eagerly approached the two of them. The reporters finally gathered together in a sparse manner. The interview with the crew of more than 100 reporters was a huge scale, but the battle in front of them was scattered. Looks very shabby.

Steven and Rick looked at the embarrassment and misery of the reporters in front of them, and couldn't help but laugh a little. When have the reporters been treated like this? Probably a handful.

However, Steven still coughed lightly, and said to the recorder in front of him, "In the past week, for the 'Death Ramble' crew, for Hugo Lancaster... There are many rumors and many questions, we went through After the discussion, it was decided that now is the time to respond to everyone's questions."

Steven is indeed an old fox. One sentence not only mentioned the "death row walk", but also omitted the past week in an understatement, and finally made everyone's appetite.