Chapter 540: 540
KIIS Radio never expected that today's program would end in this way. Even Jojo Wright, as the topic initiator, didn't expect Hugo to give such a direct, strong and brave answer, which obviously made Jojo Some can't stand it.
According to statistics, KIIS's listening rate soared to 50% in the last five minutes of the program, which means that more than five million people in the Greater Los Angeles area turned on the radio and listened to the program. It can be said that everyone in the streets and alleys is listening to Hugo's shocking remarks.
At this moment, the Michael Jackson case, which had already been the focus, became the center of everyone's heated discussion because of Hugo's bold and resolute remarks.
Jojo looked at Hugo who was furious in front of him, and he suddenly understood that Hugo was not only defending Michael Jackson, but also defending himself, and it could even be said that he was defending all the people in the entertainment industry. Empathically stood on the opposite side of the entire media.
In fact, in the entire entertainment industry, there are definitely more than one or two people who are troubled by the media's pursuit of shadows, distorting black and white, and referring to deer as horses. It is not an exaggeration to say that everyone in the entertainment industry has tasted this kind of bitterness. Of course, people with a positive attitude will laugh at themselves as Hugo did before: news is better than no news, how many unknown third-tier artists still deliberately create news hype to win attention, but this time, the malicious hype of the media has already beyond the bottom line.
Just like the Rodney King incident, the media covered the sky, relying on their own subjective judgments, sitting in the name of justice, sitting in dirty things for profit, and as a result, they ruined the lives of several ordinary people, but they But there is no need to be responsible, because there is a "freedom of speech" death gold medal as a cover.
In the United States, which advocates freedom of speech, every citizen is free to express his or her political views and criticize the government's inappropriate policies. Even if your criticism lacks factual basis or is completely untrue, the government will not sue you for defamation.
Hugo experienced such a situation once in the Golden Globes event at the beginning of the year. In the United States, for the protection of freedom of speech, the defamation charges of government officials and public figures are almost always recognized by the court. The definition of a public figure is very broad. Although there is no clear legal regulation, according to some cases in the United States, some judges believe that your name has been publicly reported in the media three or two times, and it is considered a celebrity.
This shows how powerful the United States has given freedom of speech.
The reason why the US government does this is to protect people's basic human right - the right to speak, on the one hand, and to give the media oversight responsibility on the other hand.
The so-called supervision responsibility of the media is actually to supervise public opinion through newspapers, magazines, television, radio and other public media, so as to ensure the normal operation of government agencies. To put it simply, if someone corrupts and accepts bribes, the media can reveal it in the pursuit of the truth, and then form public opinion supervision, which is of great help to the operation of the government. It can be said that the media is the eyes of society.
It is precisely because of this monitoring role of the media that the government must guarantee the independence of the media and ensure that they will not be interfered by "powerful forces".
Of course, as we all know, the media is not omnipotent. Society is a society of people. Where there are people, there will inevitably be collusion of interests. In turn, the existence of such a dark side of society requires the media to be fair, fair, transparent and truthful.
It is under such a cycle that the media's right to freedom of speech is greatly protected.
In addition to the government, most of the initial definitions of public figures were civil servants, such as mayors, sheriffs, and manor owners. These celebrities with enormous power are in the upper classes of society, so they also need to be supervised by the media. However, with the development of the entertainment industry, the exposure rate of artists has skyrocketed, and they even have the functions of public opinion leaders and social role models. Therefore, artists are gradually included in the category of public figures, and the media can also use public opinion to supervise artists. .
It is under such continuous development that entertainment media's all-round exposure of artists has gradually prospered. However, with the recommendation of time, supervision duties have gradually evolved into exposure behaviors, and exposure behaviors chasing the truth have become simple and rude. The behavior of breaking the news has led to today's paparazzi.
In the Rodney-King incident, the reason why the media can speak freely is because the whole incident involves racial issues, so every citizen has the right to speak. What's more, the media has always been "fighting for the rights of Rodney King, who is a black man." They stand under the banner of justice, so no one will bother about the media's concealment of facts, and no one will go Hold the media upside-down.
Similarly, the media can do whatever they want about Michael Jackson, because Michael is a public figure.
Therefore, under the cover of the so-called freedom of speech, the media often speculate according to their own imaginations. They do not report based on facts, but are sensationalized like writing novels.
In the past, Michael Jackson has been entangled in countless negative news. Just earlier this year, Michael also accepted an exclusive interview with Oprah Winfrey, clarifying a series of fake news. But when the so-called prostitution. After the child case broke out, those clarified fake news turned into "evidence" and became a weapon for the media to attack Michael. They used their own pen to demonize Michael and shaped him into a heinous murderer. Child perversion.
The media is no longer enforcing the right to freedom of speech, but is using its own rights to try to replace the existence of the law, using morality, public opinion, and momentum to exert pressure and even judge. This is not only not a glorious thing, but also a social retrogression, which can only happen in a slave society before the law is formed.
This is a huge scandal for the whole society!
This is the fundamental reason why Hugo is so angry. After reading this piece of history before, his emotions were already very turbulent, but the feeling was not real enough at that time, after all, it was an event very far away from him; but now after experiencing it personally, Only then did Hugo know that when the entire human civilization has developed so much, there are still people who would do such cruel things for their own interests. Not only did he see Michael Jackson go through this pain, but he was part of a persecuted group himself!
"Schindler's List" condemned the inhumane Holocaust of the Nazis, and this time Hugo wanted to condemn the news media's murder of social civilization and the human spiritual world!
There was a lot of thoughts in Qiao Qiao's mind for a while, and he couldn't immediately sort out an idea. He could vaguely understand Hugo's idea, but it was difficult to digest it immediately, so he could only say in a lawful manner, "This is The Los Angeles police have launched a meticulous investigation into the case, and we believe that the law will give us an answer, and black and white can always be tried."
Jojo took a peek at the angry Hugo, but didn't dare to ask questions again, he hurriedly said, "This is the end of our show today, the last song, from the 'Lith of Glory to Death' ( Lithium)', we'll see you at the same time next time."
The director outside the studio immediately pushed up the volume of the music playing, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Hugo took off the headset directly, shook hands with Qiaoqiao in a hurry, and then left the recording studio first. Facing the other staff of the radio station in the recording studio, Hugo had no way to vent his surging emotions at this time. But he still suppressed his emotions, stopped, nodded and bowed to the other staff in the recording studio, and said in a low voice, "I'm sorry that I lost control of my emotions just now."
After speaking, Hugo turned around and left the recording studio. Leaving a group of dumbfounded staff standing in place, Henry patted Samora on the shoulder, "Apologize to everyone." Then he hurriedly accelerated his pace and walked out behind Hugo.
Hugo was walking very fast at this time. Henry was a lazy bone. Even if he cheered up at this time, his footsteps could not keep up with Hugo's pace. He had to trot directly, "Stop, Hugo, stop... Hugo Lancaster! I told you to stop!"
Hugo had already walked into the stairwell at this time. He clenched his fists tightly, unable to control the anger in his heart. If a news reporter appeared in front of him at this time, he did not know what he would do. The image of Anthony Bond Stewart of the "National Enquirer" kept flashing in his mind. The last Golden Globes incident was planned by Anthony, and now the "National Enquirer" has acted in the Michael Jackson incident. important role. This is the ugliest face of the news media.
"What?" Hugo stopped to look at Henry, who was catching up panting, and shouted angrily, "Are you here to tell me that I shouldn't have said those words just now? You want to tell me, I Is it beyond the bottom line?"
Looking at Hugo who was like an angry bull at this time, Henry didn't speak immediately, but let his breath down first. This little gap also calmed Hugo's anger a little, and Henry said, "No, I'm not going to stop you, I just want to tell you that there is a good chance that reporters have already swarmed over. Are you ready to be bombarded?"
In fact, Henry was a little worried just now, but after seeing Hugo's firm position, Henry was relieved. The media's attacks will never stop. No matter what your position is, they can always find loopholes. But if Hugo can firm up his position, things will be much easier.
Hugo raised his head and looked at Henry in front of him. He was not familiar with Henry. After all, the two had only known each other for four months. Henry had always been lazy and couldn't see through him at all. But today, Hugo felt that Henry in front of him seemed to be familiar with a lot.
Henry finally regained his breath, he showed a lazy smile, "Reporters are never scary, remember, reporters are like bulls, although they are very threatening, but you are a matador, as long as you master your strength and Cleverly, you can tease them with the red cloth in your hand."