The Latest Crackdown on China's News Media Hits Celebrity Coverage
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The following things will soon be off-limits in Chinese entertainment news: Putting stars or billionaires on a pedestal. Sensationalizing people’s private lives. Glamorizing overnight fame or wealth. Expressing “overt admiration for Western lifestyles.”
Basically, the government is clamping down on the hallmarks of gossipy celebrity news. “Social and entertainment news must be dominated by mainstream ideologies and ‘positive energy,'” said the official Xinhua news agency Monday, summing up a circular from China’s media regulator.
The guidelines from the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television are the latest in an ongoing crackdown on what mainland news organizations can cover and how, whether it’s fluff news or matters of international consequence. Keeping up with all the new guidelines of censors is dizzying.
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