2014-06-19
Chinese journalists interview a relative (C) of passengers on a missing Malaysia Airlines flight in Beijing on March 26, 2014.
AFP
New regulations forbidding China’s tightly controlled state media from reporting “critical” news items, even in private, are the latest in a long string of blows aimed at curbing criticism of the ruling Chinese Communist Party and at the country’s media industry in general, analysts said.
Under new guidelines issued by the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television, reporters in China are now forbidden to publish critical reports without the prior approval of their employer.
The rules, which were issued in a circular sent out to news organizations and propaganda departments nationwide, also take aim at journalists who take bribes or extort money from sources for coverage.
From: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/media-06192014151115.html