【新唐人2014年09月20日讯】最近，广州南方报系属下的“21世纪网”遭到整肃，多名高层及记者被扣查。分析指出，类似“新闻勒索”的做法在行内相当普遍。有香港媒体披露，专挑“21世纪网”开刀，其实是中共高层授意的，目的是重创南方系。
香港《明报》19号引述京城消息透露，由于南方报系多年来大胆敢言，中共中宣部去年初透过广东省委宣传部部长庹震，删除了《南方周末》的新年献词。在那之后，《南周》和《南方都市报》等媒体大为收敛，但是中宣部仍不满意，对准了相对独立的“21世纪网”，打出致命的一击。
报导还引述北京消息指出，中共公安部掌握了“21世纪网”所谓的“罪证”线索后，透过上海市政法委，找了央视、新华社等5家媒体，到上海采访了捣破“21世纪网”实况。而这个网站被捕的高层和记者，还没有经过审讯，就在镜头前“交代”如何透过自设公关公司，向大公司或IPO企业敲诈勒索的经过。
北京时政观察人士华颇：“为什么通过上海政法委，因为上海政法公安系统还是对处置网络工作比较认可，工作也比较落实，所以就通过了上海。上海政法系统，肯定是中央高层在支持它。”
报导进一步透露，新华社的应用程式“外泄”21世纪网的牌照将被吊销、员工全部遣散的消息，其实是专案组故意向外透露的，目的是震慑南方系。而南方系曾经求助于中央高层，但是渠道受阻。
报导指出，南方系今后在报导内容和经营方面，可能进一步受限。
北京时政观察人士华颇：“这方面是中央上层有人在主导，有人在协调，上海警方越省抓捕，肯定得到中央有人支持、有人受命的。”
据了解，上海警方9月3号以涉嫌“新闻敲诈”为名，抓捕了“21世纪网”主编等8人。报导说，这个网站的部分编辑、采访、经营人员，联合了两家公关公司，威胁数十家大企业，必须在网站上刊登广告，否则，就对企业进行负面报导。
大陆新媒体推动者北风：“像中国的网站，特别是商业性的网站，这种以负面新闻来达成广告的目的，非常常见。基本上可以说是所有的机构都这么做，那官方要认定这种行为是敲诈勒索的话，那是官方的事情，但是这种做法是很普遍的。”
原陕西电视台记者马晓明：“中共就找你媒体在审批或者是运行中间的一些碴，用所谓规定、纪律这方面的理由，去打压这种敢于冲破新闻封锁，或者是舆论监督的媒体。再一个就是找个别记者的工作中或者日常生活中的一些问题，来威胁、胁迫，或者是阻挠记者披露真相。”
海外大纪元新闻网指出，“21世纪网”不断曝光江派的贪腐黑幕，而遭到报复。
据了解，近年来，“21世纪网”除了持续披露隶属于上海市国资委的上海医药集团“行贿门”、“财务造假门”等事件，还深度揭发江泽民之子江绵恒操控的中科系的黑幕，曝光中科系企业与西部矿业的利益输送。
而“21世纪网”所属的《21世纪经济报导》也在8月21号报导了天津渤海商品交易所，操纵“文山三七”价格，大肆坑骗投资者的黑幕。报导中点出，以蔡程举为法定代表人的广东益建集团，涉嫌操纵文山三七价格。有知情人士向《大纪元》透露，蔡程举是江派政治局常委张高丽的亲属。
“21世纪网”被解散的消息，引发大陆网友关注。微博认证为“前浙江清华长三角研究院培训部连锁项目主任”的“清华秦鹏”说：“21世纪网被以有偿新闻的名义解散了，如果这样做合法的话，那么解散CCTV吧。”
采访/朱智善、陈汉 编辑/陈洁
Central Senior Level Orders to Crackdown On
21st Century Network, Says Hong Kong Media.
21st Century Network under the Southern Media Group
in Guangzhou has been under rectification recently.
A number of top executives and journalists
are being investigated.
Analysis says similar cases of “news extortion" are very
common in the industry in China.
Hong Kong media exposes that it’s under orders of the
Chinese Communist Party (CCP) high level to pick on
the 21st Century Network, and to crack down on the
Southern Media Group.
Since Southern Media Group has been outspoken for years,
the CCP’s central propaganda department deleted its new
year greeting message through Guangdong Propaganda
Department director, Tuo Zhen.
This is according to Hong Kong media Mingpao, quoting
inside sources in Beijing, on Sept. 19.
Southern Weekly and Southern Metropolis Daily have been
less outspoken since then.
However the central propaganda unit isn’t satisfied, and
has targeted 21st Century Network.
The Beijing source indicated that the CCP’s public security
got criminal evidence of the 21st Century Network.
Through Shanghai Politics and Law Committee, it sent five
media i.e. CCTV and Xinhua to do investigative reports.
The arrested executives and journalists from 21st Century
Network confessed on TV about how they extorted money
from big companies and IPO enterprises, before going
through trials in court.
Hua Po, political commentator in Beijing, “they went through
Shanghai Politics and Law Committee because the public
security system does a good job implementing suppression
over the internet.
The Shanghai Politics and Law Committee is obedient,
and it has support from central high levels."
The report says the information about a program of Xinhua
being leaked and that the license of the 21st Century will be
withdrawn is actually intentionally released by the central
special task force, to shock Southern Media Group.
The Southern Media Group once requested help from the
central high level, but it was obstructed.
The Southern Media Group is likely to face more restrictions
on reporting content and business running, the report says.
Hua Po, “there are people at the central high level in charge
of the issue… Shanghai police arrested people in another
province which shows it must be supported and ordered by
people at central high level."
Shanghai police arrested eight people at the 21st Century
Network on Sept. 3.
They included its chief editor alleged for “news extortion,"
along with two PR companies, some editors, reporters,
and management personnel of the website who extorted
dozens of big enterprises to advertise on the website.
They threatened to report negative news about the
companies if they refused.
Bei Feng, promoter of Chinese new media, “Chinese
websites, especially commercial ones, use negative
news to get advertisements as an extremely common
tactic. Almost all the organizations do this.
If the authorities identify it as extortion, they just say so,
but such ways are very common."
Ma Xiaoming, former journalist at Shanxi Television, “the
CCP finds fault by using so-called rules and disciplines.
It’s the way to crackdown on outspoken media.
Another way is to find fault with individual reporters in their
daily lives or work, to threaten them not to expose the truth."
Oversea Chinese newspaper Epoch Times says the 21st
Century Network exposed many corruption insider stories
of Jiang Zemin’s faction which led to a revenge attack.
The 21st Century Network exposed the bribes and financial
fraud case of Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding under the
State-owned Asset Supervision and Administration
Commission of Shanghai Municipal Government.
It also exposed the corruption and transfer of benefits of
China Science Group system controlled by Jiang Jinheng.
Jiang Jinheng is the son of Jiang Zemin.
On Aug. 21, the 21st Century Business Herald under
21st Century Network also reported that Tianjin Bohai
commodity exchange controls the price of pseudo-ginseng,
deceiving investors.
The report says the company involved in controlling the
pseudo-ginseng price is owned by Cai Chengju.
Cai is a relative of Politburo member Zhang Gaoli,
an ally of Jiang’s faction.
The information of disbanding the 21st Century Network
has attracted focus concern of Chinese netizens.
“If it’s legal to disband the 21st Century Network for paid
news, the CCTV should be disbanded."
Netizen Tsinghua Qinpeng, identified as former director
of Yangtze Delta Region Institute of Tsinghua University
in Zhejiang, made these remarks on Chinese social
media, Weibo.
Interview & Edit/Zhu Zhishan ChenHna Post-Production/ChenJie
