The screenshot below is an latest apology statement from Hong Kong's NOW TELEVISION News Station.
"We are deeply sorry that our reporter's questions about medical care in the mainland have aroused the attention and dissatisfaction of the public."
The cause of the incident was at the Hong Kong government's press conference on the epidemic on March 16.
The day was mainly to introduce the situation of hundreds of medical staff from the mainland coming to Hong Kong to support the fight against the epidemic.
After the relevant officials introduced, a strange scene occurred.
A female reporter asked a question to the person in charge of epidemic prevention at the scene:
"If mainland medical workers are engaged in medical care in Hong Kong, have medical disputes with patients, or even have medical accidents, what kind of complaint process should the public go through, and how to protect the rights and interests of Hong Kong citizens?"
After the question was raised, even the other reporters around them were very surprised and looked at the female reporter with incomprehensible eyes.
Equally surprised was the epidemic prevention officer at the scene, who obviously did not expect the reporter to ask such a question, and was stunned at the time.
Then he responded unceremoniously: "Now that the epidemic situation in Hong Kong is very serious, under such circumstances, mainland medical colleagues have come to Hong Kong at risk to help us jointly do a good job in epidemic prevention and control."
As Hong Kong citizens, we should be grateful for this selfless help, rather than thinking about how to complain about others at the first time.
At this time, it is the most important thing for citizens to receive treatment. ”
And this question from this Hong Kong female reporter immediately caused an uproar on the social platform, and many Hong Kong netizens couldn't believe it:
Is this a question asked by a media reporter?
"People risked infection and came to Hong Kong to help you treat your illness, and your first reaction was how to complain to others!" This kind of reporter really loses the face of Hong Kong people. ”
"Normal people should condemn such an unprofessional, bottomless journalist."
"In the case of such a serious epidemic, Guangdong Province sent the medical elite of the province to Hong Kong to support because everyone is a compatriot. Don't you make everyone chill when you ask such a question? It also chilled the medical staff who came to Hong Kong to support. ”
"People really have to learn to be grateful, don't expect you to do anything, but at least maintain a conscience as a person." 」
"Is the level of Hong Kong journalists so low now?"
Some Hong Kong social platform bloggers also recorded talk show videos, complaining that the female reporter was completely staged in the story of "Farmer and Snake":
Not only did he not know how to be grateful, but he actually stabbed the heart of the well-meaning person who came to help him.
Netizens quickly dug up the female reporter who asked the question from NOW News.
According to the data, the channel of NOW Broadband TV in Hong Kong, the fifth self-made TV news channel in Hong Kong, was launched on October 24, 2007.
Many citizens called industry authorities or called NOW news stations directly to ask for an apology on the matter.
However, some media revealed that the female reporter who asked the question refused to admit that there was anything wrong with her question during internal inquiry.
He insisted that this was a normal question in accordance with journalistic norms, and that questions similar to medical disputes should not be raised because mainland medical workers supported Hong Kong.
Under the pressure of public opinion and the criticism of the public, NOW News station finally issued an apology statement, paying the price for the misconduct of its female journalists.