Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/12/10
By: Joseph Yeh
Taipei, Dec. 10 (CNA) Visiting Reporters Without Borders (RWB) President Pierre Haski
Pierre Haski (left)
on Sunday said Taiwan’s diversified online media allows free expression of different views despite worry in some quarters that Taiwan’s mainstream media is being controlled by China-backed companies with a political agenda.
Answering questions by a student after a speech in Taipei, Haski said similar concerns have been raised in his country France, where it is believed that nine French billionaires have control over about 80 percent of the private media.
Haski said it was his understanding that some Taiwanese think the local media is being by controlled by China with the aim of spreading a specific political agenda in Taiwan society.
However, Haski said, he is also aware that Taiwan has a diversified media culture, especially its online services. [FULL STORY]
