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Date: 2018/12/20
By: International Community Radio Taipei (ICRT)
Credit: Fu Kun-chi / Facebook
The National Communications Commission said reporters who allegedly submitted bids to write propaganda for Hualien County violated journalistic ethics and should be investigated by the media itself.
The statement comes after Mirror Media reported that former Hualien County Magistrate Fu Kun-chi (傅崐萁) invited bids for jobs to prepare written or video propaganda pieces about the county’s policies.
The bidding allegedly involved 25 deals and the Hualien County government paid between NT$140,000 and NT$280,000 (US$4,540-$9,075) to reporters there who worked several news organizations.
The news organizations involved include Taiwan Television (TTV), China Television, Sanlih E-Television, ETTV, Era News, Formosa Television, CTi TV, Hakka TV, TVBS, Taiwan Indigenous Television (TITV), the Keng Shen Daily and United Daily News.
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