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PilotTalk: Cops and Journalists in PRC and Taiwan TV

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Understanding Media's Role in Chinese Society

In Chinese society, the media is seen as inherently protective and beautiful, with the expectation that it should actively contribute to a better society. Critics of media executives often accuse them of fostering liberal ideas and creating unnecessary conflict by amplifying flaws in the public sector. Journalists are portrayed as individuals who constantly mess up and are the lowest form of society, unlike the portrayal of an honorable profession in American dramas. There is a significant difference in the perception of media's role in serving the broader cause between Chinese and American societies.

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