Political situation
Written by: Lin Jian
2021-05-17 20:43
Last update date: 2021-05-17 20:44
The last two episodes of the "Election Committee Subsector" hosted by Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor personally broadcast today (17th). They interviewed the former chairman of the Hong Kong Shipowners Association Zhao Shiming and the architect He Lizhi. The 40-episode "long drama" finally welcomes Come to the finale.
Looking around the entire series, most of the ratings can be described as "horrible." The number of viewers is hovering low, and Liang Ying ridiculed them as "clearing" the ratings of Hong Kong and Taiwan.
However, as it is said that "the drunkard is not interested in drinking," Carrie Lam's interviews with future "potential election committees" have been described by many politicians as "curvy canvassing" to warm up for next year's chief executive election.
Former Chief Executive’s "Heart War Room" key member and former news coordinator He Anda believes that from the public level, the program cannot achieve the effect of "interpretation" and cannot narrow the distance with the public. However, the audience of the program is actually For the election committee, Lam Cheng established contact with the election committee through the program, which is tantamount to paving the way for the "vote" when he is competing for re-election in the future. Therefore, the actual goal has been achieved.
Most of the ratings are low and most people visit Wang Mingquan
The "Overview of the Election Committee Subsectors" will be broadcast on April 28. It will be shown on the TV channels of RTHK and will also be included on the YouTube channels of RTHK and the Information Services Department.
Checking the YouTube channel of Hong Kong and Taiwan, as of today's 6 o'clock in the evening (the last two episodes were not aired at the time), the 38 episodes that have been broadcast, except for the episode interviewed by the artist Wang Mingquan, attracted more attention and were watched by nearly 70,000 people. In addition, the number of viewers of the remaining episodes is less than 10,000, most of which are between 2,000 and 3,000. Even the well-known CPPCC Standing Committee member Tang Yingnian has only less than 8,000 viewers.
Regarding the Hong Kong and Taiwan YouTube channel with 1.13 million subscribers, the ratings can be regarded as quite "dull".
In the program, Wang Mingquan pointed out that although the number of seats for the election committee has increased to 1,500, the number of seats for the "sports, performing arts, culture and publishing sector" has been reduced from 60 to 30, of which 15 seats were nominated by the listed groups. "Many people lose the opportunity and lose half of their voice. Of course they are very dissatisfied."
It is worth noting that Carrie Lam’s social network page and the government’s official "Tamar" fb page do not share the "face to face" program. Only the Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau fb page will share every episode.
However, the reach rate can be said to be "horrible." In many posts, none of the responses (including "Like", "嬲嬲") have reached double digits.
Qu Yingyan (left) has severely criticized Lam Cheng for hosting the "Face to Face" program a few days ago as "not doing business properly."
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Carrie Lam’s total speaking time for multiple shows is longer than that of guests
Someone in the establishment told the author that the program is nominally part of the government’s "explanatory work" on the new election system, but there is widespread rumor in political circles that Carrie Lam intends to fight for re-election. She will be in charge and talk to the "potential election committee." "Impressions."
Carrie Lam's performance in the program further deepens the speculation in the political circles.
Some media quoted statistics from politicians. In most of Lam's programs, the total time to speak is longer than that of the guests, and some even account for more than 70% of the time.
Regarding the content of his speech, Carrie Lam repeatedly mentioned "political performance" in various policy areas. The members of the establishment laughed and said that the program was basically Carrie Lam's "personal airtime."
Only four months before the election committee election, Liang Zhenying, vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and former chief executive, has recently made frequent moves to publish "suspected political platforms" on the Internet; "Liang Fan" columnist Qu Yingyan has recently criticized online media. Lam Cheng's fight against the epidemic "does not do his job properly", using his identity to visit the election committee members who will elect the chief executive on a public channel, just like "carrying out the election project on a curve."
He Anda: Personal political propaganda is extremely high
Former news coordinator He Anda told the author that it is not common in advanced areas for the head of a country or region to occupy air waves and host TV programs in person: "Generally there are major policy announcements or breaking news, such as policy addresses/State of the Union addresses. Or announcing the successful killing of bin Laden, etc. In short, the chief will only do this when there is very important news announced." He pointed out that the most common "TV show" is the authoritarian leaders of some South American countries, such as Former Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, "Chávez likes to talk to different guests on the show and echo what he said." He described the "face-to-face view of the election committee" as a "police message for the chief executive", "just let For the Chief Executive's self-promotion."
In general, Ho Anda believes that from the perspective of "public commentary", the "overview of election committees" cannot add points to the new election system, because Lam Cheng Minwang only has about 30 points, which has already dragged down the program ratings, and what is the representativeness of these future election committees Only when a neutral media person is hosted will ask more sharp questions, "But the result is not. It is purely that Carrie Lam himself praises how good and good the new system is. The time the host speaks by himself is often longer than that of the guests. To be long, if this is a public broadcast program, it must be a negligence of the director."
Therefore, He Anda questioned that the whole program was actually "Lam Cheng dances a sword, intended to select committee members." He promoted the preliminary election for himself and established contact with future election committee members. "The election campaign has already begun, and Beijing has not made a decision now. At this time, Zheng did not hesitate to come out and talk directly. Apart from self-promotion, it will be much easier to contact the election committee in the future, so as to pave the way for the future "vote"."
"Hong Kong 01" has inquired with the Chief Executive’s Office on how to evaluate the "election committee" The effectiveness of "all aspects" is awaiting reply.
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