Chinese governmental media Global Times has a news report today rebuking a foreign media’s (20 Minuten English: 20 Minutes) false report about recent Chinese internet bashing of France.Global Times accuses 20 Munuten falsely reported that Chinese netizens criticizing France got 5 cents (Euro) from the government. What remains unclear, however, is whether 20 Minuten said ALL those Chinese netizens criticizing France received 5 cents or only SOME of them did, on which Global Times’ rebuke says nothing. The Global Times’ rebuke occupies the cover page of major Chinese news websites today.

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瑞士媒体污蔑我国网民为赚5分钱欧元骂法国

环球时报这篇报道的含混之处在于数量–记者并没有说瑞士媒体《20分钟》到底说有多少这样赚5分钱欧元的网民。如果瑞士媒体说的是全体中国网民的话，那肯定是污蔑，我们也应该义愤填膺；如果说到是部分的话，那倒没什么失实，因为确有拿5毛钱的网民–也就是通常所言中国的五毛党。这些人其实算不上网民，该算是网监（奸）。

常识告诉我们，“赚5分钱欧元”的所谓网民多半指的是中国的五毛党。如果这些成立的话，瑞士媒体也就谈不上污蔑，最多算是侮辱–在法律上，污蔑（准确地说是诽谤）与不实之词对应，侮辱与客观存在的事实对应。例如，张三本来是个小偷，如果有报纸报道说他贪污公款，应追究报纸污蔑的责任；如果说他是个小偷，最多算是侮辱，因为张三本来就是个小偷–这样的侮辱法律常常不管，因为让小偷觉得羞耻不算是件坏事。

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