How to treat the news value of the sentence "Dog bites is not news, but man bites dog is news"

Dog bites is not news, but man bites dog is news. Since this sentence was introduced to China from the other side of the ocean, it has become the business motto of many journalists with its proper appeal and image. It is said that whether he is curious or kitsch, existence is reasonable, and the eyeball is above everything else. Therefore, the social pages of many newspapers are full of "dogs", so the definition of news becomes: objective and true reports on recent events such as "people bite dogs"

What's the news about dogs biting people? Readers, take a look at the following "dog incidents" of "biting people".

Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention recently released a data. Recently, the weather in Guangzhou has turned warmer, and various animals have also entered an active period. Dog bites happen from time to time, which is 30% higher than usual. Jiangsu Provincial Health and Epidemic Prevention Station recently announced that hundreds of people died of rabies in this province last year, and the situation of rabies prevention and control is very serious.

In Fuzhou, on the first day of school, a pupil was suddenly chased by two dogs from a foundry and broke his right arm. In a certain place in Anhui, a crazy German shepherd bit other dogs, and the bitten dog bit people crazily, which made the local people turn pale and terrified.

In Beijing, a vicious dog bites people in the yard of the inspection office of a tobacco monopoly bureau. A couple went to the station to pay a fine. After entering the house, they were bitten by a vicious dog, and their bitten lower limbs were dyed red with blood. The scene was terrible.

The dog killer in a milk factory in Lanzhou is even more fierce. In the face of migrant workers who come to beg for wages, the snake and scorpion boss actually let the dog hurt people. Both arms and legs of migrant workers were bitten by dogs, and their pants and sweaters were bitten by dogs.

What's the news about dogs biting people? Bad dogs run wild. Are these bloody facts "qualified" to become news?

The media in Guangzhou once discussed the problem of citizens owning dogs. Someone asked Lin Shusen, the mayor of Guangzhou, "Do you like keeping pets?" Mayor Lin replied, "I have to consider people first." Yes, many trivial "dog bites" are really difficult to enter the "eyes" of media reports and public comments, but if such things happen more, it will not only be a problem of bad dogs, but also a problem of people and society, not just a "dog disease", but an out-and-out "man-made disaster".

In fact, the existence of "dogs" is closely related to people's interests. In the past, ordinary people kept dogs to prevent theft, and the fight was chaotic. Keeping a dog is really for personal and property safety, which belongs to safeguarding negative interests; But what do rich people keep dogs for? Going out to lead a dog, the dog is against human potential and clamoring for something. People are fighting dogs, and they are running across the country. People and dogs shine, bully the weak and fear the hard, and harm the people. Dogs are also the "courage" to do evil for the "safety" of being rich and heartless, which belongs to the pursuit of positive interests. Nowadays, many people seem to have nothing to do with "interest", but to "spoil" it, which is a kind of "hobby". In fact, "interest" is also a kind of "self-interest", an "interest" about one's psychological satisfaction. It is these selfish "interests" that have caused many terrible "man-made disasters" and endangered the safety of "irrelevant personnel"

"People's problem" should be the most critical problem in all public affairs. The root of bad dogs is "people's problem", which leads to many "people's problems". It is no accident that these vicious dogs exist and bite people. The essence is that our society has a kind of values of "imposing one's own will and preferences on others and putting one's own self-interest first", and "evil dogs are rampant" is the best representation of this materialization. Reflecting on the dog biting incident, not everyone's self-interest is at work: the interests of dog owners have been met, and many people's safety "public welfare" has been damaged; Let the dog bite the migrant workers who come to beg for money, and see who dares to beg for money. The overbearing "interests" of the snake and scorpion boss have been rampant and publicized.

The publicity of these "private interests" has undoubtedly spawned many social problems that cannot be ignored. It is a trivial matter to raise a dog to express your "interest". Biting a person won't have much effect. It is estimated that infecting two people is a matter of two people. The spread of rabies is not a small problem. There may be a cure, but spreading the expectation of safety and fear of dogs is a big problem. A vicious boss set a dog and bit a migrant worker. This problem is not too big.

Therefore, no matter how tough a dog is, no one's "interest appeal" is instilled in it, and "dog biting" will not become a social problem, nor will it become a "human problem".