Chapter 115 "Xinmin Evening News" founder Chen Mingde and his wife were dusted

In the press circle, there is another pair of "rightist couples", they are Chen Mingde and Deng Jixing, veteran journalists. Mao Zedong mentioned in the article "Wen Wei Po's Bourgeois Orientation Should Be Criticized": "Xinmin Daily is different. It has made many more serious self-criticisms. Xinmin Daily has made fewer mistakes than Wen Wei Po. Once it finds out that it has made mistakes, it seriously corrects them. With a sense of responsibility for the cause, this newspaper has begun to take the initiative in front of readers.” ① This "Xinmin Daily" is the predecessor of the current "Xinmin Evening News", and Chen Mingde is the founder of "Xinmin Daily".

In 1929, Chen Mingde was an editor of the Kuomintang Central News Agency, and he always felt very restricted.So, try to run your own newspaper.He respected Sun Yat-sen very much.At that time, the China League under the leadership of Sun Yat-sen had run the "Min Bao", and Chen Mingde named the new newspaper he founded "Xin Min Bao". At this time, Deng Jixing graduated from the Law Department of Chaoyang University in Peking, and together with Tan Tiwu and others helped Chen Mingde edit the supplement of "Xinmin Daily".In 1933, Chen Mingde and Deng Jixing became husband and wife.

The initial circulation of "Xin Min Bao" was only 2,000 copies.Through Chen Mingde's hard work, the circulation is increasing day by day.During the War of Resistance Against Japan, "Xinmin Daily" moved to Chongqing, with a circulation of up to 100,000 copies, becoming the newspaper with the largest circulation in the rear.Pu Xixiu was the interview director of "Xinmin Daily" at that time, and wrote many good reports for "Xinmin Daily".Wu Zuguang edited the supplement of "Xinmin Daily". As mentioned earlier, Mao Zedong's "Qinyuanchun·Snow" was originally published in "Xinmin Daily".Xia Yan, Yang Hansheng, Chen Baichen, Nie Gannu, Sun Fuyuan, etc. have also worked in "Xin Min Bao"...

After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, "Xinmin Daily" moved to Nanjing.Since "Xin Min Bao" was increasingly leaning towards the CCP, it was suspended on July 8, 1948 by the Social Bureau of the Kuomintang on the charge of "propaganda for bandits". After liberation, "Xinmin Daily" resumed publication in Shanghai, with Chen Mingde as the vice president.Later, Chen Mingde was transferred to Beijing and served as the deputy director of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Social Welfare, while Deng Jixing served as the deputy director of the Beijing Civil Affairs Bureau.

In 1957, Chen Mingde and Deng Jixing, who had already left the news circle, were regarded as "veteran journalists" and were invited to attend a symposium for journalists to make a big statement and get involved in the "shame conspiracy". On May 18, 1957, "People's Daily" published the conversations of these veteran journalists at the symposium under the title "Old Journalists Criticize the Shortcomings of Today's Newspapers".This report caused many veteran journalists to encounter "trouble". According to the report: Veteran newspaperman Chen Mingde introduced the growth process of "Xinmin Daily" at the meeting, and then talked about his views on journalism.He said: "Newspapers are people's spiritual food, and journalists are chefs. If a chef only pays attention to nutritional value, it will not work if he does not pay attention to color, aroma, and taste. Interest and thoughtfulness are not contradictory, just as color, aroma, taste and nutrition are not contradictory. Same contradiction."

Chen Mingde put forward two suggestions: First, to increase the number of non-party newspapers, can we initiate the establishment of colleagues newspapers?Second, there should be evening papers in Beijing. What Chen Mingde said about running a non-Party "colleague newspaper" committed a big taboo and caused a big disaster! The words of other veteran journalists also caused trouble.for example: Zhang Youluan said: There was a saying in the old society: "A reporter is not a good reporter if he does not go to jail; a newspaper is not a good newspaper if it does not close its doors." What about now?He thinks it can be said: "A reporter is not a good reporter if he doesn't hate it; a newspaper is not a good newspaper if it doesn't cause trouble."

Xiao Li said: News is often monopolized by Xinhua News Agency and People's Daily, and they cannot compete even if they want to. Wang Yunsheng, president of Ta Kung Pao, said that today's newspapers report the good news but not the bad ones, and hide the evil and promote the good.The labor productivity of journalists is low. Misfortune comes from the mouth.Chen Mingde was classified as a "rightist" because of this.Even Deng Jixing was classified as a "rightist"!