5 Jun 2023光傳媒#6550
大報清零 傳媒噤聲？ 「六四」報道五年大減逾半
This year marks the 34th anniversary of June 4. For the fourth consecutive year, Victoria Park has seen no candlelight vigil, while coverage of June 4-related news in traditional print media has also fallen sharply. A search by Guang Media using “June 4” as the keyword found that Hong Kong newspapers published only 28 June 4 news reports on June 5 this year, fewer than half the number published four years ago. Of the 28 reports, 80% came from Ming Pao and the Hong Kong Economic Journal. A review of coverage over the past five years found that Sing Tao published no June 4 news this year for the first time.
今年是六四34周年，維多利亞公園連續第四年不見燭光，傳統紙媒對「六四」相關新聞的報道亦大幅減少。《光傳媒》以「六四」為關鍵字搜尋，今年6月5日全港報刊只有28篇「六四」新聞報道，篇數不及四年前的一半。在28篇報道中，8成來自《明報》和《信報》。翻查過去5年報道，《星島》今年更首次「清零」六四新聞。
5 Jun 2023法庭線#6551
蔡玉玲查車牌案上訴終極勝訴 判詞：沒理由將真誠新聞調查排除在外
Choy Yuk Ling, Bao, a former producer-director of RTHK’s programme “Hong Kong Connection”, was accused of falsely stating the purpose of a vehicle registration mark search with the Transport Department while following up on the Yuen Long 721 attack. In 2021, Choy Yuk Ling, Bao was convicted of two counts of making false statements and fined HK$6,000. After Choi’s appeal against the convictions was rejected by the High Court, Choi pursued a final appeal. On Monday (the 5th), five Court of Final Appeal judges unanimously allowed the appeal and quashed the convictions and fine.
The judges held that the Commissioner for Transport was entitled to require Choy Yuk Ling, Bao to explain the reasons for the vehicle registration mark search, but there was no reason for the department to exclude bona fide journalistic investigation from the option of “other matters relating to traffic and transport”. Therefore, Choi’s statements on the certificate were not false. The court also held that the term “other matters relating to traffic and transport” was neither clear nor unambiguous. Taking into account the number of times certificates had been issued to the media in the past, Choi, as a journalist, “was very likely honestly mistaken” in believing that her journalistic work was covered. The lower court’s inference that Choi had made false statements therefore caused her substantial and serious injustice.
港台《鏗鏘集》前編導蔡玉玲，被指為跟進元朗 721 襲擊事件，向運輸署虛報車牌查冊用途，2021 年被裁定兩項作出虛假陳述罪成，罰款 6,000 元。蔡提定罪上訴被高院駁回後，再申終極上訴，終院 5 名法官周一（5 日）一致裁定蔡上訴得直，撤銷定罪及罰款。
法官認為，運輸署署長有權要求蔡玉玲交代車牌查冊的理由，但署方沒有理由將真誠的新聞調查，排除在 「其他有關交通及運輸的事宜」這選項以外。因此，蔡在證明書的陳述不屬虛假。法庭又認為，「其他有關交通及運輸的事宜」一詞既不清晰也不明確，考慮到過去媒體獲發證明書的次數，蔡作為記者「很可能誠實地錯誤相信」，其新聞工作用途包含在內，故下級法院推斷蔡作出虛假陳述，對她造成實質及嚴重不公。
2 Jun 2023光傳媒#6536
港台刪除港漫資料庫「純粹繪作」
Urban sketch artist Pang Pei said in a post on his Facebook page that Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) had deleted the database webpage “Original Space – Purely Drawn Works” (hereinafter “Purely Drawn Works”), which records Hong Kong comics and illustrations. It contains works by more than 210 comic artists and illustrators, including Zunzi, Pen So, Lau Kwong-shing and Kam Siu-man. A reporter checked the website using the Wayback Machine and found that it was still available last December.
城巿速寫畫家彭啤在Facebook專頁貼文，指《香港電台》刪除紀錄香港漫畫、插畫的資料庫網頁「原創空間－純粹繪作」（下稱「純粹繪作」），涉及逾210個漫畫家、插畫家的作品，包括尊子、Pen So、柳廣成、甘小文等。記者以Wayback Machine翻查該網站，去年12月仍存在。
1 Jun 2023明報#6532
六四報道巨幅表揚信 掛牆港台34年被除下
The Department of Justice argued that the lower court had failed to consider the social circumstances at the time of the incident, and that the young man must have intended to injure someone. It asked for the case to be remitted to the lower court for reconsideration. The defence, however, said he might have used an object to “ward off” the attack, and that an intention to cause injury was not the only reasonable inference. After hearing submissions from both sides, Judge Cheung Wai-ling said she considered that the trial magistrate had made an error and was inclined to remit the case for reconsideration. She will hand down her judgment on a date to be fixed.
律政司一方認為，原審沒有考慮案發時社會環境，認為青年當時必然有傷人意圖，希望可發還案件予原審重新考慮。但答辯方指，他可能用物品「擋」開攻擊，意圖傷人並非唯一合理推論。法官張慧玲聽畢雙方陳詞，表明認為原審裁判官有犯錯，傾向發還予原審重新考慮，將擇日頒下判詞。
30 May 2023The Point#6516
唯一候選人 名人雜誌Tatler編輯接掌香港外國記者會主席
Lee Williamson, a lifestyle editor with no current-affairs news background and head of Gen.T, a platform under celebrity magazine Tatler, has been elected the new chair of the Foreign Correspondents’ Club, Hong Kong. The sole candidate in this term’s election, he was elected with 30 votes, succeeding Keith Richburg, dean of the University of Hong Kong’s journalism school, who will step down at the end of this month.
一位非時事新聞背景的生活副刊編輯、名人雜誌《Tatler》旗下平台Gen.T的主管Lee Williamson，當選新一任香港外國記者會主席，他今屆唯一候選人，並以30票當選接替於接替本月底離任的香港大學（HKU）新聞學院的院長Keith Richburg。
26 May 2023ReNews#6502
香港外國記者會邀梁振英作放映會嘉賓
The Foreign Correspondents’ Club, Hong Kong (FCC) posted photos online today, saying it had held a screening of the documentary “Waking the Sleeping Grapes” and invited former Chief Executive and CPPCC Vice-Chairman CY Leung as a guest. In addition to watching the film, they sampled Chinese-produced wines together.
香港外國記者會（Foreign Correspondents Club，FCC），今日在網上發相，指他們最舉行了放映會，播放紀錄片《Waking the Sleeping Grapes》，並邀請了前行政長官、全國政協副主席梁振英作嘉賓，除了睇戲還一同共嘗國產美酒。
25 May 2023獨媒#6493
盧寵茂批評《大紀元》及《自由亞洲電台》就器官移植散播「假資訊」
The controversy over the organ-transplantation mechanisms in the two places continued to grow. Health Services constituency lawmaker David Tzit Yuen Lam put forward a motion in the Legislative Council to discuss cooperation on transplantation between the two places. Secretary for Health Lo Chung-mau spoke first, saying that society should “see through a small number of people spreading rumours and fabricating falsehoods on this issue”. He later appeared to single out The Epoch Times and Radio Free Asia, saying that some of their articles contained “misinformation” and smeared the country’s organ-transplantation system. Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Lo also said that people who had been misled into cancelling their registrations were “ignorant”, while those who spread false information were “shameless”; the two were “somewhat similar, but there is a very big difference”.
兩地器官移植機制爭議繼續發酵，醫衞界議員林哲玄在立法會提出議員議案討論兩地移植合作，醫衞局長盧寵茂首先發言，指社會應「識穿少數人喺今次議題上做謠作假」，他其後更半點名批評《大紀元》及《自由亞洲電台》有文章是「假資訊」及抺黑國家器官移植。盧寵茂會後見記者，再指被誤導取消登記的人是「無知」，而散播假消息的人則是「無恥」，兩者「雖然有啲相似，但係好大分別㗎」。
16 May 2023光傳媒#6443
美媒Vice報道無法在港觀看 周冠威：外媒也自我審查很悲哀
Director Kiwi Chow earlier said on his Facebook page that the US online media outlet Vice’s feature report “China is Killing Hong Kong’s Indie Film Industry”, which premiered on the 11th of this month, could not be viewed in Hong Kong and required VPN to bypass the firewall. He told Photon Media that he had given no fewer than 150 interviews over the past two years, and this was the first time a report could not be viewed in Hong Kong. “It is highly representative. I think this matter is important, and also very tragic. The National Security Law has caused foreign media to self-censor; even media that are not Hong Kong media feel afraid,” he said.
導演周冠威早前於Facebook專頁透露，美國網絡媒體《Vice》於本月11日首播的專題報道「China is Killing Hong Kong’s Indie Film Industry」未能在香港境內觀看，要用VPN翻牆才能看到。他向《光傳媒》表示，過去兩年間曾接受不下150次訪問，這是首次無法在港看到報道，「很有代表性，我認為這件事很重要，亦很悲哀，《國安法》令外媒自我審查，即使不是港媒也會恐懼」。
12 May 2023獨媒#6434
【尊子漫畫】李家超：違法、帶動道德上不良意識圖書皆不可借閲
Zunzi’s cartoons have been repeatedly singled out for criticism by the government over the past six months. Ming Pao reported today that the Leisure and Cultural Services Department had removed Zunzi’s works from public libraries. The department said books suspected of containing content that might violate national security or Hong Kong laws would be immediately removed for review. Chief Executive John Lee responded after returning from Chongqing, saying the government would assess the matter under the National Security Law and would also consider whether the books were “obscene and indecent” or “promoted morally harmful ideas.”
尊子漫畫近半年被政府多次點名批評，《明報》今日報導康文署公共圖書將尊子作品下架，康文署稱涉嫌內容可能違反國家安全或香港法律的書籍，都會立即下架以作檢視。特首李家超在重慶返港後回應事件，他指政府會根據《國安法》審視，亦會考慮書藉是否「淫褻及不雅」，「帶動我哋覺得道德上不良意識」。
11 May 2023獨媒#6425
【尊子漫畫】鄧炳強：譴責記協聲明 稱政府樂意接受批評
Ming Pao will stop publishing Zunzi cartoons from Sunday. The Hong Kong Journalists Association issued a statement expressing dismay that freedom was being suppressed. Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung strongly condemned the statement, stressing that criticism of the government must be based on facts and that the government was willing to accept criticism. He also said that if media editors found someone using a platform to smear the government with false or misleading allegations, suspending publication would be a responsible course of action.
《明報》周日起停止刊登《尊子漫畫》，記協發聲明表示痛心自由遭打壓。保安局局長鄧炳強嚴厲譴責記協聲明，強調批評政府必須基於事實，當局樂意接受批評。他又表示，如有媒體編輯發現有人利用平台，以不實、誤導的指控抹黑政府，停刊屬負責任做法。
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