In Depth | Media outlet “joins forces” with police on poll and reports; veteran media worker fears damage to media credibility, scholar questions lack of transparency
深度｜傳媒機構「聯同」警方做民調、出報道 資深傳媒工作者憂削媒體公信力 學者質疑合作模式欠透明度
Sing Tao Daily ran a front-page report on the 16th headlined “Hong Kong faces ambushes on all sides: Nine in 10 respondents have encountered scams”. The newspaper collaborated with the police on a “Hong Kong People’s Anti-Scam Awareness Questionnaire Survey” and published follow-up reports. In addition to the main report on the survey findings, there were two accompanying stories: one interviewing a police clinical psychologist about scammers’ “devious tactics”, and another reporting that the police’s anti-scam app had been downloaded 570,000 times. A media worker who previously worked for the newspaper told Light Media that the collaboration model created a poor impression and conflicted with the media’s role. Li Lap-fung, a professor at the School of Journalism and Communication at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, said the collaboration model lacked transparency: the content relied entirely on information provided by the police, with no interviews presenting other perspectives, raising questions about the media’s independence.
《星島日報》日前（16日）頭條報道「港十面埋『伏』九成受訪市民曾遇『騙』」，該報聯同警方進行「港人防騙意識問卷調查」，並進行跟進報道，除關於調查結果的主稿，另有兩篇配稿，包括訪問警察臨床心理學家解釋騙徒「蠱惑招數」以及警方「防騙APP」57萬次下載量的報道。曾任職該報的傳媒工作者向《光傳媒》表示，這種合作模式令外界觀感不好，跟傳媒角色存在衝突。中文大學新聞與傳播學院教授李立峯分析，報道的合作模式欠缺透明度，內容完全依照警方提供資料、沒有其他角度的訪問，媒體的獨立性受質疑。