Doraneko 寫:
Greetings from a ranting newbie.
I have been lurking around since the opening of these forums, but apparently there is nothing thought-provoking enough to motivate me to make a post. Ironically it is something provocative that eventually forces me to have a say instead of hiding under the cover.
I have been watching the Doraemon series since 5, and by now I am still glued to my seat whenever Asahi TV broadcasts the series on Friday evenings. So at least I have some ideas of the whole fuss over the new seiyuus. I personally prefer the old group of seiyuus to the new one. I can go on and write a few pages on this, but I will leave that till I have a better mood or when there are some mature discussion partners.
The main point of the thread, as emphasized by the lead-poster, is the issue on the objectivity of a Chinese Doraemon news site. In short, the first message is mainly about:
1. The fact that the news editor injected his personal opinions into a news article
2. The opinion that the new group of seiyuus is better
Point 1 is a fact, something undebatable per se. "News," at least in the democratic societies, is and should be an objective, unbiased report of events that are proven to have happened, or are going to happen. While perosnal opinions, commentaries on recent events and miscellaneous stances should be kept in areas separated from the news section, like editorials and columns. This principle is also expected to hold in the Wired, if we assume that it is a democratic community. Funny but pathetic is that the younger HKers are Taiwanese get brainwashed by Apple Daily and Oriental Daily so thoroughly that they think news should be subjective in nature. Bear in mind that "two wrong doesn't make a right."
Point 2 is a opinion. No more, no less. Every opinion is true and valid, as long as it is an accurate and truthful expression of a person's ideas and feelings on something. Your average Joe calling Guernica of Picaso "a mess of random clippings" is as valid as an art professor claiming that it is "the pinnacle of Picaso's artistic achievement."
I hold great respect towards Yuan-san's contribution to the Chinese Doraemon fandom and his effort in keeping the fans updated with the happenings in Japan. Nevertheless there is undeniably some room for improvement in the presentation of the news article. I fully understands that he could have some views on the seiyuus that he would like to share with his fellow readers. Yet it would probably be more appropriate if he could separate the opinions from the facts, and put them on a separated category like "commentaries" or "reviews." No matter if it is a personal site or an organization site, as long as it is regarded and named as a news portal rather than a personal blog, the webmaster has the responsibility to maintain the integrity and authority of the content.
Indeed, if an article is put under the news section of a news site, the readers will automatically think it as more of a piece of news than an opinion. No one can fault the readers for that. Furthermore, a biased news article can greatly influence the readers' views towards the entity mentioned and affect their analysis and appreciation of the said entity in the future.
*OT: Not exactly related, but this is the result of a very similar event happening on an English news site managed merely by fans of a medium. Special attention should be noted on "the standards of news casting"
http://visualnews.net/?subaction=showfu ... om=&ucat=&
What I find funny, at the same time disappointing is that certain posters in this thread apparently lack the ability to appreciate facts and respect opinions. The more irritating part is that they are far too ready to show how l33t they appears to be. They try to put up a "Holier-than-thou" attitude, bashing the lead-poster for his n00bness, as "proven" by his age (where the heck did the lead-poster mentioned his age?). Additionally, they show a tendency of taking a fan's comments as cannon just because they think he is "l33t3r." Not to mention the name-calling part, which I find retarded to go deep into. I am not sure of the reasoning behind their actions, but e-p33n enlarging and showing off apparenly plays a role here.
Elitism is, in my opinion, a real detriment and obstacle to thoughtful and healthy discussions. This is a prevailing phenomenon in many Chinese anime communities, where the crowd would hold every single word of a few experienced members as absolute doctrine. Fans, in essence, are people that love a certain piece or series of work(s). A more experienced fans, is merely, more experienced. They could have a better ability in prediction and forecasting of future trends given their adequate exposure. But when it comes to opinions, its value bears little difference with the others. Do you think I can bash my 5-year-old cousin for calling Doraemon by its Japanese romanization instead of "Ding dong," when I find the latter a much better Chinese name? Certainly not. And of course my much longer exposure to the series doesn't help either. A 1-day fan and a 50-year fan can always hold different views and opinions, but by no means any party is l33t3r than the others.
Finally, the word of the day is "agree to disagree." Feel free to argue by use of facts, but never ever bash, personally attack, name-call, or harass by whatever means a person that holds views different from yours.
~Doraneko
I have learnt a lot from your article. I think you have pointed out what we need to improve, I aslo agree that "News" is an objective but not a subjective. "News" really have a great effect to others, especially for those who has only a little knowledge about the news article. In this case, news.dorafans.com really has some "space for improve". I will tell him about that and I believe the webmaster will do something after he watch these comments.
But somethimes, when the webmaster really wants to add some comments on the article, what can he do? Seperate them from the news article? Do you think adding some reminder such as " 站長個人認為 " in front of the comments is enough? If you think so, Keith ( the webmaster of news.dorafans.com ) has done that too!
Lastly, Thanks for your comments. And sorry for my poor English( My English is really Bad! )
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