Preventing and combating “peaceful evolution”: Slow information, how to guide public opinion?

Seeing that Mr. Tien, an old friend in the same alley, had stopped buying newspapers, Mr. Huy thought his friend was saving money because Mr. Tien had often had to buy medicine for the past few months. Late in the afternoon, Mr. Huy brought the newspaper he had just read to Mr. Tien's house, then sincerely said:

- From now on, after I finish reading the newspaper, I will bring it to you to read! I heard that you have to buy a lot of medicine recently, so it's quite expensive...

- Thank you for always being thoughtful to me. But to be honest, I still have money to subscribe to newspapers, just temporarily stopping because the mainstream newspapers often report news slowly, and even do not publish information that the public is very interested in. Especially recently, information about high-ranking personnel on "left-wing" websites has been published a lot...

Illustration: MANH TIEN

Seeing that Mr. Tien seemed to trust social media more than mainstream media, Mr. Huy couldn't help but worry:

- You are wrong to read and believe in "left-wing" pages! They are full of speculative information, distorting the truth, exaggerating events to carry out a dark plot to sabotage our Party and State...

- I know this clearly and I am always alert, reading for reference and not believing everything. It is just sad that our mainstream newspapers are often "silent" when it comes to matters that the public is very interested in, so many people go to social networks to see.

What is more noteworthy is that some information on the Internet has happened exactly like that after a while. Why don't we proactively inform the people and let that information be leaked on "left-wing" sites with analysis and commentary full of conspiracy theories? Why don't our authorities react and refute distorted and untrue information on the Internet to promptly guide public opinion? Not proactively providing information to the press while some people know and post it on social networks has gradually eroded the role of the mainstream press.

This is a very alarming issue, we need to seriously learn from experience and find solutions to overcome it so that the public will believe and read official newspapers, not be swept away by social networks. Only then can we orient public opinion, and people will not fall for the " peaceful evolution" tricks of hostile forces...

- You are right! The reason why many people read "left-wing" pages, even though most of them contain distorted and untrue information aimed at destroying the country, is primarily out of curiosity when we have not proactively provided information to mainstream newspapers, nor promptly refuted untrue information full of conspiracy theories.

It is time for the Party and the State to seriously handle the leaking of confidential information, and at the same time, to make information more public and to respond more promptly to false and fabricated information. Only by doing so can the press play its role in providing official information to guide public opinion correctly, right? Otherwise, it would be very dangerous...

Ta Ngoc (According to qdnd.vn)

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