煞停人權新聞獎 外國記者會變臉 指「避免支持犯罪」😡

事緣,由外國記者會主辦、有 25 年歷史的人權新聞獎,今屆在評審已經完成評選工作時,突然煞停不頒獎,原因是「某機構」,即已經停運的《立場新聞》獲九個獎項。

外國記者會主席瑞凱德(Keith Richburg),在劉慧卿的網台節目誇誇其談,明確話某機構獲多個獎項「損害獎項誠信」,而且因為某機構已停運且被指控犯罪,頒獎會令外國記者會「看似支持犯罪活動」。

為方便一旦瑞凱德有緣閱讀此文,以下將以 chinglish 書寫。

Hello Keith, Fuck you very much.

睇完閣下與劉慧卿對談,充分感受到何謂窩囊廢,it’s ok to be frightened, but please try not to 驚撚到咁 (be so fucking scared), it’s ok to be a coward, but don’t be proud of it and 沾沾自喜 (ebullient about it)。

Let’s get down to business.

You argue 立場獲九個獎項 hurts the integrity of the award, 但事實是,獎項公開報名,評審由外國記者會決定,都是行內獲認可專業、客觀的評審,以外國記者會訂下標準,在參賽作品中評選得獎者,are these all a fucking joke to you?

Undergoing full proper procedures and ending up awarding a certain organization? Or suspending the whole award in the final seconds just because someone did their job too well? Which one is indeed hurting the integrity of the award more?

你又話,某獲獎機構已關閉並被指控,若果繼續頒獎,可能讓人覺得外國記者會支持犯罪活動。

等等先,香港難道不是理論上仍在行普通法,還有無罪推定 presumption of innocence 嗎? Fuck off with your 犯罪活動 ‘criminal activities’ claim.

況且,《立場新聞》被迫關閉管理層被捕,全世界都知道實際原因,so if the authorities accuse news writing as a crime, and you accept that,你還有甚麼資格自稱是個記者?

忘了,瑞凱德只是前記者,他現職是港大新聞及傳媒研究中心總監﹐is this how you teach your students?

可能他貴人事忙,記性太差,其實在 2020 年 8 月 15 日,《立場新聞》專訪過瑞凱德,評論警察大舉搜查壹傳媒大樓,let me remind you Keith, Stand News interviewed you back in 2020, was that you also showing your support for criminal activities?

當時你話,期望日後記者採訪時不會自設紅線,反而是不斷嘗試「踩界」,直到被人阻止,「記者必須無畏無懼(gutsy),而最危險的事情就是記者自設『紅線』。」

You once mentioned it’s important to be gutsy as a journalist, so where are your guts now?

香港傳媒環境已異常惡劣,瑞凱德就覺得現況是壞,但未到死,有兩大原因,其一,「仍然有人在寫有趣的新聞故事」,其二,「你仍然可以閱讀任何東西」。

確實,有人寫了有趣的新聞故事,獲評審嘉許獲獎,and you deprive them of the honour they well deserve;香港人仍然可以閱讀任何東西?How about Apple Daily, Stand News, Citizens News and many more? No offense but maybe you should have your Alzheimer check up.

無論在主流、在街頭,仍然有無數記者在為著新聞自由垂死掙扎,而瑞凱德竟然可以公開且毫不保留地一再重申,要求外國記者會頒獎的人本身不是董事會成員,出事不會被捕,要承擔責任的人是他,「Would you have given out this award and gone to jail?」

The answer is YES, many of them are already behind bars, for they choose to keep writing and publishing what they believe is right.

其實從來沒有人苛責過外國記者會的決定,壓力大、風險高人所共知,no one is asking you to be a martyr,但即使卑微如塵土,不要扭曲如蛆蟲。

也請不要再用你的 beautiful club 要續租,員工要開飯來開脫。

A Foreign Correspondents Club, without integrity and dignity, is nothing but a building, an empty shell.

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解構新聞、前因後果、當中脈絡,由前《立場新聞》記者創立的一人新聞平台。

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