拙作《不能搞“有偿新闻”》在今年8月号《新闻战线》上发表之后,很快就接到一位同行老友的电话,肯定了这篇文章。他说:“这样的文章早就该写了。问题重要,不谈不得了!”又说:“这篇文章倘能早点写,早点发更好。你说出了不少老新闻工作者想说的话。”听了这番“赞词”,我忙说:“过奖了!不敢当!”想到这些早巳退役的战友,尽管已“归田”多年,但他们心系党的新闻事业的初衷未改,始终关切着事业的发展前途,不能不令人感动。在电话中,他说了不少夸奖的话,同时也提出了一些意见,有的意见还是相当尖锐的。他直率地问我:“什么‘有偿新闻’?事实上是记者在出卖新闻。能这么干吗?”有必要顺便交代一下,我的这位老友,是解放前在白区的进步报纸当过记者的,参加 My Essay, “Unable to Engage in Paid News” “After receiving an address on the August issue of the” News Front, “I quickly received a telephone call from an old colleague and confirmed this article. He said: ”This article has long been written. The issue is important, let alone!“ And then said: ”If this article can be written as soon as possible, and made better .You said a lot of old journalists want When I heard these words of praise, I was busy saying: “I did not dare to be proud!” Thinking of those retired comrades who had been “retired” for many years, they believed in the original intention of the party’s journalism Unchanged, always concerned about the future development of the cause, must not be touched. In the phone, he said a lot of praise, but also made some comments, some opinions are still quite sharp. He asked me bluntly: “What is the” paid news “? In fact, the reporters are betraying the news.” How can this be done? "It is necessary to explain this by the way. My old friend, who was a progressive newspaper in the White District before liberation, Reporter’s participation