《读者来信》的特性是批评。《读者来信》是报纸上一种特殊形式。它不是专业的新闻工作者或业余新闻爱好者写的,而是普通的读者写的;它不是编辑部约来的,而是写信人主动寄来的。读者写信的目的不是为了写作扬名,而是“骨鲠在喉,不吐不快”;是运用报纸这个舆论工具,行使自己当家做主的权利,想通过这个途径,来监督国家工作,干预社会生活。因此,与其说它是一种新闻形式,不如说它是实行人民民主的一条重要渠道。读者来信本身就具有主要是批评这个特性。在人民日报每月收到的几万封来信中,批 The character of “incoming mail from readers” is criticism. “Letters from readers” is a special form of newspaper. It was not written by a professional journalist or amateur news aide, but by an average reader; it was not an appointment by the editorial department, but a letter-writer’s mail. The purpose of the readers’ letters is not to give notoriety to writing. Instead, they want to use their newspapers as a media tool to exercise their rights as masters of their own affairs. They want to supervise the work of the state and intervene in social life through this channel. Therefore, it is not so much a form of news as it is an important channel for the realization of people’s democracy. The letter from the reader itself has primarily been criticized for this trait. In the tens of thousands of letters received by the People’s Daily on a monthly basis, it is approved