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《紐約時報》不過爾爾！
從事實查核角度看待這家美媒刊登龍應台投書《北京未開一槍 已給台灣社會帶來裂痕》，我得到以上感想。
擔任《讀者文摘》特約作家期間，我發現這家美商設有事實查核員（fact checker），在我的報導交稿後，聯絡我採訪過的人，查核我所寫的談話內容，是否如他們本人所說。
台灣的報紙、雜誌，向來沒有這種制度。當時我對《讀者文摘》的嚴謹頗為驚訝，並慶幸能夠向這家跨國媒體學習寫作的技藝。我的三次專案採訪，文稿統統通過事實查核，未經大改刊登。
龍應台投書中文版有10餘處關鍵詞加上了相關報導超連結，像是「分裂台灣社會」「舔共」「抗中」。龍應台文章提到幾個基層人物，可信度不足，包括：
──「支持與中國統一」的「我的一個朋友，一位曬得黝黑的蓮霧農民」（龍應台未交代姓名）。
──「我認識的另一位農民潘志民（音）」，在民進黨2016年上台後，他種植的印度棗不再「只用幾天就能到達中國的超市」，「不得不轉向日本，進入市場需要花費長達三週的時間，成本高昂」。
──鄰居吳芳芳（音）去年8月中共圍台軍演時發來簡訊，建議「每戶人家都應該種植不一樣的蔬菜，如果這場軍事演習演變成戰爭，糧食供應中斷，我們可以互相交換」。
──漁民陳志和（音）在宴請賓客時說，如果戰爭爆發，他可以航行到沖繩島，並開玩笑說：「有人需要我載一程嗎？」龍應台的投書引用陳志和說的，如果爆發戰爭，「誰先開槍怪誰」作結尾。
作為譯者，《紐約時報中文網》在這些基層人物中文名字之後加註「（音）」，表示是根據英文音譯為中文，並不知道這些人確實的中文姓名。如果《紐約時報中文網》聯絡過這些人，做了事實查核，應能一字不差地揭示中文姓名。
這四個人物的言行構成這篇投書的骨架，反映作者所接觸台灣基層人物的政治觀點；抽掉了這些人物小故事，投書內容所剩無幾。《紐約時報中文網》有必要做事實查核。
《紐時》不做事實查核就刊登龍應台投書，表示任何投書人都可以虛構一個沒名沒姓的人，來傳達自己的政治傾向；或是任意解讀鄰人的言行，用他們的名字來為自己的政治觀點背書。
《紐時》不如當年的《讀者文摘》。
附上和《讀者文摘》合作時，對方所傳授寫作準則，這是經過我翻譯整理的。注意第三條，「建立讀者的信任，審慎查證，連軼事也不輕忽」。
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在美国政府的斡旋下，阿拉伯联合酋长国科技巨头G42公司已同意终止与中国的业务合作，从而换取与美国微软公司在人工智能(AI)领域的技术合作。虽然外界一直担心美国对华技术出口管制有可能被北京以取道第三国的方式突破，微软与G42的合作安排表明，美国正在试图挫败中国的这一努力。
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在日前遭到伊朗發動大規模空襲後，有美國官員向媒體證實以色列在當地19日凌晨向伊朗發射飛彈進行反擊。
據伊朗當地媒體報導指出，伊朗核設施所在地伊斯法罕（Isfahan）附近傳出3聲爆炸聲，目前該國多個城市航班已暫時停飛，另外也有多架飛越伊朗上空的航班改道而行。
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Speaker Mike Johnson’s sudden bid to deliver aid to Ukraine came days after fresh intelligence described the situation as a make-or-break moment in the war – exactly the kind of situation Biden and the White House have been warning Johnson about for months.
The intelligence, shown to lawmakers last week and described by two who saw it, built on weeks of reports that have alarmed members of Congress and Biden admin officials. On Thursday, CIA Director William Burns warned that, without more U.S. aid, Ukraine “could lose on the battlefield by the end of 2024.”
Now, Johnson is embracing $60.8 million in aid to Ukraine in hopes of preventing deep losses on the battlefield. This comes after months of resistance as Johnson faced growing threats to his speakership if he sided with Biden and allowed a vote on the aid.
For Biden, it would be a major foreign policy victory.
“[Johnson] realizes that he can’t put it off any longer,” said one lawmaker, granted anonymity to discuss private conversations. “We’ve been working with him for months to try to get him here.”
Johnson’s grown more vocal for the last several weeks in privately promising lawmakers that he’d allow Ukraine aid to come to the floor for a vote. With other pressing priorities such as government funding and spy authority stacked through March and into April, this week was one of the first openings to move on Ukraine.
While some say Johnson could’ve moved faster, Republicans who support Ukraine have largely said the same of Biden, dismissing suggestions that the president has played any defining role in delivering a Ukraine aid bill. They have long argued Biden hasn’t made strong enough use of his bully pulpit to make the case for defending Ukraine against Russia.
As for when we can expect the aid bill, it’s part of a package that could pass the House as soon as this weekend. More on that and how Johnson came around to supporting Ukraine’s effort at the link below.
📷 Francis Chung/POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/18/biden-johnson-ukraine-aid-00153237
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