媒体诽谤与权力造罪

从编发短信"诽谤"县领导被判有罪,发展到报道诽谤案的记者也被以诽谤罪立案侦查,这不仅仅是一个罪与非罪的判断问题。坚持罪刑法定原则同样要遵守程序法,司法机关不能轻易将涉嫌诽谤的自诉案件转换为公诉程序启动。对进行负面报道的记者,以诽谤罪立案值得高度警惕。开这样的先例,已经危害到正当的舆论监督权,乃至国民普遍的民主权利。避免权力造罪必须重新反思官员的"官"意识,归根到底是要进一步强化官员的公仆观,尤其是对滥用公权力者,如果尚未构成犯罪,也应令其承担相应的其他不利后果。

The Medium Slandering and the Power Creating Crime

Who "slandered" county leader by distributing messages were found guilty,even the correspondent who reported the defamation case had also been investigated,this is not just a question about crime or no-crime of the judge.To adhere to the principle of legality,it has to abide by the procedural law,the judicatory can not easily convert private prosecution cases of libel to indictment proceedings.The conduct of journalists to be filed defamation for their negative reports deserves a high degree of vigilance.Op...