 news probeæ°èèª¿æ¥ is a documentary television programme in china central television that has aired since 1996. it attempts to investigate various news, issues, and scandals, aiming to reveal the social problems and the insufficiencies of state policies. its chinese title, xinwen diaocha, means "news investigations". together with oriental horizon (æ±æ¹æç©º), focus (ç¦é»è¨ªè«)and tell it like it is (å¯¦è©±å¯¦èªª) news probe shares the similar reputation in documentary television programmes in china. ==mission== ===general mission of cctv news programs=== *authority (æ¬å¨) *reality (çå¯¦) *richness (è±å¯) *liveliness (é®®æ´») ===additional mission of news probe=== *reporting the happening history and finding out the news in the news (æ­£å¨ç¼ççæ­·å²ï¼æ°èèå¾çæ°è) *encourage viewers to develop their own understanding of china problems *cultivate new generation of china being more sensitive and critical to diverse problems and dilemma *allow the audience to acquire a global horizon while viewing different issues in relation to other countries *initiate reform for societal progress ==development== the maiden broadcast of 'oriental horizon'(æ±æ¹æç©º) on may 1, 1993 signified the start of the broadcast of commentary programme on current affairs. one year later, on april 1, 1994, a similar programme focus(ç¦é»è¨ªè«), which means a talk show on the hottest topics, was broadcast. at the prime time of 9p.m. on may 17, 1996, the first episode of news probe-- "hongzhi ban"(å®å¿ç­) was broadcast. the programme 'news probe' is produced as a result of the ongoing development of such kind of programme. the founders of 'news probe' expected this programme to report in a much detailed, in-depth, objective, systematic and authoritative way. during the past developmental years, the production team found a position for the program. news probe is thus aired as an investigative doucumentary, not only a commentary one. the reason of setting up this position is due to the vast competitions from other news programmes in cctv. focus(ç¦é»è¨ªè«) provides detailed and universal description for different news events while 'oriental horizon'(æ±æ¹æç©º) is good at rousing audiences' emotion during news reporting. besides, the broadcasting time of news probe is beyond all these news programs. therefore, what news probe can do is to provide innovative reporting methods so as to raise audiences' interests. as a result, an investigative reporting style was developed. at the earlier stage of the program, the criteria on choosing the program topic are known as the slogan of "sanxing" (ä¸æ§), which means whether the topic is worth reporting, editing into program and investigating. however, in most cases, the three criteria are separately considered and only part of them are fulfilled. afterwards, fou
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