On December 27, at an exhibition, a video aroused the attention and heated discussions of netizens. In the video, a package with the words "Disaster Relief Materials Reception Office of the Civil Affairs Bureau of Jishishan County, Linxia Prefecture, Gansu Province" has sparked speculation about whether the donated materials have been resold. However, this is not the case. Jimu News found through multiple understandings that behind the video was a kind-hearted person who was ready to donate a down jacket to the earthquake area in Gansu, but because he was misled by someone to shoot it, it caused a misunderstanding.
The video shows that at the fair, a well-wisher named Ms. Yang is preparing to send a batch of down jackets to the earthquake area in Gansu. She carefully marked the delivery address and contact number on the package and waited for the postman to come and pick it up. However, a bystander filmed the process and spread it on social media. The packages clearly visible in the video have the words "Disaster Relief Materials Receiving Office of the Civil Affairs Bureau of Jishishan County, Linxia Prefecture, Gansu Province" and "Down Jacket", as well as the phone numbers of the donor and the recipient, raising doubts among netizens about whether the materials have been resold.
On the evening of the 27th, a Jimu News reporter conducted an investigation and contacted the 6.2-magnitude earthquake relief social donation consultation telephone in Jishishan County. The staff said that there is a strict process for the receipt and distribution of donated materials, and there is no possibility of reselling materials. In a further interview, Ms. Yang, the donor, introduced her original intention to reporters. She is a native of Zhengzhou, Henan Province, who is doing business in Aksu, Xinjiang, and after hearing about the earthquake in Gansu, she decided to donate a down jacket for her business.
As Ms. Yang filled out her collection information at the trade fair and waited for the postman, a bystander recorded the process into a video and spread it on social media. The original intention of the videographer, Mr. Zhou, was to praise the well-wishers. However, due to the lack of text annotation and dialogue in the video, netizens misunderstood that this batch of down jackets was resold.
In the interview, Mr. Zhou, the filmmaker of the video, told reporters that his original intention at that time was indeed to like good people, and he also wrote the words "like good people" when he released the video. However, this goodwill has been misconstrued as exposing scalping. Mr. Zhou replied and explained one by one on social media, and also apologized to Ms. Yang.
The police of the local police station in Aksu, who was in charge of handling the matter, also told reporters about the whole incident, which further confirmed the statements of Ms. Yang and Mr. Zhou.
Summary:
The root of the misunderstanding lies in the spread of a video in which the good deeds of well-wishers are misinterpreted as illegal acts due to the lack of textual information. The dissemination of information on social media needs to be more cautious to avoid unnecessary speculation due to one-sided information. In the process, both donors and video shooters have been troubled, reminding us to be rational and understand the truth behind the incident.
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