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Life counterattacks
After graduating, Aqiu did not directly enter top media organizations such as CCTV, but first worked in a local textile factory. But with his excellent work, he was soon transferred to the local art theater as a playwright.
During his years in the theater, Aqiu gave full play to his talents and wrote many critically acclaimed plays, which not only won high praise from his peers in the industry, but also laid a solid foundation for his future career development.
His face gradually became familiar to people and became a shining star in the local art scene.
In 2003, Aqiu entered CCTV as he wished and became its well-known host. With solid expertise and a sharp style of speech, he quickly gained a place among many audiences and made a name for himself.
Although there have been some scandals related to female college students in his personal life, this has not caused substantial damage to his career, but has prompted him to work harder and pursue further career development.
In this way, he realized his life counterattack step by step, growing from an ordinary factory employee to a well-known host of CCTV, Aqiu seems to have successfully stepped onto the peak of his life.
For such a person who came from a military family and continued to move forward with his own talent, his life experience is undoubtedly enviable. During the epidemic in 2020, Aqiu's remarks caused an uproar again, and since then, his career fate has also taken an unexpected turn.
Speech storm
February 2020 is destined to be an extraordinary day. The whole country is fully engaged in the prevention and control of the new crown epidemic, and medical personnel are fighting on the front line of the epidemic, sweating their own sweat, even at the cost of their lives.
At this critical juncture, people are working together to get through the difficult times, regardless of hierarchy.
At such a difficult time, Aqiu posted a jaw-dropping post on his personal social media account. He openly declared that he hoped that China would show some modest humility, preferably bend down and apologize as soon as possible, bow to the whole world, and say to the people of the world, 'I'm sorry for the trouble.'"
This remark immediately caused an uproar on the Internet, and countless netizens expressed their anger and directly accused Aqiu of being a "complete flattering traitor". It is believed that Aqiu's flippant attribution of the source of the virus to China is not only too subjective, but also extremely irresponsible.
After all, at that time, even the original source of the virus was not clear, and Wuhan was only the epicenter of the first large-scale outbreak, Aqiu hastily pointed it to the culprit, which will undoubtedly cause strong dissatisfaction among the majority of Chinese netizens.
Moreover, there have been many disasters in history that originated from other countries, but those countries have never bowed their heads and admitted their mistakes. On the other hand, even in the face of the epidemic, China has never taken the initiative to apologize.
Why did Aqiu make such a statement? People can't help but start to inquire about the real intention behind it. Obviously, he is implying that since the virus began in Wuhan, China, and eventually spread to all corners of the world, causing many countries to suffer in human and financial resources, the blame should be placed entirely on China.
Therefore, it is logical to ask China to kowtow to the people of the world.
But this is undoubtedly extremely unbelievable and biased. Viruses exist without borders, and a country cannot be held responsible solely on the location of the origin of a disease.
What's more, even if this virus is really related to some behaviors of the Chinese, it cannot unreasonably elevate individual faults to the level of the entire nation or even the country.
Netizen feedback
As CCTV, where Aqiu works, it is naturally intolerable in the face of his remarks on social media. As an agency directly under the State Council, CCTV not only shoulders the important task of guiding the correct value orientation of society, but also an important ideological and cultural position on the mainland.
If subordinate employees are allowed to wantonly make radical remarks that are contrary to their own positions, it will inevitably arouse widespread concern and controversy from all walks of life, and adversely affect the image of CCTV.
Therefore, the first measure taken by CCTV was to adjust the frequency of Aqiu's appearance on the program. But this obviously could not completely calm the anger on the Internet, so they finally decided to take the harsh measure of a complete blockade and completely kicked Aqiu out of the door of CCTV.
For CCTV's approach, netizens' reactions can be described as mixed. Some people praised CCTV's resolute handling and believed that Aqiu's remarks were indeed contrary to CCTV's position and responsibility, and must be severely punished.
However, some netizens believe that although Aqiu's remarks are problematic, CCTV's approach is too extreme and violates the principle of freedom of speech. They believe that as an ordinary citizen, Aqiu should still have the right to express his views, and CCTV's approach is frightening, as if it will take an iron fist to suppress any dissent.
The core of these netizens' views is that you can disagree with Aqiu's views and criticize them, but you must defend his right to speak out. However, in fact, Aqiu's right to freedom of expression has not been violated, because his social media account has not been closed or revoked, and he can still express himself freely on it.
In a word, CCTV, as an organization that makes a living from words and shoulders the important task of guiding the correct value orientation of society, can hardly tolerate the radical remarks made by its subordinate employees that are contrary to its own position.
If subordinate employees are allowed to express their opinions at will, onlookers can't help but see it as CCTV's own attitude, which will cause a lot of trouble. Therefore, CCTV's decision to dismiss the relevant personnel and block them is an exercise of its autonomy as an employer, not an abuse of power.
The fall of the career
With the complete ban of CCTV, Aqiu's career has come to an end. Not only did many celebrity guests remain cautious about him, but even some of the brands he had previously represented had also suffered strong resistance from netizens.
In this regard, many people are gratified, thinking that Aqiu's treatment is undoubtedly "very happy". They believe that as a public figure, Aqiu should always be mindful of his social responsibility, but it is really outrageous to make such irresponsible remarks.
, a host who used to have a small success in CCTV, has now fallen to the point of being targeted by the public, and he deserves to reap the consequences.
Others are sympathetic. They believe that despite the problems with Aqiu's "apology" Weibo, CCTV's approach is too extreme.
After all, as an ordinary citizen, Aqiu should also enjoy the basic right to freedom of speech, and should not be so severely suppressed because of the deviation of personal opinions.
This view has also resonated with some. They said that Aqiu is just a personal view of the world, in a relatively weak position, compared with CCTV, as a huge media group, has a clear advantage.
Therefore, we should not be overly inclined to protect Aqiu's freedom of speech, but ignore the needs of CCTV as an employer to protect its own rights and interests.
After all, as long as Aqiu is still an employee of CCTV, he must strictly abide by the norms of the organization, and the remarks he makes must not mislead the public about CCTV. You know, if Aqiu really believes so strongly that the responsibility for the epidemic is in China, he can personally go to the embassies of various countries in China to apologize, instead of forcing all Chinese to bear the blame for it.
In just a few months, Aqiu has fallen all the way from the host of CCTV to the target of public criticism, which can be described as the ups and downs of life. From the peak to the bottom, the fate of his career has taken an unexpected turn, which is embarrassing.
Through a comprehensive combing of the Aqiu incident, it is not difficult for us to find that the problems reflected behind this incident are far from being as simple as they seem on the surface.
On the one hand, as a public figure, Aqiu should always be mindful of his social responsibility. His remarks should not cause harm to others or even the whole country, let alone make some inflammatory remarks in a special period.
As the article says, freedom of speech is not unfettered, it must be based on respect for the truth, respect for others, and respect for the country.
As an employee of CCTV, Aqiu should understand this even more. Every word he says is likely to spark widespread attention and discussion, so the impact of his words must be carefully weighed.
But unfortunately, his remarks during the epidemic completely ignored this point, not only did not reflect the due social responsibility, but publicly demanded that China apologize to the world, which is undoubtedly extremely irresponsible.
On the other hand, we cannot deny that Aqiu, as an ordinary citizen, should indeed have the basic right to freedom of speech. Even if his views are biased, we should give them full respect and should not take too strong measures to ban and suppress them.
This can spark some unnecessary controversy and panic.
In this regard, I believe that the most important thing for a public figure like Aqiu is to maintain a high level of social responsibility at all times. Every word they say is likely to spark widespread attention and discussion, so the impact of their own words must be carefully weighed.
It is necessary to defend the basic freedom of speech and to coordinate with the interests of society as a whole, which undoubtedly places higher demands on them.
At the same time, as for CCTV, which Aqiu works for, it also needs to give relevant personnel a certain amount of room for speech while maintaining its own image and interests. After all, a rigid approach is likely to spark more controversy and backfire.
Perhaps, it is more appropriate to adopt a more gentle and rational way to educate and guide.
To sum up, the Aqiu incident has undoubtedly sounded a wake-up call for us. While enjoying freedom of speech, each of us should always be mindful of our social responsibilities and sincerely reflect on our words and actions.
Only in this way can we promote the development of society in a more rational and harmonious direction.