Chinese snooker athlete, Chengdu youngster Zhou Yuelong, who ranked 36th in the world snooker in the latest edition, has been very depressed these two days. It is reasonable to say that Zhou Yuelong should be happy just reaching the quarterfinals of the Snooker World Open, but an article published by a self-media on November 2 made his mood fall to the bottom because he was "killed".
On November 2, Zhitian Sports, a self-media account certified as a "high-quality sports author" on "Today's Headlines", released an article titled "Heavenly Jealous Talents!" The 18-year-old billiards player died suddenly, ranking fourth in the world, and is regarded as the star of hope in snooker" article, this article was originally about the sudden death of Hong Kong young player Pan Zhengchao during training, but a large part of the front of the article is describing the relevant content of Ding Junhui and Zhou Yuelong. And the cover picture of the article is a photo of Zhou Yuelong.
The article in question and the cover page
Such a title and content, with the cover image of the article, make people look at it at a glance, and it is easy to mistakenly think that the young general who died suddenly is Zhou Yuelong. This article has also attracted a lot of attention since it was published, with nearly 500,000 views on today's headlines and spreading on many other platforms.
Soon, Zhou Yuelong, who was on vacation at home in Chengdu, got the news, "My mother was shocked when she saw it, and my friends in the billiard circle also called to inquire about the situation, which was simply annoying." Zhou Yuelong quickly went online to read the article, and after reading it, he was furious, "His title did not write the name of the deceased, and the second did not write the deceased's place of origin (Hong Kong, China), he wrote an 18-year-old young general, I am not very old, people can easily think of my head, this is completely to attract attention and deliberately do it." And, what does it mean that he has a picture of me? Wouldn't it be more appropriate to not have a clear photograph of the deceased, a photograph of a table, or a photograph of a memorial? ”
Screenshot of Zhou Yuelong's Weibo
Yesterday (3rd), Zhou Yuelong posted on social platforms, condemning the practice of self-media eyeballs and seriously misleading readers, "infringing on their right to reputation, and it is also a great disrespect for the deceased." Zhou Yuelong told Red Star News that he was already collecting evidence, and if the self-media did not give a reasonable response, then he would protect his legitimate interests (rights and interests) through legal channels.
In fact, after the article was published, many fans left messages under the article, saying that the behavior of such a "title party" was very inappropriate and would have a very bad impact on Zhou Yuelong.
Netizens who were certified as "Chongqing Gentlemen Billiards Club Coach" on Weibo also revealed that most of the content of the article was copied from an article he had previously published on the WeChat public account "Billiards Gang", which had many photos of Pan Zhengchao in the previous article, "In order to read the amount, not only did I change the photos, but also did not admit it, saying that there were too few photos." It also replaced Hong Kong's u21 fourth with the world's fourth. Replace Ding Junhui's ranking champion with a world champion. The "Zhitian Sports", which saw the bad situation, first explained in the comments section: "Because his (Pan Zhengchao's) photos are too few and too blurry", and then changed the cover of Zhou Yuelong's photo and deleted his own message at the same time.
Red Star News reporter He Pengnan Photo according to @ Zhou Yuelong snooker
Edited by Zhang Chao