We study how political capture affects the corporate governance role of the media.Using a large hand-collected sample on financial news in China,we find that negative coverage by the market-oriented media significantly increases the chance of forced top executive turnover,whereas similar coverage by the state-controlled media has no such impact.A multi-pronged approach that includes an instrumental variable test,an exogenous event,firm fixed effects,and change-in-change specifications provides positive evidence of the casual link.The disciplinary effect of the market-oriented media is stronger for non-state-owned firms or firms located in provmces with good institutions.