2007年冬到2008年春,两起“老虎事件”在民众中引发了非常广泛的质疑之声,这在中国传播史上和舆论监督史上都是极为罕见的。对两起“老虎事件”进行审视,我们可以看出:一方面,对民众自身而言,这是一次深刻的媒介意识启蒙教育,网络媒体为广大民众参与舆论监督提供了平台,铸就了民众敢于质疑的精神,且这种精神是难能可贵的;另一方面,民众的舆论力量非常巨大,既考验了政府的执政能力,也度量了政府的公信力。 Between the winter of 2007 and the spring of 2008, two “tiger incidents” sparked a very wide range of voices of doubt among the general public, both of which were extremely rare in the history of mass media and media supervision in China. Looking at the two “tiger events,” we can see that on the one hand, this is a profound media awareness education for the public themselves. The online media provides a platform for the general public to participate in the media supervision and has created a People dare to question the spirit, and this spirit is commendable; on the other hand, the mass public opinion power is huge, both tested the government’s ability to govern, but also measure the credibility of the government.