上海人民广播电台的《今日论坛》专栏,连续播发了一批反映群众呼声,揭露当前社会、市场上的丑恶现象的文章,在社会上引起了很大的反响。群众称这些文章“这才是真正地以实事求是的态度,为人民讲话的舆论”。敢于大胆针砭时弊,揭露现实生活中的丑恶现象,促进社会的进步,这正是我们的舆论工具所应具备的一种功能。然而,在事实上,有些报刊杂志及其他一些舆论工具的主持者却少有这种勇气。他们习惯了听指示办事,做惯了官样文章,总是以人民群众的教育者自居,往往对广大人民群众的强烈要求置之不理。难怪常常可以听到一些群众抱怨:“×报没有看头!”我们有些报纸只强调自己是党的喉舌,而忘记了 The “Today’s Forum” column of Shanghai People’s Broadcasting Station has continuously broadcast a series of articles that reflect the voices of the masses and expose the current social and market ugly phenomena, which has aroused great repercussions in the society. The masses call these articles “This is the media that truly addresses the people in an attitude of seeking truth from facts.” It is a function of our public opinion tools that we should boldly pinpoint the shortcomings, expose the ugly phenomena in real life and promote social progress. However, in fact, some newspapers and magazines and other moderators of media have less courage. They were accustomed to listening to instructions and acting as official articles and always regarded themselves as educators of the masses of the people, often neglecting the strong demands of the broad masses of the people. No wonder people often can hear some complaints: “There is no good news!” Some of our newspapers only emphasize that they are the party’s mouthpiece, and forget