近几年曾有过一股“告记者热”(这里“记者”泛指记者、编辑等新闻工作者,下同)。这是我国新时期开展全民普法工作以来,尤其是民法通则颁布实施以来的新现象。新闻工作者对于当被告很不习惯,起码感情上一时难以接受。这并不难理解。记者不能超脱于法律之外,还得去打官司。一时间,报道中涉及的人或单位的法定代理人与记者乃至新闻单位法定代理人对簿公堂的事屡屡发生。这种诉讼大都由报道所引起,所以对新闻工作来说,它首先有一个采访过程中的法律问题。采访中应注意的法律问题处理好了,一般就不会导致“新闻官司”,即使由于有人无理纠缠以至诉诸法律,记者也能在诉讼中立于不败之地。 In recent years, there have been a “reporter’s hot” (here, “reporters” refers to journalists, editors and other journalists, the same below). This is a new phenomenon since the promulgation and implementation of the General Principles of Civil Law in our country since the launch of universal civilian law work in the new period. Journalists are unacceptable when the defendant is not used to it, at least temporarily unacceptable. This is not hard to understand. Reporters can not be detached from the law, have to go to litigation. For a time, the legal representatives and reporters of people or units involved in the reports, and even the legal representatives of news units, went to court regularly. Most of the lawsuits were caused by reports, so for journalism it first had a legal question in the interview. The legal issues that should be paid attention to during the interview are well handled and generally will not lead to “news lawsuits.” Even if reporters resort to law because of unreasonable entanglements, journalists can remain invincible in litigation.