Taitung County Government's official program invited the person in charge of "Communicating with Aliens" to be interviewed and criticized

The hostess Wu Xinru, who calls herself "Zen Master Jidian", was interviewed by Taitung County Government's official program "Youth Dongdong Choking" last year. In the program, she demonstrated the state of being fucked by "Master Jigong". (Picture taken from Facebook)

Wu Xinru, the person in charge of Taitung's "Xuanji Palace" who claims to be able to communicate with aliens and who holds multiple mysterious titles, actually appeared on the Taitung County Government Youth Development Center's official program "Youth Dongdong Choking" for an interview last year. She performed a show of shaking violently in front of the camera and "driving" to drink heavily on the spot. After the controversy broke out in Xuanji Palace recently, the county government quickly removed the video from the shelves. However, county councilor Jian Weiguo criticized that the county government chose to remove the film quietly and handled it inappropriately. Taking it off the shelves does not mean taking responsibility, and silence does not mean cutting it off. Instead, it makes the outside world think that the county government knows there is a problem but dare not speak clearly.

Jian Weiguo said that the world is so big that all kinds of beliefs already exist, and he does not comment on personal religious choices. But the problem is that "Youth Dongdong Choking" is an official program under the guidance of the Taitung County Government. Who is invited and what is broadcast will naturally be interpreted by the outside world as the position and endorsement of the county government.

Jian Weiguo believes that County Magistrate Rao Qingling should take a positive stance and explain that the content of this episode does not represent the position of the county government. At the same time, he should publicly explain what the guest review standards for the future youth platform will be and how the check-in mechanism can be improved. This is the responsible attitude we should have towards Taitung’s youth and towards this platform. The starting point of this platform itself is good, and he supports the county magistrate's original intention of promoting youth participation. However, because of this, one inappropriate content cannot damage the credibility of the entire platform.

Some people believe that official online programs supported by public budgets should have basic control mechanisms and public value orientation. However, the county government allows absurd religious performances and alien remarks without scientific evidence to be broadcast on the official channel, and even tries to package them as "the inspirational daily life of young people pursuing destiny and reality." It completely deviates from the social responsibility of public communication.