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DECEPTIVE: The Broadcasting Development Fund says the nation's TV stations have harmed their own image by broadcasting suspect ballot figures on election day
By Cody Yiu
STAFF REPORTER
Thursday, Apr 08, 2004,Page 2

The Broadcasting Development Fund yesterday held a seminar to discuss television news stations exaggerating ballot count figures on the day of the presidential election. Academics and media analysts agreed that the media had lost much of the public's trust due to its coverage of the election.

Chen Ching-ho (???), a professor at National Chengchi University, Dennis Peng (???), associate professor at the Graduate Institute of Journalism at National Taiwan University, Taiwan Marketing Research President Huang He (??) and senior media figure Yang Hsien-hung (???) were among those who took part in the discussion, while Connie Lin (???), the CEO of the fund, hosted the event.

"The media has gone overboard with its so-called `ballot count reports' on the day of the election and therefore has lost a lot of its public integrity," Chen said.

Chen and others at the seminar pointed out that they, who were all involved in the media business, were doubtful about the ballot count figures they saw on television as every news station had numbers that differed greatly from those offered by the election authority, the Central Election Commission (CEC).

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