[Global Times Comprehensive Report] Taiwan's Internet popularity statistics website "Network Thermometer" on the 9th, through the public opinion analysis system, counted the island's top ten political talk show hosts in the past three months. Political commentary programs have always been one of the highest-rated programs in Taiwan. It can be said that it deeply affects the daily life of Taiwanese people. It is not only a manifestation of the island's social culture, but also controversial.
According to the statistics of the "Internet Thermometer", in the past three months, the first place in the island's Internet popularity is Zhou Yukou , who is closely related to the DPP. A few days ago, she stirred up negative noises by exposing the old scandal of the Kuomintang Taipei mayoral candidate Jiang Wanan's father, especially a 10-minute confrontation with the Kuomintang Taipei City Councilor Wang Hongwei before the Taipei Prosecutor's Office, which made many Netizens said it was even more exciting than the golden show. However, although this move has greatly increased the ratings of the program hosted by Zhou Yukou, it has greatly affected the election of Chen Shizhong, the candidate for the Taipei mayoral election of the Democratic Progressive Party. The rest of
's political commentaries are also well known to many mainland netizens. In second place is Zhao Shaokang, a senior media person with rich political experience. He currently has political commentary programs on "Zhongguang", TVBS, Yahoo TV and other platforms. Among them, TVBS's "Shaokang Situation Room" is the most well-known. The third place is Wu Zijia, chairman of the Beautiful Island Electronic News, who joined the DPP in 1997 but was expelled from the party in October 2021. In recent years, he has often criticized the establishment of the DPP on political commentary programs. Coupled with the fact that a poll by the Beautiful Island e-Newspaper was named for "hurting the image of the DPP", Wu Zijia and the DPP gradually drifted away. The fourth former "legislator" Guo Zhengliang was also born in the DPP. His criticism of the DPP was no less powerful than other blue camps, which impressed many viewers and netizens. The fifth is Huang Weihan, a senior media person. He started as a grassroots reporter and has very rich journalism experience. In 2018, he resigned from the Dongsen news station where he had been in office for 18 years, and moved to the famous circle to become a political commentator. In just a few years, he can be seen on TV, radio and online live broadcasts. The seventh place in
is Beichen, a retired major general of the Taiwan Army. He has been quite present in military news comments on both sides of the strait recently, but most of them can be said to have gained attention through grandstanding. Taiwan's United News Network recalled on the 9th that what caused the most heated discussion about Yu Beichen in the past three months was his claim in a TV program that the interception rate of Taiwan's "Tiangong" missile was about 70% in one shot, and 210% in three shots. The ridicule of netizens on both sides of the strait. In addition, he also boasted that Haikou claimed that the "pulse" of the flares used by Taiwan to drive away the UAV could destroy the UAV's photographic reconnaissance function. His fallacies such as " Eastern Han Dynasty Western Han Dynasty called the other side is the pseudo-regime " have also been regarded as a laughing stock by many public opinion. In the "nine-in-one" election of on the island at the end of this year, , Yu Beichen will run for Taoyuan city councilor as a non-party member.
's tenth-ranked Internet celebrity Zhu Xueheng was mainly known as a translator around 2000, serving as the Taiwanese translation of foreign works such as "The Lord of the Rings" and "Star Wars". After that, he started his famous career as an "Internet Observer". Not only did he appear on major political commentary programs, but he also often wore homemade T-shirts with satirical texts, which also became a major feature of him. He is also one of the representative Internet celebrities who have opposed Taiwan's abolition of the death penalty for many years.
In the 1980s and 1990s, political talk shows became popular on the island. In recent years, this form of program has become increasingly involved in Taiwan's politics and elections, so there is a saying that "famous mouths rule Taiwan and chaos Taiwan". For many Taiwanese, political talk shows are a must-see at night. There are all kinds of Taiwanese political commentary-type programs, from TV, radio, to the recent online live broadcasts, each of which has a loyal fan base. According to , a joint news network , there are often cases of family discord caused by watching such programs, which shows that Taiwan's political commentary programs have affected the lives of ordinary people. The famous talkers produced by the political talk show are also found in all corners of Taiwanese society. For example, the current "Minister of the Interior" of Taiwan, Xu Guoyong, once served as the host of the political talk show in the past.
Hou Hanjun, an associate professor at the Department of Public Administration at Taipei University, said that most people can make rational judgments after receiving information. The show loses credibility. Qu Zhaoxiang , a professor of the Department of Law and Politics at Taiwan Normal University, believes that although Taiwan's political commentary programs are inspired by the United States, the number and density are particularly high.If you wave, it will immediately become popular, especially as communication technology becomes more and more developed, and there are more ways to express. He bluntly said that people involved in political commentary programs abuse their rights and can easily hurt others. (Chen Zhengfei)
