Very erotic very violent

Very erotic very violent (很黄很暴力) is a Chinese internet meme which originated from a news report shown on China Central Television's flagship news program "Xinwen Lianbo", used by a primary school student interviewed in the report to describe the content she saw on a web page. This incident sparked wide forms of parody on the internet, and also questioned the credibility of the state broadcaster's newscasts. [cite web |url=http://www.chinesenewsweek.com/MainNews/EntDigest/Life/2008_1_6_15_43_51_752.html |title=a young girl who said webpages are very erotic very violent got ??|publisher=Donews |date= | accessdate=2008-01-09]

CCTV News Report

On 27 December 2007, "Xinwen Lianbo" aired a report about the wide and easy availability of explicit content on the internet. The report appealed to juristic institutions and government to hurry to make relevant legislation in order to purify the internet environment. In the report, a young student described a pop-up advertisement she saw as being "very erotic, very violent". [cite web |url=http://www.ce.cn/cysc/tech/07hlw/guonei/200801/07/t20080107_14132430.shtml |title=Officers of State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television] After the airing of the report, many parodies were posted by internet users ridiculing the comment and CCTV's credibility in part. [cite web |url=http://edu.people.com.cn/GB/6740971.html |title=A teenager girl who said webpages are very erotic very violent on CCTV got kusoed |publisher=People's Daily Online |date= | accessdate=2008-01-08]

The incident also questioned the reliability of "Xinwen Lianbo", noting the unlikelihood of a web page being both violent and erotic at the same time, and the age of the student interviewed. Personal information of the interviewed girl was later also leaked, identifying the girl in the report by name.Kuso events caused by “very erotic very violent", on 7 January 2008, Yangtze Evening News] Online message boards were populated by large threads about the incident, [cite web |url=http://www.pcpop.com/doc/0/261/261441.shtml |title=Interviewed girl got kusoed who said internet is very erotic very violent |publisher=New Express |date= | accessdate=2008-01-07] and a satirical work even stated that CCTV's website was the number one "very erotic very violent" website on the internet, [cite web |url=http://nings.cn/2008/01/07/very-yellow-and-very-violent.html |title=10 very erotic very violent websites |publisher=Nings |date= | accessdate=2008-01-07] with some users even creating their own toplists of sites which meet this criteria, [cite web |url=http://edu.qq.com/a/20080108/000134_1.htm |title=guess who's the real body of very erotic very violent according to the primary student |publisher=Tencent |date= | accessdate=2008-01-08] the "top 8 very erotic very violent sports events" [cite web |url=http://sports.qq.com/a/20080109/000101.htm |title= TOP 8 VERY EROTIC VERY VIOLENT SPORTS EVENTS |publisher=Tencent |date= | accessdate=2008-01-09] and even identifying things that are yellow as being erotic (since 黄, "huáng", the Mandarin character for "yellow", also means "erotic"). [cite web |url=http://www.ycwb.com/xkb/2008-01/07/content_1745573.htm |title=A primary school girl: webpages are very erotic very violent |publisher=Yangcheng Evening News Online |date= | accessdate=2008-01-07]

Response

According to a general consensuscite web |url=http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spqy/zy/200801080624.asp |title= KEYWORDE: APOLOGY |publisher=Southern Metropolis Daily |date= | accessdate=2008-01-08] , it is said that the girl in the report would have not been able to access a web page describable as "very erotic very violent" unless she did it intentionally. It is thought that the line was actually a form of distortion by the reporters and not actually the views expressed by the girl, trying to make the problem look more serious. Even though the internet is already heavily filtered in China, the news report may have suggested that the current filters are not enough.

In addition, the girl interviewed in the report was never actually identified. It was also pointed out by some media [cite web |url=http://opinion.hexun.com/2008-01-08/102678445.html |title= Please let the girl who said “very erotic very violent” go |publisher=Blog China |date= | accessdate=2008-01-08] , that the outcry from the community about this report showed a dissatisfaction for the content of the report, and the censorship of the Internet in China in general, and an explosion of long term dissatisfaction for the production practices of "Xinwen Lianbo". [ Girl was wanted by very erotic very violent netizens, United Daily 17 January 2008]

Some critics also emerged, expressing discontent about the internet outcry and large amounts of parodies related to the report, some using her real name, as revealed by a letter written by the girl's father. [cite web |url=http://paper.sznews.com/jb/20080108/ca2876641.htm |title=It is very erotic very violent to Kuso a primary school kid|publisher=Jing Daily |date= | accessdate=2008-01-08]

Most Chinese media intentionally ignored the role CCTV played in the report, focusing more on the violation of the girl's privacy. [cite web |url=http://finance.ce.cn/law/home/scroll/200801/09/t20080109_12785047.shtml |title= the word of “very erotic very violent” triggered big trouble. Who has violated the girl's privacy? |publisher=China Economic Net |date= | accessdate=2008-01-09Deleted by afternoon of 9th January 2008] [cite web |url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/comments/2008-01/10/content_7396182.htm |title= Cultural oaf behind the “very erotic very violent” event |publisher=The Beijing News |date= | accessdate=2008-01-10] Wang Xiaofeng, chief writer of cultural department, Lifeweek, claimed that CCTV and the users have lack of consciousness for protecting minors. [cite web |url=http://www.wangxiaofeng.net/index.php?p=1743 |title= Who's indeed very erotic very violent? |publisher=No Association In Mind Allowed |author= Wang Xiaofeng |date= | accessdate=2008-01-08] There were also some claims that “what the girl really needs is benevolent critique from the adults other than fleerclarifyme from entertainers”. [cite web |url=http://edu.enorth.com.cn/system/2008/01/08/002616820.shtml |title= Kuso, Please let unadults go |publisher=Northern Net |date= | accessdate=2008-01-08]

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