閲讀臺灣地區評論文章（一）Commentary Articles in Taiwan (I) 文章特色 Some Features

閲讀臺灣地區評論文章（一）
Commentary Articles in Taiwan (I)

臺灣報紙評論文章特色
characteristics in the Taiwan's commentary pieces

（一） 以藍綠立場論事(兩極化)
臺灣報紙立場鮮明，大致可以分爲親中、反綠、反藍、反中和獨派，親中和反綠的被認爲是“統派媒體”屬於泛藍陣營，言論中有明顯的反對臺灣獨立的論述。反藍、反中以及獨派的媒體被認爲是“獨派媒體”，屬於泛綠陣營。政治議題、國家前途議題、經貿議題、教育議題，甚至文化科技議題等都會因爲媒體陣營的不同而出現完全不同的觀點。
(1) Clear distinction between Pan Blue and Pan Green ways of thinking (Polarization)
The opinions commonly heard and expressed can be grouped into two camps.  The Pro-unification camp in Taiwan  consists of Pro-PRC and Anti-green factions,while the Pro-Independence camp consists of anti-blue, anti-PRC and Advocate for Independence.  In Taiwan, almost in all aspects, let it be politics, economic-trade, education, culture or science, view points expressed by these two camp can be widely apart from each other.


（二）批判言辭犀利
由於臺灣選舉活動頻繁，報紙評論文章也被選舉活動牽動，其結果是，評論已選舉輸贏為終極目標，批判對手必然使用犀利言辭，極盡嘲諷之能。
(2) Rhetoric tends to be harsh
Due to the fact that Taiwan constantly is either preparing or holding elections, articles published on newspaper are inevitably election-oriented.  Commentators with ideological beliefs tend to use harsh and critical rhetoric to ridicule the opponents.

（三）泛政治化傾向
由於兩岸議題的敏感，各種問題都能觸發政治敏感神經，所有評論文章都脫離不了政治考慮。
(3) Over-Politicizing in topics
Given the sensitivity in the cross-strait issues, any issue is regarded as a cross-strait issue, and all commentary articles are to be read politically

（四）跳脫藍綠的自省式批判並不少見
各大報都有讀者論壇，容許個別讀者發表文章評論時政，讀者多能提出自省式意見，力求言論空間的自由與客觀。
(4) Neutral Introspective thinking on the rise sheds new light
All major newspapers create an opinion forum page to publish articles submitted by individual readers, who tend to more introspective and express more freely, breaking away from the traditional boundary.


（五）牽涉背景龐雜
臺灣雖小，但是政治生態變化迅速，評論文章裏所提及的人事物牽涉面廣，讀者必須熟悉背景，否則難以理解其中微妙。
(5) Lots of background information and allusions are shared and understood only by native readers
Readers may need to have acquired knowledge about the background in order to understand the complete who and what the article is referring to.  Taiwan may be a small piece of land on earth, but its political scenery swiftly varies.