"Gate" topics keep emerging: Shanghai's breastfeeding gate incident suspected to be a prank

by baoxue552 on 2009-07-08 16:23:53

The website of Zhonghao Life Information (http://www.haoxinxi.asia/) reposted today the topic of the "Nursing Gate" incident, which later revealed four major doubts after careful consideration.

Doubt One: No results from the "human flesh" search for the main character

On June 6, a prominent domestic news story appeared on Sina.com titled "A Shanghai Junior High School 'Nursing Gate' Incident - One Girl Feeds Four Boys." The source of this "news" was "China Jiangsu Network." The content of the "news" claimed that Xiaoxue (a pseudonym), a junior three student, gave birth to a baby boy after having relations with her ex-boyfriend. After giving birth, Xiaoxue returned to school where she was discovered by a male student surnamed Chen when milk stains were seen on her clothes. The male student used the fact that Xiaoxue was "unmarried and pregnant" as leverage to force her to feed him milk. Gradually, this expanded to four male students. The situation even escalated to the point where the male student surnamed Chen charged other male students for the opportunity to be fed milk until it was eventually discovered by the school authorities, who decided to severely punish the boys involved. On the news webpage, there were also photos of what was claimed to be the "Nursing Gate" incident, though they had been processed. Subsequently, journalists found nearly a hundred reprints of this "news."

Firstly, the article mentioned that the school would severely punish the boys involved but did not specify any details regarding the punishment. Additionally, the article mentioned that "netizens conducted a 'human flesh' search for the male student surnamed Chen," but the journalist did not find any search results for this individual online.

Doubt Two: Doubts about the existence of "Jiannan No.7 Middle School"

Secondly, some websites indicated that this incident occurred at Jiannan No.7 Middle School in Shanghai. However, through searches via the 114 telephone directory assistance service and various district education websites in the city, no such school name could be found.

Furthermore, the article mentioned that "this incident caused a stir among local media," but including our newspaper, none of the Shanghai media or their respective websites reported on this incident.

Doubt Three: The author claims to be a special correspondent for Xinhua News Agency

An online search revealed that the earliest post of this thread was on July 5th. A citizen Mr. Sun disclosed that on July 5th, this post already existed on Mopu.com. The article was signed by "Xinhua News Agency Special Correspondent Xian Di Dan Teng." However, according to information obtained from the Shanghai Branch of Xinhua News Agency, they have never had any so-called "special correspondents."

Regarding the text version of the incident, netizen "Harp Elder" analyzed that it was a composite product: It initially told the story of an unmarried pregnant teenager, then followed with a TV drama plot involving a paternity test, then claimed the girl was forced, eliciting public sympathy, and finally copied the content of a blog post verbatim. This grand work first incorporated dramatic elements by plagiarizing a TV drama synopsis, then plagiarized journalistic writing styles, and ultimately copied a Sina blog post.

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