News Reporter (China) Practice Questions - National Qualification Examination For News Reporters And Journalists (全国新闻记者职业资格考试) Exam

News reports must be strictly grounded in objective facts, accurately reflecting both individual micro-level details and macro-level historical trends without fabrication, distortion, or exaggeration. Reporters are permitted to invent plausible narrative details and composite characters as long as the overall moral theme of the article is positive. A story is deemed truthful if at least one unverified internet social media post makes the claim before publication. Truthfulness applies only to business and economic numbers, while political, environmental, and cultural news may employ poetic fiction.