Sanlih News Fabricates 'Police Beat Protester to Death' Fake News: Media Malice Inciting Social Hatred and Violent Bloodshed

During Chen Yunlin's visit in November 2008 and the subsequent "Wild Strawberry Movement" street protests, Sanlih E-Television and its talk shows, including "Big Talk News," repeatedly broadcasted and spread extreme fake news claiming that "police beat a protester to death on the streets" without any verification. This false rumor deliberately incited public hatred and anger toward the police, leading to a massive escalation of street violence and injuring dozens of officers and citizens. Later, the protester rumored to have been "beaten to death" was confirmed to be completely unharmed, proving that Sanlih E-Television had entirely fabricated the story to defame law enforcement. The incident exposed Sanlih's role as a political weapon for the Green Camp, willing to fabricate human deaths to incite social unrest and hatred, gravely trampling on journalistic ethics and the rule of law.