十年动乱期间,林彪、“四人帮”公然提出了“事实为政治服务”、“事实为路线斗争需要服务”的荒谬论调,搞乱了新闻理论,搞乱了人们的思想,流毒既广且深。这里就涉及到两个根本性的问题:一是新闻的本源究竟是什么?二是新闻与政治的关系怎样? 新闻的本源是事实关于新闻的本源问题,陆定一同志早在《我们对于新闻学的基本观点》一文中作了明确回答。他说: During the ten years of turmoil, Lin Biao and the Gang of Four blatantly put forward the absurd argument that “facts are political services” and “facts require services for a line struggle.” This has upset the news theory and upset people’s minds. . Here are two fundamental issues involved: First, what is the origin of the news? Second, what is the relationship between news and politics? The origin of the news is the fact that the source of the news is about facts. Comrade Lu Dingyi as early as “ The basic point of view ”made a clear answer. He said: