记者应该懂得一些常识。这里说的常识,就是起码的知识。不懂得,就会闹笑话。使一篇本来很有意义的报道丧失新闻价值,带来与愿望相违背的结果。今年5月26日,人民日报一版头条刊载的新华社通稿:四川省广汉县拟用食油换粮一举多得的报道,就有两处违反农业常识之处。其一:“油菜是越冬作物,有根瘤菌”。这是违反农业科学常识的。因为油菜是十字花科作物,只有豆种作物才有根瘤菌。那是否广汉县培育出了什么根瘤菌的油菜品种呢?广汉县的同志矢口否认。其二:“去年试种的1万5千亩秋红苕 Reporters should know some common sense. The common sense here is the minimum knowledge. Do not know, it will joke. The loss of newsworthiness of a story that would have been of great significance led to results contrary to wishes. On May 26 this year, the People’s Daily published a headline Xinhua News Agency report that Guanghan County, Sichuan Province, intends to use oil for food in one fell swoop reports that there are two violations of agricultural knowledge. One: “Rape is a winter crop, Rhizobium.” This is a violation of agricultural science. Because rape is a cruciferous crop, only leguminous crops have rhizobia. Is that what kind of rhizobia rape cultivated in Guanghan County? Guanghan County comrades denied. Second: "Last year, 15,000 acres planted red autumn 苕