Writer blasted over Nobel bribe claims
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"It would be an honor for Chinese writers to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, whose credibility stands with time and people's attention," said Murong. "I don't believe a judge from the Nobel Prize for Literature could have done that for money."
However, Zhang denied the allegations and said he does not mind the criticism.
"The foreign media must have deleted the news. The facts are the facts. I am not the only one in this circle to have tried to buy a literary award," he said.
Experts also pointed out that social networks pay too much attention to attracting visitors but often neglect to check their sources.
Chinese media watchdogs issued a joint statement in January urging journalists to prevent the release of false information and to strengthen their sense of social responsibility following a major false reporting incident.
In December, the China News Week microblog falsely reported that renowned novelist Zha Liangyong had died.
Wang Sixin, deputy director of the media regulation and policy research center at the Communications University of China, told the Global Times that the advantages of the new media should not be ignored.
"Microblogs allow users to post information easily and instantly, and enable users to be generators of information creating a great amount of information flow that is hard for websites to check carefully," Wang said.
"But they should act more cautiously and check the information's authenticity before giving it out. Because their influence is very big, they should shoulder more responsibility over the remarks they make in the public sphere," Wang said.
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