Local Chinese-language media reported yesterday that conflict is intensifying between TV talk-show host Wang Ben-hu (汪笨湖) and Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Shen Fu-hsiung (沈富雄) over Wang's resignation as host of the new political talk show Taiwan Advancement (台灣起動).
According to the reports, the DPP is trying to calm things down in order not to aggravate conflict within the green camp.
It was also alleged that DPP legislative caucus whip Ker Chien-ming (
According to the reports, Lee said the cause for the conflict between Wang and Shen was that Wang on the show's first installment encouraged the audience to vote for Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU) legislative candidate Huang Shih-chuo (
The report went on to say that DPP opinion was divided over what effect the conflict is having on Shen, but that at least some people are secretly happy that Shen is in trouble.
TSU Legislator Chen Chien-ming (
The rationale for this view is that Wang is positioning himself as a common person being trampled upon by a powerful legislator, and that this is influencing the public perception of Shen.
At the same time, this course of action associates Shen with independent pan-blue Legislator Sisi Chen (
The report claimed that some people in the party believe Shen is going down the same road as a previous DPP chairman, Shih Ming-teh (施明德), by becoming too high-handed to remain popular.
A CTS programming manager, Hsu Yung-teh (
The report said that CTS President Chiang Hsia travelled to southern Taiwan on Friday, where she and CTS Chairman Yu Fu (
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