Comrade Mao Zedong believes that the fundamental issue in running a newspaper well is the question of revolutionizing the newspaper staff. Revolutionization means eliminating all feudal thinking and the influence of bourgeois ideology. Some erroneous ideas are easy to detect, while others are not so easy. For example, the error in the article "Courage and Insight" in Wen Hui Bao was easy to detect. (Note: This article praised the "younger generation" for daring to criticize generals.) Another manifestation of a lack of revolutionization is the absence of dialectics in one’s thinking, often leading to issues being discussed in an absolutist and rigid manner.

Revolutionization is a question of stand and viewpoint. What exactly a newspaper should propagate, what exactly it should systematically propagate, and whether it can make good choices—all these are questions of revolutionization. The Liberation Daily has so many cadres; why can’t they produce good writing? To achieve revolutionization, one must go down to the grassroots and participate in the tempering of actual struggle. It is necessary to revolutionize people, and at the same time, to revolutionize technical operations.

A newspaper must grasp ideological work. The Chairman recently spoke of the merits of the Liberation Daily, saying: "It is good in that it pays relatively more attention to grasping ideology, pays relatively more attention to ideological work." A newspaper, from beginning to end, must be thoroughly ideological. You (Note: referring to the Liberation Daily) have not done enough in this regard, both in the past and at present. You often treat some good material as spare parts, and sometimes treat some ordinary material as major items.

On whom should we rely to run a newspaper? We must rely on socialist activists to run the newspaper. Good material should be written by the masses themselves.

You must be adept at grasping living things, elevating them to a theoretical level, and propagating living philosophy. A newspaper should contain various kinds of commentary.

International news. The Chairman said: "Local newspapers can publish fewer reports on receiving foreign guests. In this way, space can be freed up to propagate living people, living events, and living philosophy."

It is necessary to sum up the experience of newspaper work.

In 1964, the Chairman said to Comrade Ke Qingshi:

The three meanings of revolutionization: (1) It is necessary to oppose feudal and capitalist thinking; (2) It is necessary to go down to practice and integrate with the workers and peasants; (3) It is necessary to study materialist dialectics.