China’s top regulators have underlined that broadcasters must be operated by politicians as they campaign to discourage public entertainment. Analysts say the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is transforming TV stations into its absolute mouthpieces. On Oct. 29, the publicity department of the Central CCP Committee and China’s national radio and television administration summoned the nation’s top four broadcasters in terms of entertainment programs. The agencies were the Shanghai Media Group, Jiangsu Broadcasting Corporation, Zhejiang Radio and Television Group, and Hunan Broadcasting System, reported state media. The four agencies are among the most popular in China for their entertainment programs by audience ratings. The regulators criticized them for “excessive entertainment” in their programs, including celebrity fan culture, which they said must be changed. “Broadcasters should be run by politicians,” stressed the regulators. The officials repeated the current rhetoric of Chinese leader Xi Jinping that socialist values must be promoted. U.S.-based author and commentator …