首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Good news is bad news and bad news is good news, newsmen often say to one another. And when you look at the media it’s only too
Good news is bad news and bad news is good news, newsmen often say to one another. And when you look at the media it’s only too
admin
2010-07-06
34
问题
Good news is bad news and bad news is good news, newsmen often say to one another. And when you look at the media it’s only too easy to see what they mean. A dictionary definition of the media is mass communication, e.g. the press, television, radio. The media sees its main purpose as giving the public news. Naturally to provide the public with news, the media has first to gather it. The whole function and purpose of the media, then, seems to depend on the word "news", but more important, on how the word is interpreted.
The media like any big business venture today is an extremely competitive world of its own. In providing material for its public it has constantly to make sure it serves the right diet. No public will waste time on your paper or your TV channel otherwise. The sad truth is that there seems only one way to catch an audience—hit them right between the eyes. What started as a mild tap has now become a sledgehammer blow that goes by the name of sensationalism.
A reporter chooses—has to choose—a news story because of its sensation value. The young inexperienced cub reporter rings his editor about a car crash. He starts to explain the details to him but the experienced editor asks the cub one question: "Anyone killed?" and to himself he thinks, why do we offer jobs to children?
One may accuse newsman of cynicism but they will quickly remind you of the hard facts of survival in the world of the media. The favorite words the newspaper placards in the streets bombard the public with are, "Surprise, Sensation, Drama, Shock". You wonder, when the papers batter the public with dramas and sensations day after day, that they haven’t put an end to sensation long ago. As a regular newspaper reader you also thank Heavens for the light relief of the strips. Turn finally from them to what is referred to laughingly as "steam radio", in order to show its relative antiquity. This for many millions of people is the only live contact they have with the outside world that tightly or wrongly they have been led to believe they should have contact with. It’s extremely hard of course to see why, when for the most part its news services bring them tragedy, disaster, heartbreak, other people’s misfortunes—in a word, trouble. What again becomes quickly apparent is that a man’s job depends on sensationalism, and we are asked to excuse him for this.
Perhaps the media hasn’t quite grown up and we should congratulate it on getting this far. The year 2000 may see great changes in the way news is presented to us. Again, who knows, it might even get worse—if such a thing is possible. Perish the thought!
People who control the media
选项
A、will defend themselves very fully.
B、don’t give lengthy answers.
C、never listen to criticism.
D、justify their behavior at great length.
答案
B
解析
本题考查细节辨析。本文中提到的最高等级地控制媒体的人就是编辑,而他的话只有两个字:“Anyone killed?”显然选项B 符合原文。A ,C ,D 三项的内容与原文不符。
转载请注明原文地址:https://jikaoti.com/ti/bBisFFFM
本试题收录于:
公共英语四级笔试题库公共英语(PETS)分类
0
公共英语四级笔试
公共英语(PETS)
相关试题推荐
A=RotherhitheB=BarnesC=WillesdenD=King’sCrossWhichcity...usedtohavelotofproblemssuchasdrugs,streetcri
Agingbabyboomersaredeterminedtofighttheagingprocess.Theyspendmillionsofdollarsayearon【C1】________theyperceive
Whatisthefirstjobthemanappliedforrightafterhisuniversitygraduation?Howlongdoeshistourgenerallylast?
Whatisthefirstjobthemanappliedforrightafterhisuniversitygraduation?Howdidthemanfeelabouttakingaregularjo
Thedestructionofournaturalresourcesandcontaminationofourfoodsupplycontinuetooccur,largelybecauseoftheextreme
Fromthepassagewecansee,theauthorisquite______withtheprospectoftheAsiaPacificEconomicCooperationforum.
Somecitiesgrowverylargebecauseoftwoimportantreasons.First,theremaybeimportantnaturalresourceslikewood,gas,oi
Ofallthingsintheworld,Imostdislikefillingupforms.Infact,Ihaveapositivehorrorofit.Applyingforadrivinglic
ThecharacterofHermioneGrangerisboth______.
Asisthecaseinmanycultures,thedegreetowhichaminoritygroupwasseenasdifferentfromthecharacteristicsofthedomi
随机试题
地震检波器的验收与包装有何要求?
患者,男,45岁,电工。工作中触电被送来,心跳呼吸已停10分钟。患者在进行脑复苏时,错误的是
A、易爆炸品B、自燃及遇火燃烧的药品C、易燃液体D、极毒品及杀害性药品E、具有强烈腐蚀性的药品甲醇为
实施强制拆迁之前,拆迁人应当就被拆除房屋的有关事项( )。
下列不属于金融市场的功能的是()。
完整的临界特质分析系统包括( )。
在生物教学中,只要实验室条件允许,王老师总是会创造机会让学生亲自动手,让学生体验实践带来的快乐。王老师的这一做法,遵守的教学原则是()。
程序法是规定保证权利和义务得以实现或职权和权责得以履行的法律规范的总称。其主要功能有
WhendoestheWomanprobablyWanttheMantopickherup?
隔壁的西洋茶食店每晚机器轧轧,灯火辉煌,制造糕饼糖果。鸡蛋与香草精的气味,氤氲至天明不散。在这“闭门家里坐,账单天上来”的大都市里,平白地让我们享受了这馨香而不来收账,似乎有些不近情理。我们芳邻的蛋糕,香胜于味,吃过便知。天下事大抵如此——做成的蛋糕远不及
最新回复
(
0
)