首页
登录
职称英语
"A good newspaper is a nation talking to itself," mused Arthur Miller in 196
"A good newspaper is a nation talking to itself," mused Arthur Miller in 196
游客
2024-01-01
21
管理
问题
"A good newspaper is a nation talking to itself," mused Arthur Miller in 1961. A decade later, two reporters from the Washington Post wrote a series of articles that brought down President Nixon and the status of print journalism soared. At their best, newspapers hold governments and companies to account. They usually set the news agenda for the rest of the media. But in the rich world newspapers are now an endangered species.
Of all the old media, newspapers have the most to lose from the Internet. Circulation has been falling in the U. S., Western Europe and Latin America for decades. But in the past few years the web has hastened the decline. In his book The Vanishing Newspaper, Philip Meyer calculates that the first quarter of 2043 will be the moment when newsprint dies in the U. S. as the last exhausted reader tosses aside the last crumpled edition.
Newspapers have not yet started to shut down in large numbers, but it is only a matter of time. Over the next few decades half the rich world’s general papers may fold. Jobs are already disappearing. According to the Newspaper Association of America, the number of people employed in the industry fell by 18% between 1990 and 2004.
Having ignored reality for years, newspapers are at last doing something. In order to cut costs, they are already spending less on journalism. Many are also trying to attract younger readers by shifting the mix of their stories towards entertainment, lifestyle and subjects that may seem more relevant to people’s daily lives than international affairs and politics are. They are trying to create new businesses on-and offline. And they are investing in free dally papers. So far, this fit of activity looks unlikely to save many of them. Even if it doest, it bodes ill for the public role of the Fourth Estate.
Nobody should relish the demise of once-great titles. But the decline of newspapers will not be as harmful to society as some fear. Democracy, remember, has already survived the huge television-led decline in circulation since the 1950s. It has survived as readers have shunned papers and papers have shunned what was in stuffier times thought of as serious news. And it will surely survive the decline to come.
The usefulness of the press goes much wider than investigating abuses or even spreading general news; it lies in holding governments to account -- trying them in the court of public opinion. The Internet has expanded this court. Anyone looking for information has never been better equipped. People no longer have to trust a handful of national papers or, worse, their local city paper.
In future, some high-quality journalism will be backed by non-profit organizations. Already, a few respected news organizations sustain themselves that way. An elite group of serious newspapers available everywhere online, independent journalism backed by charities, thousands of fired-up bloggers and well-informed citizen journalists: there is every sign that Arthur Miller’s national conversation will be louder than ever. [br] The author cites all the following EXCEPT that ______ to show that newspapers are not killed.
选项
A、newspapers have the most to lose from the Internet
B、the web has hastened the decline of the circulation
C、newspapers won’t die out in the U. S. until 2043
D、ever more young people are getting their news online
答案
D
解析
是非题型A的内容在第二段的第一句中有提及;B的内容在第二段第二、三句中有提及;C的内容在第二段最后一句中有提及;只有D的内容没有提及,因此D为答案。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3325333.html
相关试题推荐
EvergladesNationalPark,anareaof______andsawgrass,isrichinwildlife.A、m
Althoughsunlightappearswhite,______actuallyacombinationofallthecolorso
AnationcanAhaveamajorBimpactonitseconomicperformancethroughitsecono
Inadditiontointernationalbankingand______,Panamaisalsoknownforgrowing
NowhereintheUnitedStates______grizzlybearattacksthaninGlacierNational
Florida,AalwaysapopulartouristBdestination,iswellknownforitsCabundanc
Everyonewhoreadsthenewspaperorwatchesthenews______thathealthcareisch
Somestudentslikeclasseswhereteacherslecture(doallofthetalking)inclass
我以一种既着迷又恐惧的心情看着这一切。Iobserveditwithablendoffascinationandhorror.
只有更加理解这个国度,才能够习惯它,融入到它的生活当中。Onlyabetterunderstandingofthisnationcanhelp
随机试题
WhenMomandDadGrowOldA)Theprospectoftalkingtoincre
TheUnitedStatesgovernmentwantstoknowwhatthepublicthinksaboutits
A.急性化脓性骨髓炎 B.类风湿关节炎 C.化脓性关节炎 D.股骨头缺血性
患儿,女,4岁。患病毒性心肌炎2周,寒热起伏,胸闷憋气,肌肉酸痛,脘痞腹泻,恶心
有限合伙型股权投资基金中,关于收益分配的说法,错误的是()。A.在收益分配顺序
“五脏六腑之大主”指的是A.肝B.心C.脾D.肺E.肾
隔离开关就地操作时,应做好支柱绝缘子断裂的风险分析与预控,操作人员应正确站位,避
招股说明书应披露发行人及与本次发行有关的中介机构及其负责人、高级管理人员及经办人
(2017年真题)期货公司从事期货投资咨询业务的人员应当取得期货投资咨询业务从业
上海东方公司是亚洲地区的玻璃套装门分销商,套装门在香港生产然后运至上海。管理当局
最新回复
(
0
)