| 广告招租，e-mail:yesize@hotmail.com
|
|
广告招租，e-mail:yesize@hotmail.com
Issue 15
"Unfortunately, the media tend to highlight what is sensational at the moment. Society would be better served if the media reported or focused more fully on events and trends that will ultimately have the most long- term significance."
The speaker asserts that rather than merely highlighting certain sensational events the media should provide complete coverage of more important events. While the speaker’s assertion has merit from a normative standpoint, in the final analysis I find this assertion indefensible.
个人认为这一段最后一句可以背掉放入自己建立的句子库内。
Upon first impression the speaker’s claim seems quite compelling, for two reasons. First, without the benefit of a complete, unfiltered, and balanced account of current events, it is impossible to develop an informed and intelligent opinion about important social and political issues and, in turn, to contribute meaningfully to our democratic society, which relies on broad participation in an ongoing debate about such issues to steer a proper course. The end result of our being a largely uninformed people is that we relegate the most important decisions to a handful of legislators, jurists, and executives who may or may not know what is best for us. Second, by focusing on the "sensational"--by which I take the speaker to mean comparatively shocking, entertaining, and titillating events which easily catch one’s attention-the media appeal to our emotions and baser instincts, rather than to our intellect and reason. Any observant person could list many examples aptly illustrating the trend in this direction--from trashy talk shows and local news broadcasts to The National Enquixer and People Magazine. This trend dearly serves to undermine a society’s collective sensibilities and renders a society’s members more vulnerable to demagoguery; thus we should al......
版权说明：作品来源于网上，版权归作者所有，如果无意中侵犯了您的版权，请来信告知，本站将在3个工作日内删除。yesize@hotmail.com |
|
 热门小游戏分类 |
|
|
|
加入最爱
