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More than any other industry, America’s multi-billion-dollar entertainment business is caught in the crossfire of the country’s
More than any other industry, America’s multi-billion-dollar entertainment business is caught in the crossfire of the country’s
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2015-10-20
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问题
More than any other industry, America’s multi-billion-dollar entertainment business is caught in the crossfire of the country’s culture war. Media firms have always had to
walk a fine line
between giving adults realistic shows and shielding children from sex and bad language. But thanks to the current political influence of social conservatives, TV and radio firms are under more attack than ever for allegedly corrupting America’s youth.
Congress is threatening to increase sharply fines for airing indecent material. Over 80% of American homes subscribe either to cable or satellite TV, but only broadcast television, which is technically free, is subject to indecency regulation. The media industry fears that new rules could damage its business model.
The Federal Communications Commission(FCC), the media industry’s regulator, defines indecency as language or material that describes sexual actions or organs and which is considered "offensive by contemporary community standards." Solely for the sake of children(present in one-third of American homes), indecency is forbidden from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. on broadcast TV and radio. In contrast to "obscenity"—illegal all the time—indecency mostly consists of swearing, partial nudity and sexuality.
America’s current battles over indecency began in 2003 when Bono, a rock star, said "this is really, really fucking brilliant" at a live awards show. The FCC decided to do nothing. Then came a glimpse of Janet Jackson’s breast in Super Bowl, outraging some viewers. Pressed by Congress, the FCC reversed its decision on Bono and said it would get tough on indecency. In 2004 it fined media firms nearly $8m, five times what it had levied in the previous ten years combined.
For these firms such fines are puny. Yet fearing what future measures might be deployed against them, they have increasingly censored themselves. Last year several TV stations declined to air "Saving Private Ryan", a war movie with lots of swearing. The media industry faces a powerful bipartisan coalition of politicians who see votes in cleansing the airwaves. Republicans are leading the effort, but some Democrats are joining in—not surprisingly, as many parents do seem worried.
One defensive strategy for the media industry is to play the moralizing wing of the Republican Party off against its substantial libertarian wing, which is opposed to giving the government more power to censor. News Corporation and General Electric’s NBC have together enlisted the support of the American Conservative Union, Americans for Tax Reform and the US Chamber of Commerce. Advances in technology, these groups argue, mean that the government no longer needs to police the airwaves for indecency. Many parents now have V-chips in their TV sets to block out pornographic material. Set-top boxes for cable and satellite TV also give parents control.
The phrase "walk a fine line"(Line 3, Paragraph 1)most probably indicates
选项
A、alternate.
B、balance.
C、transfer.
D、distinguish.
答案
B
解析
词义理解题。考点在第一段第二句。其中讲到传媒公司一直以来不得不在“为成人制作贴近生活的节目”和“保护青少年不受侵害”之间探寻微妙的道路,即寻求一种平衡,故选B项。根据该段中的crossfire,culture war,under more attack以及corrupting等关键词也可推知B项“平衡”最合适。
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