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Why do so many Americans distrust what they read in their newspapers? The American Society of Newspaper Editors is trying to ans
Why do so many Americans distrust what they read in their newspapers? The American Society of Newspaper Editors is trying to ans
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2015-05-29
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Why do so many Americans distrust what they read in their newspapers? The American Society of Newspaper Editors is trying to answer this painful question.The organization is deep into a long self-analysis known as the journalism credibility project.
Sad to say, this project has turned out to be mostly low-level findings about factual errors and spelling and grammar mistakes, combined with lots of head-scratching puzzlement about what in the world those readers really want.
But the sources of distrust go way deeper.Most journalists learn to see the world through a set of standard templates (patterns) into which they plug each day’s events.In other words, there is a conventional story line in the newsroom culture that provides a backbone and a ready-made narrative structure for otherwise confusing news.
There exists a social and cultural disconnect between journalists and their readers, which helps explain why the "standard templates" of the newsroom seem alien to many readers.In a recent survey, questionnaires were sent to reporters in five middle-size cities around the country, plus one large metropolitan area.Then residents in these communities were phoned at random and asked the same questions.
Replies show that compared with other Americans, journalists are more likely to live in upscale neighborhoods, have maids, own Mercedes, and trade stocks, and they’re less likely to go to church, do volunteer work, or put down roots in a community.
Reporters tend to be part of a broadly defined social and cultural elite, so their work tends to reflect the conventional values of this elite.The astonishing distrust of the news media isn’t rooted in inaccuracy or poor reportorial skills but in the daily clash of world views between reporters and their readers.
This is an explosive situation for any industry, particularly a declining one.Here is a troubled business that keeps hiring employees whose attitudes vastly annoy the customers.Then it sponsors lots of symposiums and a credibility project dedicated to wondering why customers are annoyed and fleeing in large numbers.But it never seems to get around to noticing the cultural and class biases that so many former buyers are complaining about.If it did, it would open up its diversity program, now focused narrowly on race and gender, and look for reporters who differ broadly by outlook, values, education, and class.
Despite its efforts, he newspaper industry still cannot satisfy the readers owing to its______.
选项
A、failure to realize its real problem
B、tendency to hire annoying reporters
C、likeliness to do inaccurate reporting
D、prejudice in matters of race and gender
答案
A
解析
本题可参照文章的最后一段。从中可知,新闻业是一个麻烦不断的行业,它一直雇佣着那些态度令读者讨厌的职员。现在,它又主办许多座谈会,进行可信度调查,以便了解消费者为什么恼怒,为什么大规模地消失。但是新闻界似乎从未注意到过去许多读者所抱怨的文化与社会阶层偏见。如果新闻界注意到了这一点,它就应该实施多样化计划,应该雇佣那些世界观、价值观、教育背景以及社会阶层完全不同的记者。据此可知,新闻界没有意识到它所面临的真正问题。A项与文章的意思相符,因此A项为正确答案。
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