The media have become protagonists in the 2016 presidential campaign, and that is mostly due to Donald Trump, said Tom Rosenstiel of the American Press Institute.
“Donald Trump in particular, and the Republican Party more general, made the press a (1) in the campaign, by saying that the press was incompetent, out to get them, a level of demonization of the press that we don’t usually see,” he said.
While the Trump surrogates claim bias, Clinton’s supporters have (2) the media of “false balance,” suggesting that things she has said - presented as evidence of her not being honest - are not (3) to the evidence of Donald Trump not being honest.
“But if my job today in the story, is to examine what Hillary Clinton said and is it true or not, I am going to go after that, as hard as I can, I am not going to say, ‘Well, I think this is only three quarters as serious as what Donald Trump did yesterday in the story I did, so I am only going to cover it at three quarters (4) .' You don’t!”
Dori Toribio, a Washington (5) with RTVE, Spanish Radio and Television, says she does not believe that reporters have been biased.
“Media are criticizing Donald Trump because of what he does, and what he says. It’s not because of an (6) or political bias,” she said.
Toribio said, even though it has been particularly hard for her as an immigrant and a woman to cover Trump, who has (7) immigrants and women. she has striven to be neutral.
For Thomas Burr of the National Press Club, the job of a reporter is to tell fact from fiction.
“That’s doing the critical, vital role a journalist has to have in a (8) , to educate voters and the public about what a candidate is saying, whether it’s truthful or not,” he said.
But Rosenstiel said there would be an (9) cost if journalists played arbiter.
“What we need of our journalists are people who say: my commitment is to be an observer on behalf of other citizens, to find out the truth about what happened, what was said, why, what the motivations were, but ultimately it is the job of the citizen to determine what that means,” he said.
In the end, whoever enters in the White House next January, this will have been a (10) and unusual campaign, for the candidates in the race, but also for the reporters covering it.
上期答案解析 1.burdened
They may be burdened by guilt and regret.
他们内心可能充满内疚和悔恨 2.block
A block up the street I found a parking lot.
沿着街道往北过了一个街区,我找到了一个停车场 3.Wounded
This woman really wound me up. She kept talking over me.
这个女人真气死我了。她一直想要说服我。 4.obligation
They felt under no obligation to maintain their employees.
他们觉得没有义务为员工提供生活费。 5.partner
伙伴; 同伙; 同伴; 配偶;
Your partner should then pass the ball back to you.
然后你的搭档应该将球回传给你。 6.linked
环,节; [计算机]链接; 关联,关系;
vt. 连结; 挽住,勾住;
Something must have gone wrong with the satellite link.
卫星连接一定出了毛病。 7.addressing
Send your details on a card to the following address.
在明信片上写明你的近况寄到下面的地址 8.emphasized
强调,着重; 加强语气; 使突出;
I tried to emphasize my good points without sounding boastful.
我在强调自己的优点时尽量不让人觉得是在自我吹嘘。 9.thrive
兴盛,兴隆; 长得健壮; 茁壮成长;
Creative people are usually very determined and thrive on overcoming obstacles.
富有创造力的人一般都意志非常坚定,能不断克服困难,事业蒸蒸日上。 10.commitment
承诺,许诺; 委任,委托; 致力,献身; 承担义务;
It is an open question how long that commitment can last.
这一承诺能维持多久还不确定。