单选题
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 days
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 Mercedeses, 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.
单选题
The results of the journalism credibility project turned out to be
______.
单选题
Despite its efforts, the newspaper industry still cannot satisfy the
readers owing to its______.
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
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】文章的最后提到了“But it never seems…education，and class”说明报纸行业并没有意识到真正的问题所在，如果意识到了，就会开拓它的多示化体系，而不是像现在仅仅局限于种族和性别。故应选 [A]。[B]“倾向于雇佣读者不满意的记者”；[C]“报道不准确”；[D]“在种族和性别问题上有偏见”。
单选题
The newspaper industry in US is______,according to the author.