The news media keeps us informed what is happening in the world

A、agenda

B、media

C、address

D、measure

The News Industry in US

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 serf-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 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.

What is the passage mainly about？

A．Needs of the readers all over the world.

B．Causes of the public disappointment about newspapers.

C．Origins of the declining newspaper industry.

D．Aims of a journalism credibility project.

How are the minority groups covered in British news media？

A．They are scarcely covered in any news media.

B．They are widely covered in all kinds of news media.

C．They are covered only in some special programs and tabloids.

D．They are covered only in some mainstream TV programs and big newspapers.

What is the talk mainly about？

A．The development of the news media in the U. S.

B．The pros and cons of journalism.

C．The development of Columbia Broad-casting System.

D．The features of the news media in the U.S.

A、press conference

B、press permit

C、media reception

D、negative news coverage

A、Xinhua News Agency.

B、CGTN

C、CRI

D、China Daily

A、Disney and Time Warner

B、ABC Television Network and Pixar Animation Studios

C、Disney and Hollywood Pictures

D、NBC and CNN

A、Xinhua News Agency.

B、CGTN

C、CRI

D、China Daily

A．the media find that the public can not comprehend this kind of news.

B．the media believe that this kind of news does not improve sale.

C．the media think that the advertisers will gain much from such news.

D．the media doubt that this kind of news would cost too much.