One of the most powerful defences the media can offer for controversial actions is, of course, public interest.

  • -- Rowan D. Williams 罗文·D·威廉姆斯

当然,媒体能为有争议的行为提供的最有力的辩护之一就是公众利益。

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A statesman, we are told, should follow public opinion. Doubtless, as a coachman follows his horses; having firm hold on the reins and guiding them.

我们被告知,政治家应该听从民意。毫无疑问,就像马车夫跟在马背后面一样;牢牢地抓住缰绳,引导他们。

Collectively, we are in thrall to media - because they deliver to us many of the psychic goods we crave, and we know no other way to live.

总的来说,我们受制于媒体——因为它们带给我们许多我们渴望的精神上的好处,而我们不知道其他的生活方式。

The need to exert power, when thwarted in the open fields of life, is the more likely to assert itself in trifles.

当在生活的广阔领域受到挫折时,行使权力的需要更有可能在琐事中得到体现。

Looking at yourself through the media is like looking at one of those rippled mirrors in an amusement park.

通过媒体审视自己,就像在游乐园里看着一面皱巴巴的镜子。

The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest; success only comes later.

强者把克服困难当作自己的首要兴趣;成功只会来得更晚。

The lines marking a penalty area are a disgrace to the playing fields of a public school.

划定罚球区的线条是公立学校操场上的耻辱。

It is hard to interest those who have everything in those who have nothing.

拥有一切的人很难对一无所有的人产生兴趣。

Storytelling is the most powerful way to put ideas into the world today.

讲故事是将想法带入当今世界最有力的方式。