The very hirelings of the press, whose trade it is to buoy up the spirits of the people. have uttered falsehoods so long, they have played off so many tricks, that their budget seems, at last, to be quite empty.

  • -- William Cobbett 威廉·科贝特

这就是新闻界的雇工,他们的工作就是鼓舞人民的精神。他们说了那么长时间的谎话,耍了那么多花招,最后他们的预算似乎是完全空了。

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I'm very much in support of the free press, but the free press ought to be educational and informative. And I believe they have fallen down recently on that.

我非常支持新闻自由,但新闻自由应该具有教育性和知识性。我相信他们最近在这方面有所下降。

The paramedic called the press and sold me like a loaf of bread. This was news, and he wanted to be the one to report it.

医护人员打电话给媒体,把我像卖面包一样卖了出去。这是个新闻,他想成为报道它的人。

'Tis not enough your counsel still be true; Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods do.

你的忠告仍然是真的,这还不够;直率的事实比善意的谎言更有害。