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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It's been all over the press, and schools are deciding to shut it down. We released a public announcement saying that we had some potential solutions that we were working with, and once we had something concrete we would start implementing it and approach schools.

这件事已经见诸报端,学校决定关闭它。我们发布了一份公开声明,称我们正在研究一些潜在的解决方案,一旦我们有了具体的方案,我们就会开始实施,并与学校联系。

'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。

My level of intervention in the press, trying to control stories, is zero. Subzero.

我对媒体的干预程度为零,试图控制报道。零度以下。