The news media are, for the most part, the bringers of bad news... and it's not entirely the media's fault, bad news gets higher ratings and sells more papers than good news.

  • -- Peter McWilliams 麦克威廉斯

新闻媒体在很大程度上是坏消息的制造者。这也不完全是媒体的错,坏消息获得更高的收视率,比好消息卖出更多的报纸。

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A news organization has a much different responsibility. I might not be telling you the whole story. I might not be telling you a story in a manner that is properly sophisticated.

新闻机构的责任则大不相同。我可能不会告诉你整个故事。我讲故事的方式可能并不复杂。

The mainstream media has its own agenda. They do not want to print the facts. They have an agenda, they have a slant, they have a bias. It is outrageous to me.

主流媒体有自己的议程。他们不想发表事实。他们有自己的议程,他们有自己的倾向,他们有自己的偏见。这对我来说太过分了。

The perfection of art is to conceal art.The pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression.

艺术的完美在于隐藏艺术。我们假装承认了错误,给人留下了极好的印象。

It might be a bad thing, not to know what's going on in the world. I can't say I really approve of it.

不知道世界上正在发生什么可能是件坏事。我不能说我真的赞成它。

Here's the good news. If I realize that I'm insane, then I'm okay with it. I'm not dangerous insane.

这里有个好消息。如果我意识到我疯了,那我就没事了。我不是危险的疯子。

I always say that when a country wins with such overwhelming might, it's bad news for that country.

我总是说,当一个国家以如此压倒性的力量获胜时,对这个国家来说是个坏消息。

I'm sort of obsessed with the news. That is a syndrome. But I don't watch a whole lot of TV.

我对新闻有点着迷。这是一种综合症。但是我不怎么看电视。

The unions may continue to decline, but if they do, it'll be their fault.

工会可能会继续衰落,但如果他们衰落了,那将是他们的错。

I'm a bad liar; I don't know what to say backstage.

我不擅长说谎;我不知道后台该说什么。

I think the media is a real demon.

我认为媒体是一个真正的恶魔。