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TheWallStreetJournalhascontinuedastheworld’smostcrediblenewssourceandonethatrefusedtoconformtothepassingprejudiceanderrorofthejournalisticherd.NaturallytheJournalreceivesongoingabusefromtheherdforitsdistressingindependence.Yet,rarelyisthecriticismstraightforwardbutratheranassaultontheconservatismoftheJournal’seditorialpage,whichstrikesconformistjournalistsasaninsultandistherealcauseoftheherd’sdistress.RatherthecriticismfocusesontheJournal’sbottomline,itssluggishshareprice,andrumorsthatthefamilycontrollingthepaper,theBancroftfamily,isunhappyandabouttosellit.

TherumorsoftheBancrofts’unhappinessareallhighlyexaggeratedandquicklyrefuted.Forthisproudfamilywhoseancestor,ClarenceW.Barron,purchasedtheJournalandwithittheDowJonesnewsservicein1902conceivesofitsownershipasapublictrust."ThatishowRoyA.Hammer,alawyerandtrusteefortheentitiesthroughwhichtheBancroftscontrolthepaper,describedtheirsenseofownership.Thisisnotsounusual.GreatnewspapershavealwaysplayedamajorroleinAmericanciviclife.Isaidgreatnewspapers,"seriousnewspapers,thekindthatputgatheringnewsaheadofsensationalism.

Mostofthetrulyprofitablenewspapersinthecountrytodayareessentiallyshoppingcircularswithsomecheapjournalismprintedonthosepagesnotdevotedtoshoppingmallsales.Thegreatnewspaperchainstakeoverlocalpapers,firejournalists,andsetouttofilltheirpageswithstillmoreadvertisements.Well,theysupplyaservice.Theyletreadersknowabouttheprice,say,ofchickenattheGiantorsnowtiresattheCVS.Butfewerandfewerlocalnewspaperssupplymuchnewsandanalysis.Greatnewspapersdo,andnotonethatIknowofmakesavastamountofmoney.Greatnewspapersdohelptosettheagendaforthenation.Theybreakstoriesofcorruptionoronothervitalmatters.OneofthefewthingsIfindadmirableabouttheNewYorkTimesisthatitscontrollingfamily,theSulzbergerfamily,isnotintentonsqueezingeverypennyofprofitoutofitsflagshippaper.ThuslastweekwhenIreadalongcritiqueintheTimesoftheWallStreetJournal’smanagementforitssluggishfinancialperformance,Idiscoveredhypocrisy.

ThehypocrisyisallthegreatercomingfromliberalswhoarecriticizingconservativesfortheirallegeddevotiontheAlmightyDollar."Profitsareessentialtoallbusinesses.Foronethingtheyareaveryaccuratepollofthepopulace’stastes,butthereareotherservicessomecorporationssupplytosociety.BoththeJournalandtheTimessupply—attoohighacost—informationthatenlightensthecitizenry.

1.Thejournalisticherd’sdistressiscausedbytheWallStreetJournal’s_____.[A]credibility[B]prejudice[C]conformism[D]professionalism

2.TheBancroftfamilypurchasedtheWallStreetJournalto_____.[A]sellitforahigherprice[B]promotetheDowJonesnewsservice[C]dominatethegreatnewspaperschains[D]influenceAmericanciviclife

3.Itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethatgreatnewspapers_____.[A]havetoengageinaformofsensationalism[B]makeabiggerprofitthanlocalpapers[C]supplymuchnewsandanalysis[D]refusetoaccepttheerrorofthejournalisticherd

4.TheauthorsaysIdiscoveredhypocrisy"(Lastline,Paragraph4),because_____.[A]theTimeswasinvolvedincorruption[B]theTimeswasbecomingprofit-driven[C]theTimeswasattackingtheJournal[D]theJournalwasinfinancialdifficulty

5.Theauthorseemstobelievethatallthenewspapersshould_____.[A]maxmizetheprofit[B]satisfythepublic’stastes[C]providesocialservices[D]informthereadersatahighcost

参考答案：

1.C2.D3.C4.B5.C