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英语翻译
The classical liberal theory of the press derives from the eighteenth century when the principal “media” were public affairs-oriented newspapers.By contrast,media systems in the early twenty-first century are given over largely to entertainment.Even many so-called “news media” allocated only a small part of their content to public affairs—and a tiny amount to disclosure of official wrong-doing.Though we live amidst apparent communicative plenty,we are actually being starved of information—starved,that is,of the right kind of information; the kind that we require to function politically and to perform our civic duties.We live in an era of proliferating media outlets,it is generally acknowledged,but their content is increasingly shaped by the low,base needs of commerce and profit rather than the higher motivations of culture and civic duty.In so far as the media are concerned,more most definitely means less.The coincidence of the emergence of mass circulation newspapers and the

答案

在新闻界,古典自由主义理论起源于18世纪,当时重要的“媒体”只是传播公共新闻的报纸.然而,在21世纪早期,媒体系统在很大程度上转向了娱乐方面.甚至很多“新闻媒体”也只给公共事物分配很小一部分空间,并极少披露官方...