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题干：WhydosomanyAmericansdistrustwhattheyreadintheirnewspapers?TheAmericanSocietyofNewspaperEditorsistryingtoanswerthispainfulquestion.Theorganizationisdeepintoalongself-analysisknownasthejournalismcredibilityproject.Sadtosay,thisprojecthasturnedouttobemostlylow-levelfindingsaboutfactualerrorsandspellingandgrammarmistakes，combinedwithlotsofhead-scratchingpuzzlementaboutwhatintheworldthosereadersreallywant.Butthesourcesofdistrustgowaydeeper.Mostjournalistslearntoseetheworldthroughasetofstandardtemplates(patterns)intowhichtheyplugeachday'sevents.Inotherwords,thereisaconventionalstorylineinthenewsroomculturethatprovidesabackboneandaready-madenarrativestructureforotherwiseconfusingnews.Thereexistsasocialandculturaldisconnectbetweenjournalistsandtheirreaders，whichhelpsexplainwhythe“standardtemplates”ofthenewsroomseemalientomanyreaders.Inarecentsurvey,questionnairesweresenttoreportersinfivemiddle-sizecitiesaroundthecountry，plusonelargemetropolitanarea.Thenresidentsinthesecommunitieswerephonedatrandomandaskedthesamequestions.RepliesshowthatcomparedwithotherAmericans,journalistsaremorelikelytoliveinupscaleneighborhoods,havemaids，ownMercedeses，andtradestocks，andthey'relesslikelytogotochurch,dovolunteerwork，orputdownrootsinacommunity.Reporterstendtobepartofabroadlydefinedsocialandculturalelite,sotheirworktendstoreflecttheconventionalvaluesofthiselite.Theastonishingdistrustofthenewsmediaisn'trootedininaccuracyorpoorreportorialskillsbutinthedailyclashofworldviewsbetweenreportersandtheirreaders.Thisisanexplosivesituationforanyindustry,particularlyadecliningone.Hereisatroubledbusinessthatkeepshiringemployeeswhoseattitudesvastlyannoythecustomers.Thenitsponsorslotsofsymposiumsandacredibilityprojectdedicatedtowonderingwhycustomersareannoyedandfleeinginlargenumbers.Butitneverseemstogetaroundtonoticingtheculturalandclassbiasesthatsomanyformerbuyersarecomplainingabout.Ifitdid，itwouldopenupitsdiversityprogram，nowfocusednarrowlyonraceandgender，andlookforreporterswhodifferbroadlybyoutlook，values,education,andclass.
题目：Despite its efforts, the newspaper industry still cannot satisfy the readers owing to its_____. - A 、failure to realize its real problem
- B 、tendency to hire annoying reporters
- C 、likeliness to do inaccurate reporting
- D 、prejudice in matters of race and gender
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参考答案【正确答案：A】
细节题。最后一段第三句谈到新闻业做出的种种努力，如：主办研讨会和可信度调查项目， 来探究客户为什么恼怒, 为什么大量流失。接着第四句指出他们没有做到的方面：但它似乎 从来就抽不出时间来注意那么多老主顾们所抱怨的文化和社会等级偏见。由此可以总结得 出，它的问题就是没有对症下药。因此Α选项正确。
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