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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There has been the biggest black cloud following me around. People believe it's all my fault that Steve is not here. He has always had an open door, and he doesn't choose to do this any more.

一直有最大的乌云跟着我。人们认为史蒂夫不在这里都是我的错。他一直有一扇敞开的门,他不再选择这样做了。

I was a very bad journalist. Awful. I would just invent everything. If I did an interview, I had a preconception of what that person should say and I would put my words in his mouth.

我是个很糟糕的记者。糟透了。我会发明一切。如果我做一个采访,我对那个人应该说什么有一个先入之见,我会把我的话放进他的嘴里。

What the mass media offers is not popular art, but entertainment which is intended to be consumed like food, forgotten, and replaced by a new dish.

大众媒体所提供的不是流行的艺术,而是娱乐,它像食物一样被消费,被遗忘,被一道菜所取代。

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 would have to say News Radio is the highlight of my career. I love the character so much.

我不得不说新闻广播是我职业生涯中最精彩的部分。我非常喜欢这个角色。

If you don't change your beliefs, your life will be like this forever. Is that good news?

如果你不改变你的信念,你的生活会永远这样。这是好消息吗?

This claustrophobia was the only weakness I had. It's not my fault. It's just in my mind.

这种幽闭恐惧症是我唯一的弱点。这不是我的错。这只是我的想法。

In the business world, bad news is usually good news - for somebody else.

在商界,坏消息通常对其他人来说是好消息。

The media tries to do what they do. You can't stop. You gotta get money.

媒体想做什么就做什么。你不能停止。你得挣钱。

I'd rather do a really good small part than a really bad big part.

我宁愿做一件非常好的小事,也不愿做一件非常糟糕的大事。

We're news junkies in my house.

我们是我家的新闻迷。