单选题:请阅读Passagel,完成第小题。 Thenewspapermustprovideforthereaderthefac

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请阅读Passagel,完成第小题。
Thenewspapermustprovideforthereaderthefacts,pure,objectivefacts.Butinthesedays
ofcomplexnewsitmustprovidemore;itmustsupplyinterpretation,themeaningofthefacts.ThisisthemostimportantassignmentconfrontingAmericanjournalism--tomakecleartothereadertheproblemsoftheday,tomakeinternationalnewsasunderstandableascommunitynews,torecognizethatthereisnolongeranysuchthingas"local"news,becauseanyeventintheinternationalareahasalocalreactioninmanpowerfloating,ineconomicpressure,interms,indeed,ofourverywayoflife.
Thereisinjournalismawidespreadviewthatwhenyouembarkoninterpretation,youareenteringdangerouswaters,theswirlingtidesofopinion.Thisisnonsense.
Theopponentsofinterpretationinsistthatthewriterandtheeditorshallconfinehimselftothe"facts".Thisinsistenceraisestwoquestions:Whatarethefacts?Andarethebarefactsenough?
Astothefirstquestion,considerhowaso-called"factual"storycomesabout.Thereportercollects,say,fiftyfacts;outofthesefifty,hisspacebeingnecessarilyrestricted,heselectsthetenwhichheconsidersmostimportant.ThisisJudgmentNumberOne.Thenheorhiseditordecideswhichofthesetenfactsshallconstitutetheleadofthepiece.(Thisisimportantbecausemanyreadersdonotproceedbeyondthefirstparagraph.)ThisisJudgmentNumberTwo.Thentheeditordetermineswhetherthearticleshallbepresentedonpageone,whereithaslargerimpact,oronpagetwenty-four,whereithaslittle.JudgmentNumberThree.
Thus,inthepresentationofaso-called"factual"or"objective"story,atleastthreejudgmentsareinvolved.Andtheyarejudgmentsnotatallunlikethoseinvolvedinterpretation,inwhichreporterandeditor,callingupontheirresearchresources,theirgeneralbackground,andtheir"newsneutralism",arriveataconclusionastothesignificanceofthenews.
Thetwoareasofjudgment,presentationofthenewsanditsinterpretation,arebothobjectiveratherthansubjectiveprocesses--asobjective,thatis,asanyhumanbeingcanbe.(Eventhoughcompleteobjectivitycanneverbeachieved,neverthelesstheidealmustalwaysbeultimategoal.)Ifaneditorisintentonslantingthenews,hecandoitinotherwaysandmoreeffectivelythanbyinterpretation.Hecandoitbytheselectionofthosefactsthatpropuphisparticularplea.Orhecandoitbytheplayhegivesastory--promotingittopageoneordraggingittopagethirty.
WhydoestheauthorsaytheinterpretationisthemostimportantassignmentconfrontingAmericanjournalism? A.Becausetheinterpretationtellsthereaderthattheyarereadinginternationalnews.
B.Becausewiththehelpoftheinterpretation,readerscanhavebetterunderstandingofthenews.
C.Becausegoodinterpretationscanarousemorereactionfromthereaders.
D.Becausewithoutinterpretation,localnewswon'texistanymore.

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