主题：讨论中美关系，台海问题，应该对中国和美国有了解 -- PBS
家园 讨论中美关系，台海问题，应该对中国和美国有了解 不论逢中必反或逢美必反都不可取。就像有的河友逢三峡工程必反，只要地图上靠的上的，拿来就是，管它客观现实理智逻辑。这里扯远了。
要理解中美这两个国家，就要实践，一种办法是在那两个国度里生活，如果无法做到这点，最好的办法是读报。事实上就算你住在上述的两国中的之一国，很多事实经验还是来自于新闻媒体。特别是两国过去发生的事，只能通过读书看报来了解。
而且两国都通过自己的新闻媒体描述另一国，这也给了一个观察点。不同的媒体的观点不一致，也可以观察不同社会阶层的观点。
通过读报纸讲一下美国人是这样看待他们的国家的，美国人在选读那份报纸时已经有了某种政治取向。
Understanding America through its newspapers — a quick guide doing the rounds on the Net.* The Wall Street Journal is read by the people who run the country.
* The New York Times is read by people who think they run the country.
* The Washington Post is read by people who think they should run the country.
* USA Today is read by people who think they ought to run the country but don’t really understand The Washington Post. They do, however like the smog statistics shown in pie charts.
* The Los Angeles Times is read by people who wouldn’t mind running the country, if they could spare the time, and if they didn’t have to leave L.A. to do it.
* The Boston Globe is read by people whose parents used to run the country.
* The New York Daily News is read by people who aren’t too sure who’s running the country, and don’t really care as long as they can get a seat on the train.
* The New York Post is read by people who don’t care who’s running the country either, as long as they do something really scandalous, preferably while intoxicated.
* The San Francisco Chronicle is read by people who aren’t sure there is a country, or that anyone is running it, but whoever it is, they oppose all that they stand for. There are occasional exceptions if the leaders are a handicapped minority, feministic atheist dwarfs, who also happen to be illegal aliens from any country or galaxy as long as they are Democrats.
* The Miami Herald is read by people who are running another country, but need the baseball scores.
别的不讲，就这点强调一下：The Wall Street Journal is read by the people who run the country.
读华尔街日报的人管理这个国家。
家园 哈，这是美国版，原版应该是来自英国的一个电视剧。 出自Yes Prime Minister，中间的一个场景是:
Jim Hacker (the Prime Minister): "Don't tell me about the press. I know exactly who reads the papers.
The Daily Mirror is read by people who think they run the country;
The Guardian is read by people who think they ought to run the country;
The Times is read by people who actually do run the country;
The Daily Mail is read by the wives of the people who run the country;
The Financial Times is read by people who own the country;
The Morning Star is read by people who think the country ought to be run by another country;
And the Daily Telegraph is read by people who think it is."
Sir Humphrey: "Prime Minister, what about the people who read The Sun?"
Bernard Woolley: "Sun readers don't care who runs the country, as long as she's got big tits."
最后一个太可乐，SUN是英国发行量最大的小报，以在第三页刊登半裸女郎而出名，即“三版女郎”。另外，最后这句话还有个包袱：当时的首相是撒切尔夫人。
家园 想起了很久以前偶然看到的一部英国电视剧 当时半夜临睡前胡乱换频道发现的，讽刺英国政坛的，特别逗就看住了，而且比较特别地是那个电视台从半夜开始播这套连续剧，连续放了整整一个晚上，搞得我也一夜没睡。
记得比较深刻地剧情有：部长大人刚上任（似乎是从七品芝麻官特简提拔上来的）开始办公，桌子上有两个文件筐，右边的筐是“待处理”，左边筐的是“已处理”，部长助理告诉部长大人他所要做的的全部工作就是把文件从右边筐里拿出来直接放在左边筐里就好了。然后在助理用眼神不断的示意和鼓励下，新任部长犹犹豫豫，多少有点不好意思的照办了。助理鼓励他：Great job sir!第一次不熟练没关系，慢慢就好了。
另外就是部长和一个老议员聊天，老头说他们这群人的全部工作就是:倒阁，组阁，组完了再倒，倒完了再组，忙，非常忙，忙到没时间再干其他什么事了。
狗了一下，我看过得这部电视剧应该是Yes Prime Minister的前传:Yes! Minister,IMDB评分9.0,中译名不记得了。emule上有，没看过的话，高度推荐。
家园 老兄哪里找来的这段话？哈哈哈，太有趣了。 这个总结的确实很好。
家园 很久以前看到过，记了下来，再狗狗了一下，又找着了