Issue 15 "Unfortunately, the media tend to highlight what is sensational at the moment. Society would be better served if the media reported or focused more fully on events and trends that will ultimately have the most long- term significance." The speaker asserts that rather than merely highlighting certain sensational events the media should provide complete coverage of more important events. While the speaker’s assertion has merit from a normative standpoint, in the final analysis I find this assertion indefensible. 个人认为这一段最后一句可以背掉放入自己建立的句子库内。 Upon first impression the speaker’s claim seems quite compelling, for two reasons. First, without the benefit of a complete, unfiltered, and balanced account of current events, it is impossible to develop an informed and intelligent opinion about important social and political issues and, in turn, to contribute meaningfully to our democratic society, which relies on broad participation in an ongoing debate about such issues to steer a proper course. The end result of our being a largely uninformed people is that we relegate the most important decisions to a handful of legislators, jurists, and executives who may or may not know what is best for us. Second, by focusing on the "sensational"--by which I take the speaker to mean comparatively shocking, entertaining, and titillating events which easily catch one’s attention-the media appeal to our emotions and baser instincts, rather than to our intellect and reason. Any observant person could list many examples aptly illustrating the trend in this direction--from trashy talk shows and local news broadcasts to The National Enquixer and People Magazine. This trend dearly serves to undermine a society’s collective sensibilities and renders a society’s members more vulnerable to demagoguery; thus we should all abhor and resist the trend. 作者运用了让步的手法，先是分析原作为何出此观点的原因，然后再驳斥，提出自己的“正确”观点。我们要特别留意第一句的架构，虽然过分复杂，但是好像ets就是喜欢这种变态句子。
