还是讲一讲内容吧。文字洗练,选用素材也颇有趣;尤其是开篇那个Twitter的段子,关于奥巴马在上海的那场Town hall meeting。我记得自己当时看网络直播时说,奥巴马自以为在跟中国未来的青年领袖对话,而真实情况是大部分青年学生在睡午觉,电视也根本没转播。
这本书主题是偏见,的确切中时弊。资讯越来越多,偏见却越来越重;关键是得到的资讯是怎样的,而国内的资讯往往是一边倒且具有煽动性。本书尺度还是蛮大的,书中自然提到了传说中双语精神分裂的《环球时报》。
看完后最大的启发就是“正面新闻”和“负面新闻”。闾丘说新闻不应该有什么正面负面,新闻追求的是价值。整本书的基调就是普及常识,所以读者也别期待她讲得很深入。
最后用双城记的开头语做结尾:
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way