凡在西方做过记者的人,都必定有过同新闻发言人打交道的经历。这在常人看来,也许不足为奇:本来嘛,记者寻找新闻,发言人提供新闻,双方相互依存,再天经地义不过的了。然而,记者与新闻发言人毕竟分别代表着公众舆论和个体利益集团,各为其主这一事实便决定了双方在合作之外,更多的乃是攻心斗智,神经战式的交锋也不免时 Everyone who has ever done a journalist in the West must have had the experience of dealing with the press spokesman. To ordinary people, this may not be surprising: Originally, reporters searched for news and spokespeople provided news. Both parties were interdependent and could no longer be justified. However, the fact that journalists and news spokespersons, after all, represent public opinion and individual interest groups, respectively, determines that the two sides are beyond cooperation but are more involved in waging war and waging war.