如今,取笑报纸、时政杂志和广播电视网晚间新闻节目这类旧媒体几乎是理所当然的事情。古老的新闻报道的罪过——迟缓、胆怯、弦外之音、政治正确,还有就是乏味——已经成为旧闻。不过,落伍的旧媒体人发挥着几乎所有人都完全忽视的宝贵的心理作用:他们不会让我们疯狂。老派新闻报道的本质是在混乱的世界中创造秩序。记者和广播通讯员出去寻找正在发生的新闻以及其中的意味。然后编辑和新闻主管拿到素材,把它提炼为条理清晰的陈述。这些报道就算远非完美,也往往逻辑连贯、前后一致。编辑们强加于这个世界的秩序是人为的——借助建立在良好的直觉与经验 It is almost a matter of course nowadays to make fun of old media such as newspapers, affairs magazines and evening news programs on the radio networks. The sins of old news coverage - slow, timid, extraordinarily cautious, politically correct, and boring - have become old news. However, outdated old media people play a valuable psychological role that almost everyone completely ignores: they do not make us crazy. The essence of the old news coverage is creating order in a chaotic world. Journalists and radio correspondents went out to find what was going on and what they meant. The editor and head of the press then grab the material and refine it into well-organized statements. Even if these reports are far from perfect, they tend to be logically consistent and consistent. The order imposed on editors in this world is artificial - with the help of good intuition and experience