近几年来,美国新闻界接连出现几次虚构新闻的事件,造成了美国广大读者对新闻界的信任危机。例如:1981年《华盛顿邮报》记者寇克无中生有地写了一系列的黑人贫民区的故事,并获得了普利策新闻奖,后来被揭穿,此事成为“普利策新闻奖事件”;《纽约时报》记者虚构了北爱兰人的故事。当人们对这些轰动一时的事件还记忆犹新时,今年夏季又出现了“瑞德事件”。它象一块石头投进刚刚平静的湖 In recent years, there have been several fictitious news stories in the U.S. press one after another, causing a crisis of trust in the news media among a large audience in the United States. For example, in 1981, “Washington Post” correspondent Kirk wrote a series of ghetto stories and obtained the Pulitzer Prize for Journalism, which was later exposed. This became the Pulitzer Prize for News Awards. The New York Times reporter fictionalized the Northern Ireland story. When people still remember these sensational occasions, there was a “Reid case” this summer. It is like a stone into the just calm lake