VOA慢速英語:關(guān)于全球新聞報道的壞消息

You can buy a newspaper nearly everywhere, or read news stories on your phone. Getting news is easy; however,journalists are finding it harder and harder to report it.

你可能在任何一個地方就能買到一份報紙，或者可以從手機上看新聞。人們獲得消息的途徑非常容易，然而，記者們發(fā)現(xiàn)新聞越來越難以報道。

An independent organization called Freedom House has issued a new report about journalists and press freedom around the world. Vanessa Tucker of Freedom House says journalists are increasingly put in jail, accused of crimes or threatened until they stay silent.

一個叫做“自由之家”的獨立組織發(fā)布一份關(guān)于世界范圍內(nèi)記者和新聞出版機構(gòu)關(guān)于新聞報道自由的報道。“自由之家”的Vanessa Tucker說越來越多的記者被關(guān)到監(jiān)獄，被指控犯罪或者受到威脅，直到他們閉嘴保持沉默。

"Unfortunately, the news is very bad. Press freedom suffered a global decline in 2014. It is the worst decline in a decade. Things are getting bad and they are getting bad even faster than they have in the past."

不幸的是，這個消息非常糟糕。新聞自由在2014遭遇了全球性的衰退。事情變得越來越糟，甚至比過去衰退速度更快。

The Freedom House report is called Freedom of the Press 2015. The report calls the press in Latin America only partly free, or not free at all. It says North America has a free press; however, it criticizes police in the United States for treating journalists harshly during protests in Ferguson, Missouri.

“自由之家”的這份報道叫做2015新聞自由。報道呼吁拉丁美洲新聞自由，該地區(qū)僅有部分地區(qū)，或者沒有新聞自由一說。該報道指出北美地區(qū)保持著新聞自由，然而對美國密蘇里州弗格森暴亂期間對記者的不當(dāng)之舉提出了批評。

Freedom House says 5 percent of the population in Asia-Pacific has access to free media, 3 percent in sub-Saharan Africa, and only 2 percent in the Middle East and North Africa.

“自由之家”稱亞太地區(qū)有5%的人口能夠享有媒體自由，3%在撒哈拉以南非洲地區(qū)，中東和北非地區(qū)僅占2%。

China's score was the worst since the 1990s. The report says officials there are jailing journalists and tightening control over media outlets.

中國的得分是自1990年代以來最低的，報道稱官方有關(guān)押記者和加緊控制媒體報道的行為。

And in Russia, Vanessa Tucker of Freedom House says officials campaigned strongly against independent voices last year. As a result, she says, people in Russia do not know what is really happening in conflicts like in Ukraine.

在俄羅斯，“自由之家”Vanessa Tucker說去年時候官員們舉行活動強烈反對獨立聲音。她說，事情的結(jié)果就是俄羅斯人根本不知道沖突中到底發(fā)生著什么，例如烏克蘭沖突。

Freedom House says growing threats to the media challenge democratic values around the globe.

“自由之家”稱對媒體威脅的日益增加會對全球民主價值觀提出挑戰(zhàn)。

I'm Kelly Jean Kelly.

Meredith Buel reported this story. Kelly Jean Kelly adapted it for Learning English. Hai Do was the editor.

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Words in This Story

journalists – n. people who collect, write, and edit news stories

press – n. newspapers, magazines, and radio and television news reports

independent – adj. not controlled by other people

values – n. strongly held beliefs about what is valuable, important or acceptable