Unit11TheMedia在新闻报道中,原始资料和二手资料区别很大,了解清楚这一点能帮助我们在日常生活中区分事实和观点
SearchingfortheTruthCollectingandwritingnewsislikeresearchinginhistory:thebestinformationcomesfromthosewhowerethereatthetime
SoifwewanttostudythehistoryofChinainthesixthcenturyAD,welookatthewritingsofthepeoplewholivedthen
Theyarecalledtheprimarysourcesbecausetheytelluswhatitwasliketolivethen
Peopleatamuchlaterdatewhowriteaboutthesameeventsarecalledsecondarysources
Inanewspaperthepositionisdifferentbecausethesetworolesareoftencombined
Thismeansareporterwhoinvestigatesastorymaybethesamepersonwhowritesit
Ifthishappens,thereporterisboththeprimaryandthesecondarysource
Butthephotographerwhoworkswithhim/herisstillaprimarysource
Itisimportanttoseparateprimaryandsecondarysourcesbecauseitcanhelpustodecidewhatistrue
Aprimarysourceismorelike