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Tonight I want to discuss the importance of the television news medium to the American people. No nation depends more on the intelligent judgment of its citizens. No medium has a more profound influence over public opinion. Nowhere in our system are there fewer checks on vast power. So, nowhere should there be more conscientious responsibility exercised than by the news media. The question is, "Are we demanding enough of our television news presentations?" "And are the men of this medium demanding enough of themselves?"Monday night a week ago, President Nixon delivered the most important address of hisAdministration, one of the most important of our decade. His subject was Vietnam. My hope, as his at that time, was to rally the American people to see the conflict through to a lasting and just peace in the Pacific.For 32 minutes, he reasoned with a nation that has suffered almost a third of a million casualties in the longest war in its history.When the President completed his address -- an address, incidentally, that he spent weeks in the preparation of -- his words and policies were subjected to instant analysis and querulouscriticism. The audience of 70 million Americans gathered to hear the President of the United States was inherited by a small band of network commentators and self-appointed analysts, the majority of whom expressed in one way or another their hostility to what he had to say.
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词语解释

1. medium n. 手段，媒介

He prefers a happy medium in life.
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2．intelligent a. 聪明的，智能的

Though very intelligent, she is nevertheless rather modest.
她很聪明，倒也很谦虚aRcsxNST4fm。

3. profound a. 深奥的，渊博的

Since losing his job, he has often experienced a profound sense of ennui.
他自从失业以来，常觉百无聊赖mKuS(29kSaI。
4．conscientious a. 认真的，谨慎的

The janitor is very conscientious.
那个管理员很认真*Cj4@4ITz6(ZTnlDb。

5. conflict n. 冲突，战斗

There has always been some conflict between the sexes.
两性之间从来就有矛盾H7;Sh%igL9nMh7_,。