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据一家全球主要监察机构称，美国民主如今面临的危险超过20世纪60年代以来的任何时期。新闻自由正受到多方面的威胁——从刑事调查、政治化监管和无谓诉讼，到灾难性削减公共媒体资金。
According to a leading global watchdog, US democracy is now more imperiled than at any point since the 1960s. Press freedom is under threat on many fronts – from criminal investigations to politicized regulation, frivolous lawsuits and catastrophic funding cuts to public media.
随着中期选举临近，这些攻击正不断升级。最近，特朗普以“负面”报道为由，禁止CNN、MS Now和Politico进入白宫。尽管一名联邦法官目前恢复了这些媒体进入白宫的权限，并称禁令很可能违宪，但特朗普仍不允许CNN搭乘“空军一号”。
With the midterm elections approaching, these attacks are accelerating. Most recently, Donald Trump banned CNN, MS Now and Politico from the White House, in retaliation for “negative” coverage. While a federal judge has restored White House access for now, saying the ban is likely unconstitutional, Trump is still blocking CNN from Air Force One.
与此同时，特朗普正利用联邦通信委员会（FCC）——该机构本应是维护公共利益的独立监管机构——进行政治报复：金梅尔·吉米就第一夫人开了个玩笑后，FCC便对ABC施压；特朗普还暗示，该机构应惩罚《政治Press Sunday》的主持人，因为此人陈述了一个总统不喜欢的事实。
At the same time, Trump is using the FCC – which is supposed to be an independent regulator in the public interest – to settle political scores: The FCC targeted ABC after Jimmy Kimmel made a joke about the First Lady, and Trump suggested that the agency should punish the host of Meet the Press for making a factual statement the president disliked.
与此同时，五角大楼在《星条旗报》报道“林肯号”航母上发生自杀未遂事件后不久，以“抗命”为由解雇了该报编辑。据报道，这艘海军航母在海上航行10个月后状况堪忧。
The Pentagon, meanwhile, fired the editor of Stars and Stripes newspaper for “insubordination” shortly after they reported on a suicide attempt aboard the USS Lincoln, the Navy aircraft carrier reported to be in dire straits after 10 months at sea.
这些行动共同使在决定国会控制权和特朗普议程未来的关键选举前，向美国选民提供基于事实的报道变得更加困难。
Together these efforts make it more difficult to get fact-based reporting to US voters ahead of critical elections that will determine control of Congress and the future of Trump’s agenda.
更糟的是，美国许多最大的新闻机构如今由亿万富翁掌控，这些人的个人和商业利益可能危及媒体的编辑独立。媒体评论人士指出，现由特朗普盟友所有的CBS News已经软化其报道；CNN可能被同一位亿万富翁收购；杰夫·贝索斯则在《华盛顿邮报》大幅裁员并干预编辑工作。
Making matters worse, many of the US’s largest news organizations are now owned by billionaires whose personal and business interests may imperil the outlets’ editorial independence. Media critics have observed how CBS News, now owned by a Trump ally, has softened its coverage; CNN could be taken over by the same billionaire; and Jeff Bezos has imposed extreme staff cuts and editorial interventions at the Washington Post.
当自由遭到侵犯时，少数意志坚定的新闻机构肩负着确保真相完整地传递给公众的责任。《卫报》既不属于亿万富豪，也不归任何企业所有，并始终致力于让全世界都能免费阅读值得信赖的新闻报道。
When freedom is under attack, it falls to a determined few news organizations to ensure the full truth still reaches the public. The Guardian is owned neither by a billionaire nor a corporation and remains dedicated to keeping trustworthy journalism paywall-free for the world.
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