A：Millions of amateur investors like you, have to rely on a dizzying array of financial newspapers,magazines and commentators to get investment information.

數(shù)以百萬的像你這樣的非專業(yè)投資者都依賴那些令人眼花繚亂的金融報紙、雜志和評論員來獲得投資方面的信息。

B：Yes.It's sometimes scary if you think of the tremendous amount of media we face every day.

是這樣。想想我們每天面對龐大的媒體，有時候真覺得有點兒嚇人。

A：It's like information overload , not to mention the reliability of these papers and magazines.

這就像是信息過載了，更別提這些報刊雜志的可靠性如何了。

B：Which financial magazines and newspapers do you think do the best job of checking facts?

你認為哪家報紙或雜志在核對事實方面做得最好呢?

A：Well, for example, The Wall Street Journal is very,very good. Even though it's used on occasion ( as all news organizations are) by CEOs or bankers who leak their mergers in advance in order to get a positive spin.

比方說，《華爾街日報》就很好。盡管有些時候公司老總和銀行家也利用它事先泄露公司合并的消息，以利其炒作。

B：I like to read Fortune.

我喜歡《財富》。

A：Cood. Fortune is usually ahead of the curve.And Business Week is very solid ,too.

《財富》有很好的預見性?！渡虡I(yè)周刊》的可靠性也不錯。

B：Where does a broadcast company get most of their information? I hope it's not just from press releases.

廣播公司是如何獲得信息的呢?但愿不只是從新聞發(fā)布會上吧。

A：A good broadcast company usually does far more than press releases.Their people go out and do real reporting,talking to people at the stock exchange ,fund managers,analysts,etc.

好的廣播公司獲得信息的途徑遠不止新聞發(fā)布會。他們的記者做的是貨真價實的報道，他們得去股票交易所采訪股民，采訪基金經(jīng)理人和股評人士。

B：But sometimes when a flimsy report, or even a rumor gets on television ,there's going to be a terrible 'echo chamber' effect.

不過，有時候，不可信的傳聞甚至謠言一旦上了電視，就會越傳越訛了。

A：You are right about that.

你說得對。