在一個社交媒體流行同時“假新聞”滿天飛的時代，媒體人始終堅持以事實為依據進行報道，與受眾建立信任，這兩點顯得比以往任何時候都更為重要，《赫芬頓郵報》的聯合創始人阿里安娜•赫芬頓在接受China Focus獨家專訪時強調。以下采訪中還將談到當今媒體如何贏回受眾的信任，為什麼中國故事在世界舞臺上扮演著重要角色等問題。
In an era when "fake news" and social media are increasingly prevalent, the role of journalists in "sticking to the facts" and building "trust" has become more important than ever before. That is the view of HuffPost co-founder Arianna Huffington, who spoke exclusively to China Focus on how modern media can win back viewer confidence and why Chinese stories have an important role to play on the world stage.
赫芬頓堅信作為新聞媒體最重要的一點是忠於事實，建立媒體與受眾之間的信任。很多媒體都沒能建立起這種信任關係。一旦失信於讀者和用戶，媒體再嘗試溝通將非常困難。因此，建立信任是重中之重。
As a news-outlet founder, Huffington believes the most important thing is to stick to the facts and build trust because "that's what missing from much of the media today. Once readers and users stop trusting an outlet, it is really hard to communicate", so, she emphasized, "building trust is number one over anything else".
如何看待中國文化在世界上的地位呢？在談到中國文化時，赫芬頓表示自己非常推崇中國古代文化。她相信重新借鑑中國古代的智慧，將為中國和世界做出巨大貢獻，因為中國古代“道”的智慧與今天的生活仍然息息相關。
How can we view the role of Chinese culture in the world? When it comes to Chinese culture and stories, Huffington herself said she is a huge fan of China's ancient culture. She believes that culturally, China has a huge contribution to make, because the ancient Chinese wisdom of Taoism is very relevant today.
赫芬頓認為，此時此刻，無論是在西方國家還是中國，壓力和倦怠正像流行病一樣席捲人類，成為我們面臨的重大危機。我們當前遇到的有精神健康危機、不斷增加的抑鬱症和焦慮症人群，糖尿病、艾滋病等慢性疾病患者的數量也日益增多。
Huffington understands that at this moment in history, both in the West and in China, stress and burnout epidemic is a major crisis, which we are all facing. She mentions that we see it in the mental health crises, the rise of depression and in anxiety. We also see it increasing in chronic diseases like diabetes and AIDS.
她最後談到了自己對於道家哲學中陰陽概念的理解——“陽”代表走出去，收穫和征服；而“陰”代表迴歸和整裝再發，這正是當今社會所失去的。人們忽略了為自己補充能量、自我更新的過程。她認為這些理念對於化解現代人的健康危機十分有幫助。
Huffington ended by reminding us the important Taoist concept—— Yin and Yang. "Yang, you go out, achieve and conquer; Yin, you come back and refuel. It is exactly what the modern world has lost. We've lost the refueling, recharging and the renewing part." She thinks these theories are truly helpful in conquering diseases which bother modern people.
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