The reason for the use of vague terms may be diplomatic considerations, contextual appropriateness, and for being informative and relevant.
文体分析新闻的文体特征
This news report was posted on the same day that the
car bombing happened. Under great time pressure, the
editor has to rely on those handy and labor-saving clichés
文体分析新闻的文体特征
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The lead
The opening paragraph of the news report is the lead---the gist of the whole message, which is an important character of news reporting.
文体分析新闻的文体特征
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Frequent use of quotations
Most of the sentences follow the usual “subjectpredicate” order, since most of the sentences in news reporting are declarative sentences. But when it comes to verbs indicating the idea of say, the normal “subjectpredicate” order may become “predicate-subject” order.