Today's media barons control the world as opinion makers.

今天的传媒大亨控制世界的舆论制造者。

youdao

Winfrey, 55, is regarded as one of the most influential opinion-makers in the United States, and this year was No 45 on Forbes magazine's list of the world's most powerful people.

55岁的温弗瑞，被誉为美国最具舆论影响力人物之一，同时也名列今年《福布斯》杂志“全球最有权力人物”第45名。

youdao

In these tense times at home, it was Lincoln's language not of equality but of freedom that U.S. opinion-makers emphasized.

在那段紧张的时期，美国的舆论制造者着力强调林肯语言中的自由思想，而不是平等思想。

youdao

But experience suggests that opinion makers are often too quick with up-or-down judgments about new ideas, and this hastiness is reflected notably in the history of business innovation.

FORBES: Two Cheers for "Bad Ideas"

Why do so many opinion makers promote the zero-sum view?

FORBES: Magazine Article

In part, this reflects the fact that some of the first rich people to back Labour came from the arts men like David Puttnam, a film maker, and Melvyn Bragg, a television presenter. (Both men are now peers.) But it also illustrates a keenness to cultivate opinion makers.

ECONOMIST: The new establishment