The article districts hard-news infortainment from soft-news infortainment and points out that the hard-news infortainment is more likely to result in social problems.
将“硬新闻娱乐化”现象从“新闻娱乐化”现象中抽离出来，指出硬新闻娱乐化更容易带来社会问题；
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Television has been accused of soft-pedalling bad news.
有人指责电视对坏消息轻描淡写。
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That's the stuff of the softnews segments that help drive networks' Olympic coverage.