The way an event is portrayed in the media largely determines how it will be viewed by the public.
媒体对新闻的报道方式很大程度上决定着观众看待这件事的试。
There was a tine when the owners of shops and businesses in Chicago that to pay large sums of money to gangsters in return for 'protection.
曾经有一个时期,芝加哥的店主和商行的老板们不得不拿出大笔的钱给歹徒以换取保护。