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chattering classes (носители общественного мнения - это люди, готовые со всей ответственностью высказаться по общественно значимым вопросам и осуществлять критику и контроль правительства снизу; формы общественного мнения - это такие мнения, которые высказываются публично, т. е. общедоступно, это опубликованные мнения, особенно мнение средств массовой информации. The chattering classes is a generally derogatory term often used by pundits and political commentators to refer to a politically active, socially concerned and highly educated section of the "metropolitan middle class," especially those with political, media, and academic connections. It is sometimes used to refer to a liberal elite, but its first use by British right wing polemicist Frank Johnson in 1980 appeared to include a wider range of pundits. Indeed, the term is used by people all across the political spectrum to refer to the journalists and political operatives who see themselves as the arbiters of conventional wisdom. As such, the notion of 'chattering classes' can be seen as an antonym to the older idea of an unrepresented Silent Majority (made famous by the U.S. Republican President Richard Nixon). wiki Alexander Demidov) |
