关键词: 引述话语, 意识形态, 客观性

Abstract: Reported speech is employed to reveal medias objectivity and unbiased judgment in news writing. The features of reported speech are detected from the following three aspects: the ways of reported speech, the usage of reporting verbs, the information sources. The news reports about the capsized ship “Oriental Star” published on New York Times were analyzed. The results disclose that the most frequent reported speech is indirect speech. The reported clauses are constantly introduced by neutral reporting verbs.New York Times cites the ideas of four information givers: government, general public, elites, relevant cooperation.

Key words: reported speech, ideology, subjectivity