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At the core of this debate is chairman Gerald Levin, 56, who took over for the late Steve Ross in 1992. On the financial front, Levin is under pressure to raise the stock price and reduce the company s mountainous debt, which will increase to $ 17.3 billion after two new cable deals close. He has promised to sell off some of the property and restructure the company, but investors are waiting impatiently.
The flap over rap is not making life any easier for him. Levin has consistently defended the company s rap music on the grounds of expression. In 1992, when Time Warner was under fire for releasing Ice-T s violent rap song Cop Killer, Levin described rap as lawful expression of street culture, which deserves an outlet. The test of any democratic society, he wrote in a Wall Street Journal column, lies not in how well it can control expression but in whether it gives freedom of thought and expression the widest possible latitude, however disputable or irritating the results may sometimes be. We won t retreat in the face of any threats.
Levin would not comment on the debate last week, but there were signs that the chairman was backing off his hard-line stand, at least to some extent. During the discussion of rock singing verses at last month s stockholders meeting. Levin asserted that music is not the cause of society s ills and even cited his son, a teacher in the Bronx, New York, who uses rap to communicate with students. But he talked as well about the balanced struggle between creative freedom and social responsibility, and he announced that the company would launch a drive to develop standards for distribution and labeling of potentially objectionable music.The 15-member Time Warner board is generally supportive of Levin and his corporate strategy. But insiders say several of them have shown their concerns in this matter. Some of us have known for many, many years that the freedoms under the First Amendment are not totally unlimited, says Luce. I think it is perhaps the case that some people associated with the company have only recently come to realize this.
63. Senator Robert Dole criticized Time Warner for ________.
(A)its raising of the corporate stock price
(B)its self-examination of soul
(C)its neglect of social responsibility
(D)its emphasis on creative freedom
64. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
(A)Luce is a spokesman of Time Warner.
(B)Gerald Levin is liable to compromise.
(C)Time Warner is united as one in the face of the debate.
(D)Steve Ross is no longer alive.
65. In face of the recent attacks on the company, the chairman ________.
(A)stuck to a strong stand to defend freedom of expression
(B)softened his tone and adopted some new policy
(C)changed his attitude and yielded to objection
(D)received more support from the 15-member board
66. The best title for this passage could be ________.
(A)A Company under Fire
(B)A Debate on Moral Decline
(C)A Lawful Outlet of Street Culture
(D)A Form of Creative Freedom
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