A newspaper once carried an editorial which stated bluntly(坦率地) that half the city council were crooks1. Under penalty of arrest, the editor issued following retraction(撤销) : Half the city council aren't crooks.
一次,一份报纸刊登了一篇社论,直接指出市议会里有一半人是骗子。在被罚以拘留后,编辑发表了以下声明:市议会里有一半人不是骗子。