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No company likes to be told it is contributing to the moral decline of a nation. “Is this what you intended to accomplish with your careers?” Senator Robert Dole asked Time Warner executives last week. “You have sold your souls, but must you corrupt our nation and threaten our children as well?” At Time Warner, however, such questions are simply the latest manifestation of the soul searching that has involved the company ever since the company was born in 1990. It’s a self-examination that has, at various times, involved issues of responsibility, creative freedom and the corporate bottom line. (来源：1997年考研真题阅读《时代华纳》) Analysis：

In the first sentence, the author uses the litotes.” No company likes to be told…” means the company has been told. It reflects that this is not a good thing.

In the first sentence has a ”?”. This punctuation is a rhetorical question, for strengthening mood, it has strongly criticism meaning.It shows that Senator Robert Dole believes that the company should not contribute to the moral decline of a nation.

Because of the company launched an anti era song “Cap Killer”, so the Senator Robert Dole supports that the company contributed to the moral decline of a nation. This reflects that he has a strong sense of social responsibility.