4. The author holds that the current collective doctrine shows ______.
A
[解析] 此题细节信息定位到第五段第二句话:“For a generation, the collective doctrine has been that the sorting mechanism of society should be profit.”以及“...efficiency, flexibility, shareholder value, business-friendly, wealth generation, sales, impact and, in newspapers, circulation.”。作者认为当下人们过于注重利润,将其作为所谓的“共同教义”,而忽视了真正的“justice, fairness, tolerance, proportionality and accountability”的价值,所以“generally distorted values”符合文意,因此选择A。