This chapter gives a critical analytical framework for the discussion of mediation in news translation. With a focus on possible mediation in news translation, the framework in this chapter is designated not only to help to reveal "What" linguistic resources are deployed to facilitate such mediation, but also to seek "How" the mediation is made possible and "Why" it is perceived as necessary for the receiving community. The author wishes to provide the reader with better understanding of the translator's role as mediator and negotiator in translating news discourse between different ideologies and cultures. The author also wishes to draw scholars' attention to the various institutional and social factors responsible for the translators and editor's actual intervention in news translation rather than focus only on the translated texts.