Self-study
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Speaker 1 Summary
Sarah argues that reporters “always interpret the news.” How so? When reporters decide what is and isn’t newsworthy, they’re using their judgment. This, Sarah implies, is an act of interpretation.
Speaker 2 Summary
Ramon argues that “reporters should never interpret the news.” As support, he says that reporters have an obligation to objectively communicate the facts of anything they deem newsworthy. This indicates that Ramon doesn’t think that determining newsworthiness counts as interpretation as long as the facts are “untainted.”
Objective
We need to find an idea that the speakers disagree on. One such idea is whether determining the newsworthiness of an event counts as interpretation. Sarah thinks it does, but Ramon thinks it doesn’t.
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a
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Sarah agrees with this, but Ramon doesn’t express an opinion. Ramon’s argument is all about what reporters “should” do, and never goes into what they actually do or don’t do.
b
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Like (D), neither speaker offers an opinion on this. Sarah never says anything about what reporters should or shouldn’t do. Ramon never discusses the standard by which reporters should deem events newsworthy, so it could be by their judgment or some other standard.
c
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Neither speaker discusses the ranking of reporters’ responsibilities. Sarah doesn’t mention any kind of responsibility at all, while Ramon talks about an obligation not to taint the facts, but doesn’t say what reporters’ primary responsibility might be.
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Like (B), neither speaker discusses this. Lucy only talks about what does happen, not what should happen. Ramon does talk about what should happen, but only in the context of leaving facts “untainted” rather than how reporters should allot their time.
e
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Lucy agrees with this, but Ramon disagrees, so this is the point of disagreement. This is the conclusion of Lucy’s argument. On the other hand, Ramon thinks that deciding what’s newsworthy doesn’t count as interpreting as long as the facts are left “untainted”.