PT121.S1.Q8

PrepTest 121 - Section 1 - Question 8

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Commentator: Most journalists describe their individual political orientations as liberal, and it is often concluded that there is therefore a liberal bias in current journalism. ████ ██ ███ ███ █████ ████████ ███████ ███████████ ██████████ ██████ ███ ██████████ ███ ███ ██ ███ ████████ ██ ███████ ████ ███ ████████████ ███ █████████ ████ ██████ █████████ ████ ████ ██ ████ ████ ██████████ █████ ██ █████ ██ ████████ ███████ ████ ████ ██████ ███ ████████ ████████ ████ █████████

Summarize Argument: Counter-Position

The commentator concludes that it is not true that there is a liberal bias in current journalism. To support this, the commentator claims that newspapers, magazines, radio, and television companies need to target a broad customer base because they depend on selling news and advertising. This need to appeal to a broad customer base is what keeps them impartial, according to the commentator, and since they face these market pressures to be impartial, there is not a liberal bias in the media.

Identify Conclusion

The commentator concludes that there is not a liberal bias in current journalism; despite what many believe, “this is not the case.”

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8.

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a

The individual political ████████████ ██ ███████████ ██ ███ ██████████ ██████████ ████████ █████████ █████ █████

b

Major media face ███████████ ██████ ██████████

c

Current journalism does ███ ████ █ ███████ █████████ █████

d

Major media must ██████ ███ ████████ ████████ ████ ████████ ██ █████ ██ ████████ ████████

e

It is often ██████████ ████ ███████ ██████████ ███ █ ███████ █████

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