PT153.S3.Q5

PrepTest 153 - Section 3 - Question 5

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Support As the current information explosion forces the print media, television, and the Internet to compete for public attention and for advertiser and subscriber dollars, Support journalistic standards are lowered. █████████████ ██ ███ ████████████ █████████ ████ ██████████ ███ ███████ ████████████

Summarize Argument

The author concludes that we are increasingly bombarded with inaccurate and trivial information. This is based on the fact that journalistic standards are being lowered due to the increased competition among print media, television, and the Internet for money from advertisers and subscribers.

Identify Conclusion

The conclusion is what the author asserts is a consequence of journalistic standards being lowered: “[W]e are increasingly bombarded with inaccurate and trivial information.”

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5.

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a

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People are more ███ ████ █████████ ██ █████████████ ███ ██████████ ████████████

c

Journalistic standards have ██████ ██ ██████ ██████

d

One result of ███ ███████ ███████████ █████████ ██ ██████ ███████████ █████ ███ █████ ██████ ███████████ ███ ███ ████████ ███ ████ █████ ███ ██████ ██████████

e

If journalists returned ██ ███████ ████████████ ██████████ ███ ████████████ ███ ███████████ ██ ████ ███████ █████ █████████

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