Evaluating News Reporting Answers

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What is the most ethical action for the network to take?

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have the journalist give the accurate account of the incident and apologize for lying to viewers
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have the journalist report on air that he was confused and “misreported” the incident
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offer a settlement to the Marine captain for withdrawing his accusation
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ask the journalist to discredit the Marine captain by discussing the captain’s poor leadership in a new story
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✔ “Woodrow started his own clothing label.”“His target market was teenagers.”“’Stay stoked.’”

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✔ “Woodrow started his own clothing label.”
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“His target market was teenagers.”
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“’Stay stoked.’”
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it gives the author’s opinion on the foodsit entertains the reader with an interesting topic✔ it reports verifiable facts with some commentary

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it gives the author’s opinion on the foods
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it entertains the reader with an interesting topic
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✔ it reports verifiable facts with some commentary
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“Non-core vaccines . . . are bacterial vaccines.”✔ “Veterinarians give out misleading information.”“Core vaccines are the ones most vets recommend.”

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“Non-core vaccines . . . are bacterial vaccines.”
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✔ “Veterinarians give out misleading information.”
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“Core vaccines are the ones most vets recommend.”
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How could the headline best be revised to make it objective?

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Selection 1:Valido’s Conduct under Review
Selection 2:by removing "unpopular" and "conservative"
Selection 3:by adding a comment from a Republican senator
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entertain by discussing teen activities✔ inform about a teen businesspersuade teens to start their own businesses

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The author’s purpose for writing this article is to.:inform about a teen business
The quotation from the article that most clearly states the author’s purpose is .:“Woodrow started his own clothing label.”
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✔ a statistic that can be proven true or false an individual’s judgment or beliefa subjective statement of the author’s claim

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The text “The three wealthiest Americans have more money than half of the American population” is an example of .:a statistic that can be proven true or false
The sentence “The taxes would then be invested by government bureaucrats, who have always failed at creating meaningful wealth” is an example of .:a debatable opinion
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✔ reporter commentary with loaded language an unembellished fact with objective termsimbalanced reporting with loaded language

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The phrase “a mouth-watering haul” is an example of .:reporter commentary with loaded language
The quote “besides NASA equipment and experiments, the Orbital ATK capsule holds chocolate and vanilla ice cream” is an example of .:a factual statement
This article appears to be reliable because .:it reports verifiable facts with some commentary
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Which term from Senator Nelson’s quote in article 2 is an example of bias?

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What is the reporter’s motive in article 1?:to report factual events with added commentary
What is the reporter’s motive in article 2?:to report on the unfolding investigation
Selection 3:“witch hunt”
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to report in a biased manner✔ to report factual events from both sidesto persuade readers to never get dogs vaccinated

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to report in a biased manner
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✔ to report factual events from both sides
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to persuade readers to never get dogs vaccinated
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How could the headline best be revised to make it objective?

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Selection 1:Valido’s Conduct under Review
Selection 2:by removing "unpopular" and "conservative"
Selection 3:by adding a comment from a Republican senator
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✔ a debatable opinionobjective realityan indisputable fact

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✔ a debatable opinion
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objective reality
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an indisputable fact
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✔ a factual statementsubjective reportingemotional language

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✔ a factual statement
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subjective reporting
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emotional language
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✔ to report on the unfolding investigationto move the investigation forwardto question whether Valido is guilty

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✔ to report on the unfolding investigation
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to move the investigation forward
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to question whether Valido is guilty
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✔ to cast doubt on current advice on dog vaccinationsto persuade readers to vaccinate their dogsto question whether dogs should ever be vaccinated

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✔ to cast doubt on current advice on dog vaccinations
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to persuade readers to vaccinate their dogs
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to question whether dogs should ever be vaccinated
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✔ by removing "unpopular" and "conservative"by reporting the exact amount of the contributionby identifying Senator Valido’s accusers by name

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✔ by removing "unpopular" and "conservative"
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by reporting the exact amount of the contribution
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by identifying Senator Valido’s accusers by name
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“defend”✔ “witch hunt”“Senator”

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“defend”
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✔ “witch hunt”
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“Senator”
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“uneducated pet advocates”✔ “without knowing the risks”“vaccines are essential”

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“uneducated pet advocates”
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✔ “without knowing the risks”
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“vaccines are essential”
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✔ by adding a comment from a Republican senatorby paraphrasing Senator Saud’s commentsby referring to Senator Saud as a left-leaning liberal

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✔ by adding a comment from a Republican senator
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by paraphrasing Senator Saud’s comments
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by referring to Senator Saud as a left-leaning liberal

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