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QuizMultiple Choice

Media Literacy: Lateral Reading

Question 13 • EA Academy Civics 9

Read the scenario.Hannah is researching efforts to increase diversity among political candidates running in state and federal elections. Her research turns up numerous references to the Action for Democracy United (ADU) organization on different news and political action sites. Hannah would like to use the organization’s website as a fact-checking source, but first she wants to make sure the group is bipartisan.

Answer
A
She can review the “About” section on the ADU’s website.
B
She can review the “Issues” section of the ADU’s website.
C
She can review the ADU entry on the Fact.Check.org website.
D
She can review the ADU website’s list of supported candidates.

Explanation

To check whether ADU is bipartisan, Hannah should look for an independent source that evaluates the organization rather than relying on ADU’s own description or its candidate endorsements. FactCheck.org can provide outside information about the group and its political alignment. The “About” and “Issues” sections are written by ADU, and its supported-candidate list does not by itself establish that the organization is bipartisan.

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