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What is the practice of dropping neutrality and validating the audience’s political preferences referred to as in the text?
What is the practice of dropping neutrality and validating the audience’s political preferences referred to as in the text?
- Neutrality journalism
- Partisan journalism (correct)
- Assumption journalism
- Objective journalism
What did cable news executives discover about gaining intensely loyal audiences?
What did cable news executives discover about gaining intensely loyal audiences?
- By affirming the audience’s beliefs (correct)
- By fact-collection and logical conclusions
- By guarding their neutrality
- By emphasizing evidence-based conclusions
What do pundits earn high ratings by doing in the sphere of mere assertion?
What do pundits earn high ratings by doing in the sphere of mere assertion?
- Affirming the audience’s beliefs (correct)
- Collecting evidence
- Guarding their neutrality
- Constructing logical conclusions
What is the difference between opinion journalism and mere assertion as indicated in the text?
What is the difference between opinion journalism and mere assertion as indicated in the text?
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What does mere assertion prioritize over evidence, according to the text?
What does mere assertion prioritize over evidence, according to the text?
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