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Spotting Mere Assertion Quiz

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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?

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?

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?

<p>Emphasis on evidence-based conclusions vs. a cluster of assumptions in search of validation</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does mere assertion prioritize over evidence, according to the text?

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Spotting Mere Assertion Quiz

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Questions and Answers

What is the practice of dropping neutrality and validating the audience’s political preferences referred to as in the text?

What did cable news executives discover about gaining intensely loyal audiences?

What do pundits earn high ratings by doing in the sphere of mere assertion?

What is the difference between opinion journalism and mere assertion as indicated in the text?

What does mere assertion prioritize over evidence, according to the text?

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