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 (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Belief and emotion (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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