Which of the Following Was a Key Finding of the Landmark

question 29

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was a key finding of the landmark Hutchins Commission report?

• A) Journalism, as we know it, would die in the twenty-first century.
• B) Media would have to begin hiring more minorities to mirror an expected increase of the minority population in the United States.
• C) The public has a right to information that affects it, and the press has a responsibility to present that information.
• D) The media need to better balance happy, sad, and sensational stories to prevent desensitization of their readers.

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Definitions:

Quality

The standard of something as measured against other things of a similar kind; the degree of excellence of something.

Quantity

The amount or number of a material or immaterial thing not usually estimated by spatial measurement.

Quality

The quality of an item when compared to other similar items; how excellent something is.

Categorical Proposition

A statement or assertion in logic that relates two classes or categories in a way that all, some, or none of the members of one class are included in the other.