The Practice of Training Reporters to Produce a Standardized, Seemingly

question 47

Multiple Choice

The practice of training reporters to produce a standardized, seemingly neutral news product was the result of

• A)strikes and boycotts by journalists and newspaper readers during the early 1900s.
• B)the newspaper industry's realization that the best way to make a profit was to not alienate potential readers who held liberal or conservative political views.
• C)federal government regulations that made blatant instances of media bias illegal.
• D)state government regulations that made blatant instances of media bias illegal.

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