According to the Textbook, Which of the Following Has Been

question 48

Multiple Choice

According to the textbook, which of the following has been a critique of the idea of journalistic objectivity?

• A)Journalists use too much flair in their stories, obscuring the important details.
• B)Objective journalism fuels unhealthy competition between journalists to see who can get the story first.
• C)It isn't possible to have genuine journalistic impartiality, and many reporters have become too uncritical of people with power.
• D)It's too difficult to tell the journalist's thoughts apart from the thoughts of the subject of the story.
• E)None of the above options is correct.

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Definitions:

Operational Definitions

Specific explanations of abstract concepts or variables in terms of the procedures or operations by which they are measured or manipulated.

Causal Relationships

A connection between two events where one event is understood to be a result of the occurrence of the other event.

Employment Success

The achievement of career objectives, personal satisfaction, and positive contributions to an organization or society through one's work.

Hindsight Bias

The tendency to believe, after an event has occurred, that one would have predicted or expected the outcome, also known as the "I-knew-it-all-along" effect.