PrepTest 65, Section 2, Question 24
Editorial: One of our local television stations has been criticized for its recent coverage of the personal problems of a local politician's nephew, but the coverage was in fact good journalism. The information was accurate. Furthermore, the newscast had significantly more viewers than it normally does, because many people are curious about the politician's nephew's problems.
Editorial: One of our local television stations has been criticized for its recent coverage of the personal problems of a local politician's nephew, but the coverage was in fact good journalism. The information was accurate. Furthermore, the newscast had significantly more viewers than it normally does, because many people are curious about the politician's nephew's problems.
Editorial: One of our local television stations has been criticized for its recent coverage of the personal problems of a local politician's nephew, but the coverage was in fact good journalism. The information was accurate. Furthermore, the newscast had significantly more viewers than it normally does, because many people are curious about the politician's nephew's problems.
Editorial: One of our local television stations has been criticized for its recent coverage of the personal problems of a local politician's nephew, but the coverage was in fact good journalism. The information was accurate. Furthermore, the newscast had significantly more viewers than it normally does, because many people are curious about the politician's nephew's problems.
Which one of the following principles, if valid, would most help to justify the reasoning in the editorial?
Journalism deserves to be criticized if it does not provide information that people want.
Any journalism that intentionally misrepresents the facts of a case deserves to be criticized.
Any journalism that provides accurate information on a subject about which there is considerable interest is good journalism.
Good journalism will always provide people with information that they desire or need.
Journalism that neither satisfies the public's curiosity nor provides accurate information can never be considered good journalism.
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