QUESTION 7 One of the factors I found that contributed to media bias was the jou

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QUESTION 7 One of the factors I found that contributed to media bias was the journalists source of information: Why was was the issue I raised here? this a source of bias? What O a. Reporters often misinterpret or misunderstand what the experts are saying O b. journalists have great difficulty finding any experts who have conducted O c. Sources often come from a research on new or nontraditional religions nticult organizations which are advocacy groups and are not impartial or disinterested parties, resulting in unsubstantiated or distorted information O d.Journalists were unnecessarily secretive and failed to disclose their expert sources QUESTION8 Another factor I found contributed to media bias was what I called front-en -end disproportionality." What did I mean by this? O a. The initial story at the front-end was highly sensationalized making claims that eventually were disproven, but the resolution of the incident months later received little or no coverage leaving readers with the impression that the initial story was true O b. To attract more readers, the news coverage increased in sensationalism so that as time passed the story at the back end was greatly O c. The story told by reporters at the front-end was edited so heavily by the editors that it was unrecognizable by the time it was printed O d. None of these exaggerated at the back-end Save AN A O Type here to search

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7. The correct answer is Option C. The sources often come from organisations that identify themselves as “anti-cult”.

8. The correct answer is Option A. The coverage of the story being exaggerated in the beginning and the lack of coverage when its claims are proven invalid contributes to the disproportionality.

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