1. Which of the following best summarizes the point of the article "Wrong Turns" by Jim Edwards, concerning news coverage of the Firestone Tires scandal, in which faulty tires were blamed for at least 100 deaths?
- Because the Firestone Corporation refused to release information to the media, reporters could not get information about the problem tires until Congress began an investigation, which demonstrates the need for government oversight of industry.
- Because reporters were persistent and able to uncover evidence of wrongdoing at the Firestone company, they were able to force the company to correct the flaws in its tires, thus proving the importance of a free press to American society.
- Because reporters were able to get information from a Firestone company executive to break the story and thereby force Firestone to correct the problem, the article shows how valuable reliable inside sources can be to reporters.
- Although evidence of the problem became known to local television stations in 1996, the major news media neglected to cover the story until four years later.
- Agenda setting.
- Gatekeeping.
- Source reliance.
- Gotcha journalism.
- Corporate dominance.
- that Lincoln Steffens was an untrained,
unprofessional reporter who would never have gotten a job
in a modern news organization.
B that Lincoln Steffens was just the first of many biased reporters who exaggerate crime rates in order to advance their political agendas.
C that news creates reality as much as it reports on it.
D that criminals should not be allowed to become reporters.