E3 | 3.2 Rights and Responsibilities Krimsky

What is the central idea of Krimsky’s article?

• The government should regulate media to ensure factual accuracy.

•  Entertainment media has a larger influence than the news

• A free and independent press is essential to a functioning democracy.

• Citizens in emerging democracies should distrust media entirely.

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Which of the following best describes Krimsky’s tone in the first two paragraphs with words such as "dispassionately" (paragraph 1), "define the terminology" (paragraph 2), "broadest sense" (paragraph 2).

• Sarcastic and dismissive

• Objective and contemplative

• Angry and accusatory

• Excited and hopeful

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What rhetorical strategy does Krimsky use in paragraph 3 to support his claim?

• Personal anecdote

• Definition by negation

• Expert/Historical Testimony

• Statistical Evidence

In Chunk 4, Krimsky explains how journalists should maintain financial independence by:

• accepting government subsides

• prioritizing advertising content to appeal to the widest audience

• hiring and training teams of individuals to create social media content

• build internal walls to ensure that all operations between the business and the news are separated

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Why does Krimsky compare the media landscape to "banquet table" of "junk food" in paragraph 17?

• to praise the diversity of modern media by it's ease of accessibility.

• to argue that modern media lack substantial content and through consumption, society is becoming intellectually unhealthy as a result.

• to illustrate how quickly society has access to information and news updates.

• to amplify the amount of news media sources and outlets there are available.

Which of the following best explains the author’s purpose in using rhetorical questions throughout Chunk 4 (e.g., “Are government and party subsidies less imprisoning?” and “But haven't they just traded one affiliation for another?”)?

• To express doubt about whether democracy can succeed in former communist countries

• To mock the simplistic thinking of journalists in emerging democracies

• To prompt readers to reflect on the complexities of press freedom and journalistic independence

• To emphasize the superiority of the American media system over all others

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Read the excerpt from George A. Krimsky’s “The Role of the Media in a Democracy.”

Where is the relevance of all this to the emerging democracies around the world? Certainly the American experience, for all its messiness, provides a useful precedent, if not always a model.

The word “precedent” is defined as “a prior example.” Based on this definition and the context of the excerpt, a “precedent” is something that

• applies solely to legal decisions.

• can be used as a guide for the future. 

• is more important than current examples.

• must be followed by everyone.

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Read the excerpt from George A. Krimsky’s “The Role of the Media in a Democracy.”

Though nearly 60 percent of the world's nations today are declared democracies—a monumental change from a mere decade ago—most of them have nevertheless instituted press laws that prohibit reporting on a whole array of subjects ranging from the internal activity and operations of government to the private lives of leaders. Some of these are well-intentioned efforts to “preserve public stability.” But all of them, ALL of them, undermine self-governance.

Based on the excerpt, Krimsky’s rebuttal to this counterargument is intended to

• show that other countries also regulate the reporting of sensitive government operations.

• suggest that total freedom in reporting would jeopardize the safety of U.S. citizens. 

• prove that the United States does not need to follow the lead of other democratic nations.

• emphasize that even good intentions can undercut free expression.