Consider the below passage and answer the questions.

Question

excerpt from, "The community newspaper is America's Vigilant guardian, and it's under siege" by Tim Grobaty

For the record, the media is not the enemy of the American people; that’s one of the more dangerous of the lies that are flooding the country today. Rather, the media, especially in the form of small community newspapers, is among the American people’s best friends and vigilant guardians.

In little communities all across the country, journalists from small newspapers—mostly weeklies—are the reader’s neighbors. They live where their readers live, shop where their readers shop, share their readers’ concerns.

In this era where bitter gossip and unfounded and malicious rumors travel across the internet at hyperspeed, the tangible and very real connection between a community newspaper and the neighborhoods it covers is crucial to the health of its readership. The best are still trusted, staffed with tireless and invariably underpaid reporters and editors who are charged with sifting through the cyberchatter and carefully researching and curating the news.

Question 1
How does the author's characterization of community newspapers as 'vigilant guardians' support the main argument of the text? (1 point)
Responses

Highlights the financial challenges of small newspapers
Highlights the financial challenges of small newspapers

Emphasizes the direct connection between local newspapers and community members
Emphasizes the direct connection between local newspapers and community members

Criticizes the role of larger national media outlets
Criticizes the role of larger national media outlets

Suggests community newspapers are superior to online news sources
Suggests community newspapers are superior to online news sources
Question 2
What evidence does the author provide to support the claim that community newspapers are trusted? (1 point)
Responses

They are staffed by unpaid volunteers.
They are staffed by unpaid volunteers.

They are staffed with tireless reporters and editors who research news carefully.
They are staffed with tireless reporters and editors who research news carefully.

They have more social media followers than other newspapers.
They have more social media followers than other newspapers.

They report on celebrity gossip.
They report on celebrity gossip.
Question 3
How does the author support the claim that media is not the enemy of American people? (1 point)
Responses

By criticizing national media organizations
By criticizing national media organizations

By comparing print and digital media
By comparing print and digital media

By highlighting community newspapers' close connections to local readers
By highlighting community newspapers' close connections to local readers

By discussing journalist salaries
By discussing journalist salaries
Question 4
What reasoning does the author give for the importance of the connection between community newspapers and their neighborhoods? (1 point)
Responses

It boosts the newspaper's sales.
It boosts the newspaper's sales.

It fosters distrust among the readership.
It fosters distrust among the readership.

It is crucial for the health of its readership and combats misinformation.
It is crucial for the health of its readership and combats misinformation.

It allows for sensational reporting.
It allows for sensational reporting.
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Answer 1

Here are the answers to the questions based on the provided passage:

Question 1 How does the author's characterization of community newspapers as 'vigilant guardians' support the main argument of the text?

• Answer: Emphasizes the direct connection between local newspapers and community members

Question 2 What evidence does the author provide to support the claim that community newspapers are trusted?

• Answer: They are staffed with tireless reporters and editors who research news carefully.

Question 3 How does the author support the claim that media is not the enemy of the American people?

• Answer: By highlighting community newspapers' close connections to local readers

Question 4 What reasoning does the author give for the importance of the connection between community newspapers and their neighborhoods?

• Answer: It is crucial for the health of its readership and combats misinformation.