Political advocacy groups have begun to use information services to disseminate information that is then accessed by the public via personal computer. Since many groups are thus able to bypass traditional news sources, whose reporting is selective, and to present their political views directly to the public, information services present a more balanced picture of the complexities of political issues than any traditional news source presents.
Which of the following is an assumption on which the argument above depends?
Politicaladvocacy groups have begun to use information services to disseminateinformation that is then accessed by the public via personal computer. Since many groups are thus able to bypasstraditional news sources, whose reporting is selective, and to present theirpolitical views directly to the public, information services present a morebalanced picture of the complexities of political issues than any traditionalnews source presents. Whichof the following is an assumption on which the argument above depends? A.Information services are accessible to enough people to ensure that politicaladvocacy groups can use these services to reach as large a percentage of thepublic as they could through traditional news sources. B.People could get a thorough understanding of a particular political issue bysorting through information provided by several traditional news sources, eachwith differing editorial biases. C.Information on political issues disseminated through information services doesnot come almost entirely from advocacy groups that share a single bias. D.Traditional news sources seldom report the views of political advocacy groupsaccurately. E.Most people who get information on political issues from newspapers and othertraditional news sources can readily identify the editorial biases of thosesources.