Question

Complete the sentence using a suitable option:
According to the author, newspaper stories are _____________

• A. generally correct.
• B. always correct.
• C. often incorrect.
• D. generally incorrect.

Answer 1

The correct option is C often incorrect.

In the passage, the author has mentioned the cases where the news reports had half-truths, falsities, and errors, and the passage focuses on the impacts or consequences of such errors.

Therefore it can be inferred, that according to the author newspaper stories are often incorrect.

Option C is, therefore, the correct answer.