Directions:ReadthefollowingtextandchoosethemostsuitableheadingfromA-Fforeachparagraph.Thereisoneextraheadingwhichyoudonotneed.
1._________
Withthearrivaloftheageof“informationeconomy”intellectualworkisbecomingamoreimportantsourceofwealththanmanufacturing.Organizationsinallwalksoflifearedoingmoretospreadtheirinformation.SopeopleofthePublicRelationsarehiredtospeakforthem.Alotofournewsisactuallycollectedfrompressreleasesandreportsofeventsintentionallystagedforjournalists.Intheinformationagejournalistsspendtheirtimenotinvestigatingbutpassingonthewordsofaspokesperson.
2._________
ThereisajokeinthenovelScoopaboutthenewspaper’sownerLordCopper.Theeditorscanneverdisagreewithhim.Whenhe’srightaboutsomethingtheyanswer“definitely”andwhenhe’swrongtheysay“tosomeextentLordCopper.”Itseemsreasonabletosupposethatintherealworldtheopinionsofsuchpowerfulpeoplestillinfluencethejournalistsandeditorswhoworkforthem.
3._________
Incountrieswherethenewsisnotofficiallycontrolleditmaybeprovidedbycommercialorganizationswhodependonadvertising.Thenewshastoattractviewersandmaintainitsaudienceratings.Isuspectthatsomestoriesgetair-timejustbecausetherehappentobeexcitingpicturestoshow.InBritainwehavethetabloidnewspaperswhichmillionsofpeoplereadsimplyforentertainment.Thereisprogressivelylessroomforhistoricalbackgroundorstatisticswhicharehardertopresentasasensationalstory.
4._________
Thereisanargumentthatwithspreadingaccesstotheinternetandcheaptechnologyforrecordingsoundandimageswewillallbeabletofindexactlytheinformationwewant.Peoplearoundtheworldwillbeabletopublishtheirowneye-witnessaccountsandcompetewiththewidely-acceptednews-gatherersonequalterms.Butwhatitwillmeanalsoisthatwe’llbesubjectedtoastillgreateramountofnonsenseandlies.Anyweblogmaycontainthelatestinformationoftheyearorequallyamade-upstorythatyouwillneverbeabletocheck.
5._________
Maybethetimehascometodosomethingab
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