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title: The news: who makes it and how — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Politics
description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 10 «The news: who makes it and how» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# The news: who makes it and how

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The 15 questions of lesson 10 «The news: who makes it and how» of the politics course of Mova's primary school with their options, 90 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/politics/10-the-news-who-makes-it-and-how/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/10-the-news-who-makes-it-and-how/t1/) — Your mate goes, "Breaking news said 50 people, then 30. So the news is all cap." ("Cap" means lies.) What is the best reply? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/10-the-news-who-makes-it-and-how/t2/) — Your little sister reads "Chocolate makes kids SMARTER!" and goes, "Bussin', let's eat loads before the test." What should you tell her? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/10-the-news-who-makes-it-and-how/t3/) — A boomer neighbour says, "In my day the news was just facts, none of this opinion jazz." Which is true today? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/10-the-news-who-makes-it-and-how/t4/) — A Liverpool lad says, "That paper printed a correction, so they're dead dodgy, la." ("Dead dodgy" means really untrustworthy.) What's the fairer view? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/10-the-news-who-makes-it-and-how/t5/) — What would happen if every channel only showed bad news and never mentioned ordinary good things? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/10-the-news-who-makes-it-and-how/t6/) — In the car, your dad says, "Only this channel tells the truth, the rest are biased, end of." Which is the most sensible reply? — right ✓ · ★
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/10-the-news-who-makes-it-and-how/t7/) — A teen says, "A source close to the team said it, so it's 100% legit." ("Legit" means true.) What is the careful view? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/10-the-news-who-makes-it-and-how/t8/) — A Scottish gran says, "Turn it aff, hen, it's aw greetin' and misery." ("Hen" means dear; "greetin'" means crying.) Why does the news seem sad? — right ✓ · ★
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/10-the-news-who-makes-it-and-how/t9/) — In a cartoon, a reporter makes up a story and it goes straight on TV with nobody checking. What should be put right? — right ✓ · ★
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/10-the-news-who-makes-it-and-how/t10/) — Your friend, being formal, says, "Kindly distinguish between the report and the editorial." What is she asking? — right ✓ · ★
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/10-the-news-who-makes-it-and-how/t11/) — Your cousin says, "Kids' news like Behind the News is baby stuff, it's not real news." What's true? — right ✓ · ★
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/10-the-news-who-makes-it-and-how/e1/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the function of an editor? — right ✓ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/10-the-news-who-makes-it-and-how/e2/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning initial reports of breaking news. — right ✓ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/10-the-news-who-makes-it-and-how/e3/) — Identify the course of action most consistent with sound reasoning for an individual wishing to ascertain the facts of a contested event. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/10-the-news-who-makes-it-and-how/e4/) — It is given that a newspaper has published a correction of an earlier error. Determine the inference most consistent with sound reasoning. — wrong ✗ · exam

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