Explanation for Question 15 From the Reading Section on the Official Sat Practice Test 6
Question 15 says the authors most likely include the extended quotations in lines, 2 43 through 53 to do what? So let's look back in the passage to 3 get some context here. If we read through these 4 quotes, they say editors are increasingly casting a glance at the most read list 5 on our own and other websites to work out, 6 which stories matter to readers and viewers. And now the audience, 7 which used to know its place is being asked to act as a kind 8 of journalistic ombudsman at ruling on our credibility. 9 So this is an opinion of a broadcast journalist given 10 in 2008. And if you read the next one, 11 it says the result of democratizing access to TV news could be political disengagement 12 by the majority, any dumbing down through a popularity contest of stories. 13 Again, another opinion from an online news editor in 2007, 14 the way that you know that these are opinions is because they're using phrases 15 like could be. 16 And so they're not like proven facts, 17 they're just opinions. 18 Something could be, something is an opinion. 19 And then if we look at how these quotations are set up at the 20 bottom of the first column, it says not surprisingly, 21 perhaps some news journalists feel uneasy about this renegotiation of their 22 authority. So they set this up. 23 They're saying news journalists, aren't really sure about all this. 24 And then they're giving quotes from these journalists and 25 editors explaining why this renegotiation of their authority might be ...