Question

Which of the following lines from the speech supports the idea that Roosevelt thinks truthful investigative journalism is a necessity? (5 points)

a

"There should be relentless exposure of and attack upon every evil man whether politician or business man, every evil practice, whether in politics, in business, or in social life."


b

"There results a general attitude either of cynical belief in and indifference to public corruption or else of a distrustful inability to discriminate between the good and the bad."


c

"The fool who has not sense to discriminate between what is good and what is bad is well-nigh as dangerous as the man who does discriminate and yet chooses the bad."


d

"Such laughter is worse than the crackling of thorns under a pot, for it denotes not merely the vacant mind, but the heart in which high emotions have been choked before they could grow to fruition."

Answer 1

A

Step-by-step explanation:

Investigative journalism is by definition, the discovery of thing that are hidden and finding an answer or even more questions while doing it.