Objective journalism is based on the idea that the reporter's job is to

A. report the facts and present both sides of a partisan debate.
B. discover what other reporters are saying and provide a uniform interpretation of events.
C. report what political leaders want them to report.
D. scrutinize the partisan debate, and inform the news audience about which party has the better argument.
E. All of these answers are correct.

Answer: A

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