Verbal Ability – Twitter is not on the masthead of a newspaper
XAT 2021 Exam Paper – Verbal Ability – Twitter is not on the masthead of a newspaper
Read the following passage and answer the question that follows.
Twitter is not on the masthead of a newspaper. But Twitter has become its ultimate
editor. As the ethics and mores of that platform have become those of the paper, the
paper itself has increasingly become a kind of performance space. Stories are chosen
and told in a way to satisfy the narrowest of audiences, rather than to allow a curious
public to read about the world and then draw their own conclusions.
Based on the passage, the writer’s disappointment can be BEST summarised as:
A. Newspapers are ready to compromise with their ethics.
B. Newspapers fear to speak outside the narrow confines of social media.
C. Newspapers get influenced by the followers on social-media platforms.
D. Newspapers create their own narratives to control the audience.
E. Newspapers cave into the narratives shared on social-media platforms.