The practice of training reporters to produce a standardized, seemingly neutral news product was the result of
A)strikes and boycotts by journalists and newspaper readers during the early 1900s.
B)the newspaper industry's realization that the best way to make a profit was to not alienate potential readers who held liberal or conservative political views.
C)federal government regulations that made blatant instances of media bias illegal.
D)state government regulations that made blatant instances of media bias illegal.

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The newspaper industry realized that producing a standardized, seemingly neutral news product was the best way to make a profit by not alienating potential readers who held liberal or conservative political views. This approach to journalism is commonly referred to as "objectivity." There were no federal or state government regulations mandating such an approach at the time. There may have been strikes and boycotts by journalists and newspaper readers, but they were not the direct cause of this practice.

The Practice of Training Reporters to Produce a Standardized, Seemingly