Passing along information is an important part of the news process. Earlier PEJ research finds the role of Twitter in disseminating breaking news is not limited to the Arab uprisings—the death of Whitney Houston, for example, was announced on Twitter 55 minutes prior to the AP confirming the story. –“The Role of Social Media in the Arab Uprisings,” Heather Brown, Emily Guskin, and Amy Mitchell
How does this passage develop the overall claim about social media and the spread of information?

1) It demonstrates how social media has little power in sharing news due to the limited number of users. 2) It demonstrates how social media users need to be careful because reported news often is not accurate. 3) It demonstrates how social media is the best source for breaking news because it is highly accurate. 4) It demonstrates how social media has the capacity to spread information faster than traditional outlets.

d the answer is d

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1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)