Which of the following "pros" of independent news does this blog illustrate? 9: 00 a. m. 10/11/07: today is the day after a massive earthquake. my house is safe. 10: 22 a. m. 10/11/2007: i just returned from the town square. looters have overrun the shops. i can't even believe that people are that heartless. who needs a big-screen television when there's no electricity? people like that make me sick. noon 10/11/2007: the president will be touring the city tomorrow. he is expected to arrive at 6: 00 p. m. he will meet with the mayor, but not the sheriff. the president's very kind and generous. he'd us all if he could. a the ability to update quickly and often b the ability to present news without personal bias cthe ability to provide commentary on the news d all of the above

Hich line in this excerpt from jonathan swift's "a modest proposal" uses the rhetorical device of irony? and secondly, (there being a round million of creatures in humane figure throughout this kingdom, whose whole subsistence put into a common stock, would leave them in debt two million of pounds sterling), adding those who are beggars by profession, to the bulk of farmers, cottagers and labourers, with their wives and children, who are beggars in effect; i desire those politicians who dislike my overture, and may perhaps be so bold to attempt an answer, that they will first ask the parents of these mortals, whether they would not at this day think it a great happiness to have been sold for food at a year old, in the manner i prescribe, and thereby have avoided such a perpetual scene of misfortunes, as (they have since gone through, by the oppression of landlords, the impossibility of paying rent without money or trade, the want of common sustenance, with neither house nor cloaths to cover them from the inclemencies of the weather,) and the most inevitable prospect of intailing the like, or greater miseries, upon their breed for ever. i profess, in the sincerity of my heart, that( i have not the least personal interest in endeavouring to promote this necessary work, having no other motive than the publick good of my country,) by advancing our trade, providing for infants, relieving the poor, and giving some pleasure to the rich.( i have no children, by which i can propose to get a single penny; the youngest being nine years old, and my wife past child-bearing. reset next)