Anews website decides it will not cover a candidate's charitable work, instead reporting on his recent votes to cut funding for education. what method of shaping public opinion does this represent?

a. focus
b. word choice
c. imagery
d. direct argument

The correct answer is option A. "Focus". A method frequently used to shape public opinion is to focus on certain topics and omit others. In this example the news website focused on the candidate's votes to cut funding for education and omitted his charitable work, which could result in a negative view from the public opinion.

a case involving the laws of a single state.

booker t. washington was an educator who established the tuskegee institute. washington argued that african americans should learn trades that would offer them the opportunity to be progressive citizens. instead of fighting against discrimination, washington argued that african americans should use their education and knowledge to become self-sufficient in american society and not in competition with white americans.

w.e.b du bois was the founder of the niagara movement and later the naacp, du bois disagreed with washington. he argued that african americans should consistently fight for racial equality.

ida b. wells was a journalist who wrote about the horrors of lynching in the south. wells work could be considered muckraking as it led to the development of the anti-lynching campaign.