Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Focusing on one issue will improve your critical thinking abilities.
2. As a critical thinker, assessing information matters more than gathering information.
3. When covering a contentious issue, it is more important that you give equal coverage to both sides of the issue than to think analytically about why the story matters.
4. A well-written story should require readers to do more research on the topic.
5. The best questions will make the journalist, and thus the reader, more informed about a topic.


1. True
2. True
3. False
4. False
5. True

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