The media has been accused of perpetuating the image of the ideal victim by ______.

a. focusing attention only on victims who meet that standard of victimhood
b. focusing only on the very young and the very old victims
c. reporting, on the visual media, pictures of victims
d. reporting sympathetic stories of victims who have also been charged with crimes


Ans: A

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