For all their excesses, the sensationalist mass newspapers of the late nineteenth century effected several important changes in the press, including

A. freeing the press from government control.
B. encouraging cultural diversity in U.S. society.
C. limiting the role of technology in journalism.
D. giving greater power to a social elite.
E. giving greater power to a political elite.


Answer: A

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