Read the following excerpt from the article "what's wrong with the news? " from fair's (fairness and accuracy in reporting) website: independent, aggressive and critical media are essential to an informed democracy. but mainstream media are increasingly cozy with the economic and political powers they should be watchdogging. mergers in the news industry have accelerated, further limiting the spectrum of viewpoints that have access to mass media. with u. s. media outlets overwhelmingly owned by for-profit conglomerates and supported by corporate advertisers, independent journalism is compromised. you are looking for an objective, current news article for your social studies class. you come across this website and think you have hit the jackpot. with further investigation, however, you see this article, and it makes you reconsider. what is the best way to check the reliability of this article? a. cross checking this information with other sources b. make sure that you agree with what it says c. asking your mom d. checking the spelling to see if it is correct

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)