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Practice Listening: Multiple Choice, Single Answer ID: #30215 Short Media 3

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Listen to the recording and answer the multiple-choice question by selecting the correct response. Only one response is correct.

Transcript:

It's, it's particularly harmful to democracy when media systems are in the hands of private tyrannies. I mean it's bad enough if the guys who you know, making shoes or cars, that's bad enough, but when it's control over the doctrinal system and information, that's much worse. That's why I think the stuff that's going on in telecommunications now is so, should really have a lot more attention than it does. I mean here's this huge system, you know, built at public expense, I mean you guys paid for it, you know, and as usual being handed over to private power now that it's profitable, and it's very likely I think most media analysts with their heads screwed on see and indeed even report that it's going to end up in the hands of the half a dozen mega corporations internationally.

What does the speaker believe is likely to happen in the future?

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The media will be owned by a small number of corporations. The public will eventually pay for the funding of the media. The media will be run primarily for the purpose of making profit. Most media analysts will continue to report what they see.

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Option 1: "The media will be owned by a small number of corporations."

Explanation: The speaker explicitly states that the media system is likely to end up in the hands of 'the half a dozen mega corporations internationally.' This aligns directly with the option, as it highlights the concentration of media ownership among a few corporations, which is a central theme of the text.

Option 2: "The public will eventually pay for the funding of the media."

Explanation: This option misinterprets the text. The speaker discusses how the media system, built at public expense, is being handed over to private power, implying that the public has already funded it. There is no indication that the public will continue to pay for media funding in the future.

Option 3: "The media will be run primarily for the purpose of making profit."

Explanation: While the speaker mentions that the media is being handed over to private power because it is profitable, this option does not capture the main concern of the speaker, which is about the concentration of ownership rather than profit motives. The focus is on the implications of ownership rather than the operational goals of the media.

Option 4: "Most media analysts will continue to report what they see."

Explanation: This option suggests a general continuation of behavior by media analysts without addressing the specific concern raised by the speaker. The speaker implies that analysts are aware of the issues but does not assert that they will continue to report without bias or influence from corporate ownership.

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