Informed people generally assimilate information from several divergent sources before coming to an opinion. However, most popular news organisations view foreign affairs solely through the eyes of our State Department. In reporting the political crisis in foreign country B, the news organisations must endeavour to find out alternative sources of information.

Which of the following inferences can be drawn from the argument above?

To the degree that a news source gives an account of another country that mirrors that of our State Department, that reporting is suspect.

To protect their integrity, news media should avoid the influence of State Department releases in their coverage of foreign affairs.

The alternative sources of information mentioned in the passage might not share the same viewsas the State Department.

A report cannot be seen as influenced by the State Departmentif it accurately depicts the events in a foreign country.