Direction: In the question below, a few statements are given depicting an issue or a problem. You have to assume everything in the statements to be true even if they are at variance from commonly known facts, and on the basis of the information given in the statements, decide which of the suggested courses of action logically follows for pursuing.

Statement: A free marketplace of ideas ensures that all ideas get a fair hearing. Even ideas tainted with prejudice and malice can prompt beneficial outcomes. In most countries, however, the government is responsible for over half the information released to the public through all media. For this reason, the power of governments over information needs to be curtailed. Everyone grants that governments should not suppress free expression, yet governments continue to construct near monopolies on the publication and dissemination of enormous amounts of information.

Which one of the following most accurately expresses the course of action of the journalist’s statement? 

1
The freedom of the marketplace of ideas is in jeopardy. 
2
Preserving a free marketplace of ideas is important. 
3
The control that governments have over information needs to be reduced.
4
Ideas that have malicious content or stem from questionable sources can be valuable. 
5
Governments have near monopolies on the dissemination of many kinds of information

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