Question

PART B: Which TWO details from the text best support the answer to Part A?

A. "Some might try to make public figures look bad or claim people did something
they didn't. Others might try to discredit scientific findings." (Paragraph 2)
B. "They examined about 126,000 cascades centered on any of about 2,400 news
stories. Each of those original news stories had been independently confirmed
as true or false." (Paragraph 5)
C. "These so-called web robots, or bots, are computer programs that pretend to be
human. They have been designed to find and spread certain types of stories."
(Paragraph 8)
D. "fake-news topics were more different from other tweets that users had viewed
in the two months before they retweeted a story. Tweet replies to the false news
stories also used more words indicating surprise. (Paragraph 11)
E. "The study also could guide strategies for fighting the spread of fake news, says
Paul Resnick. He works at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor." (Paragraph
13)
"We're barely starting to scratch the surface on the scientific evidence about
false news, its consequences and its potential solutions." (Paragraph 15)

Answer 1

what was part a?

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

The details from the text best support the answer to Part A are

E; “The study also could guide strategies for fighting the spread of fake news, says Paul Resnick. He works at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.” ( Paragraph 13)

F: “‘We’re barely starting to scratch the surface on the scientific evidence about false news, its consequences and its potential solutions.’” ( Paragraph 15)

PART A was: By studying how false news spreads on media, scientists can better understand why false news is being spread more than true news and how to prevents its distribution.

This sentence states that the study could be used to develop strategies for combating the spread of fake news. It identifies Paul Resnick as the source of this claim and provides his affiliation .