What is the main idea of the entire passage?
Happy News is a website that gives good news only instead of bad news.
More women read Happy News than men.
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to create; to start
set up
not equal; one-sided
unbalanced
By the end of the first month online, Happy News had more than how many readers?
70,000
What is the main idea of paragraph 1?
Readers can find good news on the Happy News website.
Byron Reese thinks news sources don't give a balanced view of the world.
lines 5-6
agree with
to have the same idea or opinion as someone
suffering; sadness
misery
About how many percent of readers of Happy News were women?
60 percent
What is the main idea of paragraph 2?
Byron Reese set up the website to balance out bad news in the media with good news.
Many news websites don't get fan mail.
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on a daily basis
every day
without hope; extreme sadness
despair
Who is the man who came up with Happy News?
Byron Reese
What is the main idea of paragraph 3?
Reese says that Happy News is not trying to stop people from learning about problems or issues, but trying to provide a balanced picture of the world.
Many people think that bad news is necessary and helpful for people.
lines 10-12
always work
responsibility
True or False? Byron Reese thinks that Happy News should also provide bad news.
False
What is the main idea of paragraph 4?
Happy News has a lot of readers and even gets fan mail.
Byron Reese agrees that bad news is also needed.
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The athletes (often work out / work out often) at the gym.
The athletes often work out at the gym.
place to get things from
source
True or False? Happy News was created to show that the bad news in the media was not always true.
False