Answer:
1) Exposition
Explanation:
The speaker is giving an explanation/background information of why they want to kill the old man to inform readers before they actually do it (mainly to tell readers their purpose/ thoughts of future actions).
I believe it all would depend on what side of the issue they are on. You see, there are some news outlet that are willing to satisfy a section of the population while others do the same with another section of the population.
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