Inferring because when you infer you are forming an idea based on what has already been said.
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The first one would be the answer I think
Answer: C. To describe unethical reporting practices during the Gilded Age, and how they are similar to reporting today.
Explanation:
This is based on an article about reporting in the Gilded Age by Randall S. Sumpter. Randall talks about how the internet has made the journalism scene so saturated and competitive that reporters sometimes engaged in unethical practices to get by.
Mr. Sumpter then likened this to the Gilded Age where reporters did the same thing because just like now, there was a lot of competition then and journalists did whatever they could - no matter how unethical - to ensure that they were successful.
The direct object in the sentence is house, because it is the only noun.
