The statement which expresses the central idea of the text is ''Since the Gilded Age, journalism has not been about making a profit, rather it has been about reporting the news''
Answer: Option C
<u>Explanation:</u>
Gilded age was the time period that was between the civil war and the first world war. Gilded age was the age when some of the people in the United States who were very rich, had assets and were very wealthy but the average people were not leading a very comfortable life and were there fore struggling. One of the industries which was also struggling was that of journalism and they could hardly earn money to survive and were not making any profits in their business.
 
        
             
        
        
        
At the end of the English Civil War, the monarch was executed and replaced by "Oliver Cromwell", since at first there was a massive power vacuum that needed to be filled. 
        
             
        
        
        
D, I believe the answer is D
 
        
             
        
        
        
"laissez faire" describes that kind of attitude
        
             
        
        
        
Answer:
I don't know and I am ten years old