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One essential role for the media in a democracy is
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Watchdog
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The Watchdog role in the media is one which the press should
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Dig up facts and warn the public when officials are doing something wrong.
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The First Amendment
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Gives broad protection from govenrment interference to the press.
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Type of journalism that uses little or no legitimate well-researched news but uses catchy headlines to tell stories.
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Yellow Journalism
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The most notable newspaper that inspires to be the newspaper of record is the
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New York Times
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Americans constantly say what is the most important news source?
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Television
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C-SPAN broadcasts
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live coverage of Congress and other political institutions.
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For the most part, the mass media cover politics and government sparsely because
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people tend not to want a lot of political news.
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Media corporations are in business primarily to
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make a profit.
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Reporters get most of their political news from
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government sources.
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According to the authors of Struggle for Democracy, in politics, interesting news often comes from
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anonymous leaks.
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Under the rules of "objective" journalism, explicit interpretations by journalists are
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avoided.
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Most reporters and journalists for national news organizations tend to be more __________ than the average American.
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liberal
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Most owners and top managers of most media corporations are
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very conservative
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Most news about foreign affairs takes a definite __________ point of view.
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nationalist
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Which statement best describes American news coverage of foreign affairs?
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Official enemies of the U.S. are usually given negative treatment.
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According to the authors of Struggle for Democracy, most incumbent politicians
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are being subject to increasingly negative coverage
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Washington Post reporters Woodward and Bernstein used this basic form of reporting when they covered the Watergate scandal.
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investigative
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Only under the most pressing circumstances of danger to national security can the government engage in __________ restraint and prevent publication of material to which it objects.
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Prior
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The old "fairness doctrine" required that
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radio or television stations present contrasting viewpoints on any
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