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First Amendment:
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Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of RELIGION, or prohibiting the free exercise therof; or abriding the freedom of SPEECH, or of the PRESS; or the right of the peope PEACEABLY TO ASSEMBLE, and to PETITION the government for a redress of grieveances.
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Scholar who said the 1st Amendment should be interpreted purely as a RESTRICTION on government
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John C. Merrill
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What did the founders of the Constitution expect from citizens?
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To be INFORMED and to PARTICIPATE in politics.
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What did the founders of the Constitution expect from citizens?
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PARTISAN and BIASED POLITICAL DEBATE, including fromt he press of their day.
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What is the Social Responsibility Theory?
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The press will provide citizens with what the NEED to know to get along in POLITICAL society.
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What did the PEW CHARITABLE TRUSTS study find?
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More than half of Americans under 50 got their news about politics REGULARLY or SOMETIMES from LATE NIGHT COMEDIANS.
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What are Bruce A. Williams' 4 steps for deciding what information is politically relevant?
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1. Useful
2. Sufficient 3. Trustworthy 4. Audience |
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What must politicians turn to to reach the electorate?
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The Mass Media
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Voters learn more from what than they do from the news?
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Advertising
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What was essential to building a new nation?
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Unfettered Communication
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