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| media influences what subjects become national political issues, and for how long they last |
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| national media keep track of and help make political reputations, help decide who is winning and loosing in Washington politics |
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media decides who is the person that needs to be watched out for in political races |
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| Freedom of the press applies to state governments, so that they cannot impose prior restraint on newspapers |
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| New York Times v. Sulivan (1964) |
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| Public officials cannot win a libel suit unless they can prove that the statement was made knowing it to be false or with reckless disregard of its truth |
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| Miami Herald v. Tornillo (1974) |
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| A newspaper cannot be required to give someone a right to reply to one of its stories |
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| An FCC rule that if a broadcaster sells time to one canidate, it must sell equal time to other candidates |
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| information leaked to the media to test public reaction to a possible policy |
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| Words that imply a value judgement, used to persuade a reader without having made serious arguement |
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| media stories about events that are regularly covered by reporters |
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| media stories about events that, though public, are not regularlly covered by reporters |
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| media stories about events that are not usually made public |
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| THe tendency of the national media to be suspicous of officials and eager to reveal unflattering stories about them |
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| A public official's statement to a reporter that is not given on condition that the official not be named |
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