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| The organizations that gather, package, and transmit the news through some proprietary communications technology. |
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| The cost of transmitting a new product to a consumer. |
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| Journalistic investigation and exposure of scandals, corruption, and injustices, pioneered during the late 19th century progressive era. |
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| Style of journalism born of intense competition and characterized by screaming headlines and sensational stories. Coined at the end of the 19th century, the term referred to the yellow ink in which the New York World's comic strips were printed. |
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| A "fairness" rule established by the Federal Communications Commission to ensure that broadcasters offer balanced coverage of controversial issues. If a radio or television station sells or gives airtime to one candidate for political office, it must provide other candidates with equal time. |
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| Rule that assures that different points of view on controversial issues have access to the airways. |
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| The amount of information a communication technology can deliver to its audience. Newspapers, for example, have much higher carrying capacities than do television news programs. |
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| Increasingly popular, nontraditional source of political information that combines news and entertainment. Examples include talk shows and political comedy programs. |
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| Bias or slant in the selection of which news to report and how the news is reported. |
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| A government agency's act to prohibit the publication of material or speech before the fact. The courts forbid prior restraint except under extraordinary conditions. |
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| Forms of false and malicious information that damage another person's reputation. |
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| A published falsehood or statement resulting in the defamation of someone's character. The first amendment does not protect libelous statements. |
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| Policy announced by the president in order to test public opinion and floated either by members of congress or the media. |
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| Strategically consequential information given to reporters on the condition that its source not be identified by name. |
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| A regularly assigned venue that a news reporter covers on an ongoing basis. |
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| Law that protect journalists from having to testify about their sources in court. |
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| A method of news gathering in which news reporters all follow the same story in the same way because they read each other's copy for validation of their own. |
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| The legal right of each member of Congress to send official mail postage-free under his or her signature. |
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| Military media strategy of putting journalists among military units in the field. |
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| A catchy phrase or slogan that encapsulates a politician's message, broadcast especially on television news programs. |
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| The widespread suspicion among reporters that presidents will lie to the media when doing so serves their interest and they think they can get away with it. |
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