Chapter 13 Quiz

“A source at the White House said” is an example of an attribution based on information obtained ______.

• on the record

• off the record

• on background

• on deep background

In New York Co. v. U.S. (1971) the Supreme Court affirmed the principle of _____.

• prior restraint

• the equal time rule

• the right to privacy

• shield laws

AIM and FAIR are _____.

• partisan watchdogs of the media

• government agencies that regulate the media

• citizen journalists cooperatives

• partnerships between television news networks designed to aid journalistic accuracy.

Which news source favors the Republicans?

• NPR

• CNN

• C-SPAN

• Fox News

Information provided to a journalist on the condition that it will not be attributed to any source is considered to be ____.

• agenda setting

• on deep background

• narrowcasting

• off the record

The U.S. media have a great deal of journalistic freedoms guaranteed by law, but their corporate ownership subjects them to pressures from _____.

• editors

• muckrakers

• anti-trust laws

• the market

Of the following news sources, which is a Democrat twice as likely to watch as a Republican to look to for news?

• local TV news

• Fox News

• NPR

• CNN

The first penny press paper was the _____.

• Cincinnati Enquirer

• National Gazette

• New York Post

• New York Sun

The Telecommunications Act of 1996 ______.

• led to the establishment of multimedia corporations.

• limited opportunities for media consolidation

• assured candidates of equal time on broadcast networks

• restructured the Federal Communications Commission

A main difference between a press briefing and a press conference is the level of what?

• intelligence

• attendance

• restriction

• bias