Question 1

Which of the following statements is true?

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A)  Objective journalism is based on the communication of facts and fairness.
B)  Yellow journalism attempts to describe what is taking place or has occurred.
C)  The New York Post is the bulletin board of major newspapers.
D)  Objective journalism is based on the communication of facts and fairness,while yellow journalism attempts to describe what is taking place or has occurred.
E)  None of these answers is correct.

Question 2

One consequence of today's high-choice media system is

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A)  that individuals are more informed.
B)  a narrowing in the information divide.
C)  that individual choice is actually more limited.
D)  a widening in the partisan divide.
E)  None of these answers is correct.

Question 3

The Gazette of the United States was founded to promote the policies of President

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A)  Warren Harding.
B)  Grover Cleveland.
C)  William Henry Harrison.
D)  James Madison.
E)  George Washington.

Question 4

Partisan talk radio got its start

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A)  after the abolition of the Fairness Doctrine.
B)  on the day of Rush Limbaugh's first broadcast.
C)  after cable television led the way.
D)  in the early 1990s after the election of Democrat Bill Clinton.
E)  during the late 1930s.

Question 5

The rise of the Internet as a news source has

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A)  substantially increased the partisan divide.
B)  led to a small but significant increase in the partisan divide.
C)  led to a small but significant decrease in the partisan divide.
D)  substantially decreased the partisan divide.
E)  had no appreciable impact on the partisan divide.

Question 6

One special contribution of Internet-based news is that it

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A)  provides the ordinary citizen with an opportunity to be part of the news system.
B)  provides slower,more deliberative reporting.
C)  offers more unbiased reporting.
D)  prevents rampant editorializing.
E)  None of these answers is correct.

Question 7

Which of the following statements has been shown by scholarly research to be true?

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A)  Network journalists have a very substantial liberal bias.
B)  Network journalists have a very substantial conservative bias.
C)  Network journalists have a clear Republican bias.
D)  Network journalists have a clear Democratic bias.
E)  Network journalists tend to be negative.

Question 8

In terms of news consumption,since the 1980s young adults

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A)  have been more informed than older ones.
B)  have been less informed than older ones.
C)  have experienced a rise in news consumption because of the Internet.
D)  have experienced a rise in news consumption because of cable news channels.
E)  have remained on par with older adults in terms of news consumption.

Question 9

Scholarly research has shown that,overall,the traditional media have

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A)  a strong liberal bias.
B)  a slight liberal bias.
C)  no substantial bias.
D)  a slight conservative bias.
E)  a strong conservative bias.

Question 10

During the era of objective journalism,the commitment of newspapers to two-sided news reporting

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A)  did not extend to their editorializing.
B)  was enshrined in the editorial section.
C)  was uniform throughout the sections of a newspaper.
D)  deteriorated democracy in the United States.
E)  All of these answers are correct.

Question 11

Of the following television networks,which is typically considered the MOST partisan?

Accepted Answer

A)  Fox News
B)  ABC
C)  NBC
D)  CBS
E)  PBS

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