Chapter 16 The Media

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Across
  1. 2. the attempt to describe and then to explain politics
  2. 4. Media sources that predate the Internet, such as newspapers, magazines, television, and radio.
  3. 6. coverage that is "just-the-facts" kinds of stories.
  4. 7. Government Printing Office- The agency in charge of gathering, cataloging, producing, authenticating, and preserving published information, including the production and destruction of information products and services for the federal government.
  5. 8. An article giving opinions or perspectives
  6. 9. reporting that reveals a problem of a legal or ethical nature that in the journalist's judgement the public needs to know about
  7. 11. small news stations of a larger broadcast network
  8. 14. When people join a cause because it seems popular or support a candidate who is leading in the polls
  9. 17. cable news network started by Rupert Murdoch which dramatically altered cable news.
  10. 20. media tracks political successes and failures, update readers and viewers nonstop.
  11. 21. Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network, began covering the House in 1979. Privately funded, nonprofit public service.
  12. 22. An FCC requirement that broadcasters who air programs on controversial issues provide time for opposing views
  13. 23. an unrestricted session between an elected official and the press
  14. 25. programs devoted to current real information
  15. 26. The role played by the national media in investigating political personalities and exposing scandals.
  16. 27. targeting media programming at specific populations within society
  17. 28. a press not restricted or controlled by government censorship regarding politics or ideology
  18. 29. a format featuring conversations and interviews about topics of interest, along with call-ins from listeners. This has been a common form of how Republicans get their news.
Down
  1. 1. a tendency to search for information that supports our preconceptions and to ignore or distort contradictory evidence
  2. 3. Newspaper publishers from around the nation formed this to promote cooperative news gathering by wire
  3. 5. a tendency to search for information that supports our preconceptions and to ignore or distort contradictory evidence
  4. 10. the group of people who decide on a plan for each editorial that will appear in a newspaper
  5. 12. NBC, CBS, ABC
  6. 13. created by Ted Turner in 1980. This was America's first cable news network.
  7. 15. Office for gathering or distributing news
  8. 16. The media can influence what subjects become national political issues and for how long.
  9. 17. Federal Communications Commission- An independent federal agency that regulates interstate and international communication by radio, television, telephone, telegraph, cable, and satellite.
  10. 18. a brief, memorable comment that can easily be fit into news broadcasts
  11. 19. (scorekeeping) News coverage that focuses on who is ahead or behind rather than on the issues
  12. 21. when a news anchor gives their opinion and interpretation of events, rather than just reporting.
  13. 24. Freedom of Information Act- 1966 law that allows citizens to obtain copies of most public records