The media
Across
- 1. a regular comedy programme on television that shows the same characters in different funny situations
- 3. your feelings or thoughts about somebody/something, rather than a fact
- 5. an article about somebody’s life and achievements, that is printed in a newspaper soon after they have died
- 8. a special article or programme about somebody/something
- 9. a false spoken statement intended to damage the good opinion people have of somebody; the legal offence of making this kind of statement
- 12. a film or a radio or television programme giving facts about something
- 16. a person who presents a live radio or television programme and introduces reports by other people
- 17. a television station
- 19. using or filling only a small amount of space
Down
- 2. a part of a newspaper, magazine or website that appears regularly and deals with a particular subject or is written by a particular writer
- 4. to copy another person’s ideas, words or work and pretend that they are your own
- 6. the act of printing a statement about somebody that is not true and that gives people a bad opinion of them; the statement that is printed
- 7. connected with the task of preparing something such as a newspaper, a book or a television or radio programme, to be published or broadcast
- 8. the rate at which something happens or is repeated
- 10. words that are printed below a picture, cartoon, etc. that explain or describe i
- 11. a place, person or thing that you get something from
- 13. humorous and making you laugh
- 14. a strong feeling in favour of or against one group of people, or one side in an argument, often not based on fair judgement
- 15. show a television or radio programme in which a presenter introduces a particular topic which is then discussed by the audience
- 18. flash a short item of important news that is broadcast on radio or television, often interrupting a programme