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