Ch 12 AP Gov The Media
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Sound Bite | a radio or video clip of someone speaking |
| Equal Time Rule | An FCC rule that if a broadcaster sells time to one candidate, it must sell equal time to other candidates |
| Adversarial Press | press that is nationally suspicious of officials and writes embarrassing, sometimes career-ending stories. |
| blog | A series, or log, of discussion items on a page of the World Wide Web |
| background story | A public official's statement to a reporter that is given on condition that the official not be named. |
| feature stories | media stories about events that, though public, are not regularly covered by reporters |
| insider stories | media stories about events that are not usually made public |
| loaded language | words that imply a value judgement, used to persuade a reader without having made a serious argument |
| selective attention | paying attention only to those news stories with which one already agrees |
| trial balloon | Information leaked to the media to test public reaction to a possible policy |
| routine stories | media stories about events that are regularly covered by reporters |
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