The process of presenting sensational or scandalous news coverage in order to increase sales is known as
a. yellow journalism.
b. muckraking.
c. lowering the digital paywall.
d. professionalizing the media.
a. yellow journalism.
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A person who opposes judicial review would most
likely argue that: a. it is undemocratic. b. it prevents majorities from trampling on the rights of minorities. c. it is desirable for judges to be able to influence policy making. d. it is desirable for judges to be appointed for life.
Abolishing the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals will bring reform to the Texas judicial system. Which of the following statements supports this view?
a. It will give more authority to legislators to exercise law. b. It will allow the judges to exercise greater power over the policy-making process. c. It will reduce the authority of the Supreme Court. d. It will give the Supreme Court the highest authority over all civil and criminal cases.
Public service work is no longer confined to government but is now
a. a cooperative effort involving government agencies, nonprofit and third-sector organizations, and business interests. b. increasingly being performed by nonprofits and NGOs. c. is being directed and delivered by third-party interests. d. being taken over primarily by private interests and entities.
Stalin opted against allowing democratic elections in Poland, despite President Roosevelt’s appeal for them during a 1943 meeting because __________
a. the Soviet leader decided after the war that his country badly needed to have more influence in Eastern Europe b. communist ideology suggested that a capitalist crisis would lead to American decline soon anyway. c. Roosevelt had appealed to him about the Polish issue in the context of upcoming American elections, wrongly presuming that the Soviet leader understood U.S. domestic politics. d. Stalin knew that Communist ideology was not enough to motivate his citizens anymore, and that he needed to make an enemy of the U.S.