What differentiates freedom of the press under shield laws and prosecution of a journalist for failure to identify a story's source?
What will be an ideal response?
Freedom of the press is not an absolute right. Although some states and the U.S. government have provided protection to journalists who do not want to divulge a source for a story, journalists can be held in contempt for not doing so if the source provided information related to a crime.
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Programs designed to enhance opportunities for race- or gender-based groups that have suffered discrimination in the past are called
A) equal protection. B) civil rights. C) Jim Crow laws. D) affirmative action. E) quotas.
The targets of most direct foreign investment in the world are __________
A) Western industrialized states B) OPEC members C) states in the global South D) Asia and the Pacific
The main disadvantage of the pluralist model is that it
A) ?doesn't adequately take public opinion into account. B) ?has been used in authoritarian regimes to repress their citizens. C) ?favors groups who need help the least. D) ?gives "unfair" advantages to poor people. E) ?has been shown to be a poor method of representation.
While there are many formal political institutions in sub-Saharan Africa, most people participate by ______.
A. attaching themselves to a patron B. joining a grassroots movement C. voting D. protesting