The U.S. media have a great deal of journalistic freedoms guaranteed by law, but their corporate ownership subjects them to pressures from __________

a. editors
b. muckrakers
c. anti-trust laws
d. the market


Answer: d

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What makes American federalism especially intricate?

a. It has far more laws than most federal systems. b. It governs a relatively small area. c. It includes thousands of county, municipality, town, and district governments. d. State constitutions often contradict the national Constitution. e. It governs many loosely affiliated territories.

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