Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

Question

1. With media assistance, MADD succeeded in characterizing drunk drivers as a new menace to society for whom laws had to be made tougher.
2. Journalists ought to rely on the courts to make the necessary ethical decisions instead of adopting the approach that they have absolute freedom to publish anything. The press cannot be relied upon to develop procedures that assure the balance of rights and interests can be accomplished effectively.
3. While it is difficult to identify a specific media effect, it is likely that the media play a part is stoking fear of crime simply because they manipulate crime stories to for the purpose of making us fearful.
4. Even after the Black Lives Matters movement gained momentum, news media continued to accept unexamined police accounts as definitive sources of what had occurred. Media also revealed victims’ criminal histories and past conduct they considered relevant to the victims’ death.
5. Victims of police violence are treated more sympathetically by the media than other murder victims because media accounts tend to present such incidents as a double victimization.

Answer 1

1.true
2.false
3.false
4.true
5.false