When the three major television networks began to face competition from cable news in the 1980s, they responded by
A) reducing coverage of hard news and increasing coverage of scandals, horserace journalism, and controversial sound bites.
B) ?increasing the amount of hard news they covered to differentiate themselves from their less serious competitors.
C) seeking out more funding from government sources and less advertising dollars from major corporations.
D) ?moving more of their operations to the Internet.
A
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Which of the following is true as per the provisions of Article IV of the U.S. Constitution?
a. Texas cannot impose duties on goods arriving from other states of the United States. b. Texas cannot enter into any treaty or alliance with any of the other states. c. Texas must institute poverty alleviation programs and provide aid to the homeless. d. Texas must return escaped prisoners to the state where they were imprisoned.
The procedure in which a defendant agrees to plead guilty in order to receive punishment less than the maximum for an offense is known by which of the following terms?
a) plea bargaining b) judicial review c) judicial activism d) settling out of court e) remand
Criminologists give all of the following as explanations for the recent decline in the crime rate EXCEPT for
a) prison expansion. b) zero tolerance policies. c) better police work. d) high-tech crime fighting tools. e) increased purchase of guns by citizens for protection.
By 2015, approximately what proportion of Texas children were living in poverty?
A) One in twenty (1/20) B) One in ten (1/10) C) One in four (1/4) D) One in two (1/2)