According to the text, a major metropolitan newspaper averages roughly 100,000 words daily, whereas a typical broadcast of the nightly TV news is only about 3,600 words. Why does this difference matter?
What will be an ideal response?
An ideal response will:
1, Explain that TV news is much more superficial than are newspapers. TV news provides little more than headlines and sound bites.
2,Note that citizens are abandoning traditional newspapers in droves and switching to news sources that are more superficial.
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A) Women B) African Americans C) Hispanics D) Anglo men E) Rural residents
According to the text, all of the following factors reduce the effectiveness of interest groups in the foreign policy process except
a. most foreign policies are made in the executive branch not the congressional branch. b. it is difficult for interest groups to rally public support on foreign policy issues. c. competing or countervailing interest groups often offer different perspectives on the same issue. d. the increasing number of foreign policy decisions that address structural and strategic issues reduces the effectiveness of interest groups. e. Both options A and D are true.
Those who argue that the Court should use the power of judicial review only rarely and, when possible, defer to the judgment of the legislative and executive branches in decisions they have made are considered proponents of ______.
a. judicial restraint b. countermajoritarianism c. judicial activism d. legal policymaking
Which of the following was a cause of the establishment of new industries in America to provide previously imported goods like cotton, textiles, and iron?
a. The Bessemer process b. The Irish famine c. The War of 1812 d. The Louisiana Purchase