Which of the following news reports would be considered soft news?
A. a report on the latest Supreme Court decision
B. a news story about how the mayor of a local town got into politics
C. analysis of a new jobs report on the American economy
D. an announcement about a water main break that affects several neighborhoods
Answer: B
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A) a system of financing public schools through local property taxes "invidiously discriminates" against the poor because it makes the quality of a child's education dependent on where he/she lives. B) Congress may not take away an American's citizenship unless the person voluntarily renounces it. C) the government may not wiretap domestic groups without first procuring a search warrant from a judicial officer. D) a state may not try a person twice for the same offense. E) the state could no longer raise a person's property taxes.
Unlike South Korea and Taiwan, as China’s economy grew, society became ______.
A. richer B. poorer C. more unequal D. more equal
A defamatory, false written statement is __________; the same statement spoken aloud is __________
a. perjury; slander b. slander; libel-- c. illegal; legal d. libel; slander
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a. experience and money b. power and stamina c. political agendas and resources d. constituent support and momentum