Presenting news stories that cast a favored politician in a positive light while ignoring negative information on that politician is an example of __________
a. statement bias
b. coverage bias
c. gatekeeping bias
d. political bias
e. reporting bias
c
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The Constitution specifies that the presiding officer of the Senate is the vice president; however, the __________ presides in the vice president's absence
Fill in the blanks with correct word
Race is an issue connected to crime and the criminal justice system. The following statistics are true except for
A. 28.1% of persons arrested for serious crime are African American B. The arrest percentage for African Americans remains unchanged since 1996 C. There is no racial bias in the dispensing of justice D. More than 50% of all murder victims were African American
Oscar Lewis argued:
"The crucial questions from both the scientific and the political point of view is: How much weight is to be given to the internal, self-perpetuating factors in the subculture of poverty as compared to the external societal factors? My own position is that, in the long run, the self-perpetuating factors are relatively minor and unimportant compared to the basic structures of the larger society." In this quote Oscar Lewis reflects which political ideology? a) Conservative b) Liberal c) Libertarian d) Moderate
Posen argues that polarity __________
a. should be based on GDP and other measures of economic power b. is the key determinant of global stability c. is not necessarily based on equality of capabilities d. determines most state behavior