The fact that the mainstream media initially emphasized the importance of bailing out U.S. financial firms in 2008 illustrates that __________
a. journalism today is plagued by inaccuracies
b. elites have the upper hand in framing news stories
c. journalists frame news stories independently of their sources
d. the relationship between government and the press is growing more adversarial
b
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Two years after the election of Barack Obama, 60 percent of blacks fall under what ideology concerning their social and economic positions and the government
a. Modern conservatism b. Radicalism c. Socialism d. Modern liberalism
When people are sensitized to the purpose of your research during an initial assessment. As a result, later observations are based on what they picked up from the first assessment. The threat to internal validity here is
a. selection. b. maturation. c. history. d. testing.
Liberals believe the state of nature to be
A) complicated by anarchy. B) filled with competition. C) impossible to conceive of properly. D) nasty, brutish, and short. E) uncertain, but with potential for cooperation.
New policies create constituencies ripe for organization in part because
a. it is easier to mobilize people to pursue benefits they do not yet enjoy than to defend what they already have. b. no one ever mobilizes unless they have an economic interest that is directly threatened. c. people who adapt their plans to existing policies develop a stake in their continuation. d. the hope of gain is a more powerful incentive than the threat of loss.