Describe two different kinds of biases that may be seen in news reporting in the United States. How do these biases influence the selection of news stories and the ways in which they are reported?
What will be an ideal response?
ANS: Students’ answers may vary.
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A) open primaries B) frontloading C) the invisible primary? D) the prenomination campaign? E) an incumbent race
Product liability is a subfield of ____ law.
a. contract b. family c. property d. tort
Why are state conventions and platforms of little importance to what nominees say and do?
a. Candidates for public office are nominated in primaries rather than in conventions. b. Candidates raise their own campaign funds independently of the party. c. Candidates need to gather support from the large number of voters, not the small number of party activists. d. Party organizations in the United States are generally quite weak. e. All of these reasons apply.
In what decade were the most amendments added to the Texas Constitution of 1876?
A) 1870s B) 1930s C) 1960s D) 1980s E) 2000s