The Center for Media and Public Affairs found that in the 2008 election, Barack Obama received the most favorable coverage of any general-election candidate for the presidency since 1980
With this in mind, what does the evidence for media bias indicate?
a. The media leans heavily to the right.
b. The media leans heavily to the left.
c. The media leans moderately to the right.
d. The media leans moderately to the left.
e. The media has zero overall bias.
e
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The president has a very important power to appoint judges, justices, and cabinet-level officials. However, the constitution requires that this power be checked through ____________________
A) approval of the Supreme Court for all appointees B) a successful background check for all appointees by the FBI prior to taking office C) approval of three-fourths of the state legislatures for all appointments D) consent of the U.S. Senate E) a thorough security clearance by the CIA
In recent get-out-the-vote efforts, parties have ______.
a. placed all their efforts on television and radio commercials b. put more effort and technology into grassroots mobilization efforts c. failed to merge new technologies with older forms of voter mobilization d. decreased their efforts because the public has not been responding e. curtailed most of these efforts in order to bankroll their television advertising
One of the fundamental principles of American democracy is _________.
A. minority rule and majority rights B. individual freedom C. government by the wealthy D. the divine right theory
Americans consistently show more pride in their country and its political institutions than which of the following?
a. the French and the British b. the British and the Germans c. the Germans and the French d. the French, the British, and the Germans