Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. One’s amount of policy work, or legislative effort, is a major determinant of Congress
members’ national news coverage.
2. Congress gets close to the same amount of coverage as the president, but only if you
count coverage of individual legislators in addition to the institution.
3. That Congress is a body of lawmakers makes it less appealing for coverage.
4. Presidential coverage in national news is partly driven by the fact that the executive
office is supposed to represent the entire country, while legislators serve individual
districts or states.
5. Even local newspapers and local television news ignore members of Congress.
1. FALSE
2. TRUE
3. TRUE
4. TRUE
5. FALSE
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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
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