What is media bias?
a. favorable treatment of certain politicians, policy positions, and political outcomes
b. following political poll numbers rather than the issues
c. focusing on a specific angle of a news story and disregarding others
d. consumers' tendency to remember only what they agree with
e. consumers seeking out stories that only confirm what they already believe
a
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The idea that regulated industries come to benefit from government regulation and regulators begin to represent the regulated is known as
a. corruption. c. the iron triangle. b. the capture theory. d. establishmentarianism.
Which of these were most influential in initiating and shaping the outcome of the Texas Constitutional Convention of 1875?
a. members of the Grange b. Radical Republicans c. Mexican Americans d. Union Army veterans e. former slaves
The tendency of states to view the military build-up of other states as threatening is known as
a. self-help. b. balance of power. c. security dilemma. d. relative gains.
If the constitutions of most states included bills of rights, why was it important for the Bill of Rights found in the Constitution to be applied to state law?
A) New territories wanted to create a single, unified system of rights. B) Each state's judicial system interpreted the rights differently. C) It was necessary to prevent states from claiming preeminence in this area. D) The supremacy clause in state constitutions made it necessary. E) Each state's legislature continued to change these rights and liberties.