What are the reasons why many journalists believe they should not have to answer subpoenas?

What will be an ideal response?


[Confidential sources might tend to dry up. Routine delivery of subpoenas to journalists would be very disruptive to a newsroom and might cause the media to shy away from aggressive reporting. Frequent use of media as a source of evidence could damage media's credibility as an independent institution.]

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a. spammers b. lurkers c. hoaxers d. phishers

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Compare and contrast self-image and self-esteem

What will be an ideal response?

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In the assembly-line method of making movies, action and plot did not take precedence over character consistency and probability. ___

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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The cause-effect pattern of organization

A. must explain effects before causes. B. must explain causes before effects. C. can explain either causes or effects first.

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