When a government official or employee divulges information to an individual reporter on the condition that the official remain anonymous, this is known as
A) a symbol.
B) a backgrounder.
C) a press leak.
D) a manipulation.
E) a strangler.
C
Political Science
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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