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Review sheet for Media Quiz (An
exam so difficult the CDC has quarantined my home computer, lest the test spread
to other school computers, leading inexorably to panicked students rioting,
pillaging, and wearing ever droopier pants. The horror, the horror.) Party press Rise of mass media Objectivity Rise of broadcast journalism Vietnam, Watergate and the adversarial press Current issues Libel What do you need to show to win a libel case Libel defenses New York Times V. Sullivan Willful negligence and actual malice The Zenger case Prior restraint Near v. Minnesota New York Times v. US CNN v Noriega Regulation of the broadcast media Fairness doctrine, equal time rule, right of rebuttal, decency Bias Goldberg’s allegations Parenti’s allegations Sella’s allegations Reporter-editor bias Source bias Audience bias Power of the media Agenda setting Focus Ability to sway voter decisions Dependency of politicians on the media Dependency of the media on politicians Off the Record/on the record/on background |
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