Exam 6: Newspapers and the News: Reflection of a Democratic Society

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Which of the following was the newspaper responsible for breaking the Watergate story in 1972?

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Colonial newspapers could be characterized by which of the following?

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Most of the initial news coverage of the Flint,Michigan,contaminated water crisis came primarily from ______.

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As of 2017,which newspaper had the largest circulation in the United States?

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Name three of the major six news values.

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When reporters focus on the return to normal in a story about a natural disaster,they are talking about the journalistic value of ______.

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When reporters focus on the importance of the president or prime minister,they are representing the journalistic value of ______.

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In 2017,approximately ______ journalists died covering the news around the world.

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The New York Times gets most of its readership from ______.

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Frederick Douglass was the editor of which of the following?

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Alternative weekly papers are having ______ circulation.

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In a brief essay,explain what Jay Rosen's concept of "the view from nowhere" is and why reporters oftentimes use it to report the news.

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Edward R.Murrow is best remembered for which of the following?

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Spanish-language papers such as El Nuevo Herald typically just translate stories from English into Spanish.

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The journalistic value of ______ represents the idea politicians should serve the public good and not their own interests.

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Community newspapers remain important today because they provide information that people can't get anywhere else.

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In 2016,the New York Times,Wall Street Journal,and Washington Post all suffered a 20% decline in digital/print circulation.

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The journalistic value of ______ represents the suspicion journalists often have of extremists on either side of an issue.

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