1. Chapter 10 The Media

2. Adversarial press

3. National press that’s suspicious of officialdom and eager to break an embarrassing story about a public official.

4. Attack journalism

5. A disregard for the integrity of others by the use of slanderous journalism.

6. Background story (news)

7. Public officials explanation of current policy provided to press

8. Confidentiality

9. The state of being secret

10. Equal time rule

11. Rule of FCC stating a broadcaster sells time to one candidate then must sell equal time to another.

12. Fairness doctrine

13. Requires broadcasters to give time to opposing views if the broadcast a program giving one side to a controversial issue

14. Feature story

15. Media reports about special events both to any reporter who care to inquire but involving acts not routinely covered.

16. Federal Communications Commission

17. an independent government agency that regulates interstate and international communications by radio and television and wire and cable and satellite

18. Gatekeeper

19. Someone who controls access to something

20. Insider stories

21. Information not usually made public but becomes public because someone with inside knowledge tells.

22. Loaded language

23. Words that reflect a value judgment used to persuade the listener without ma.king an argument

24. Market (television)

25. Area easily reached by a T.V. signal.

26. Mental tune-out

27. Only listening to the parts of a story that are favorable to your beliefs.

28. Muckraker

29. A journalist who searches through activities of government officials seeking to expose conduct opposing public opinion.

30. Party press

31. News on a particular po0litical party in favor of that party.

32. Political editorializing rule

33. If a broadcaster indorses a candidate an opposing candidate has opportunity to reply

34. Popular Press

35. A section of the media specifically designed to reach a large audience

36. Prior restraint

37. A view that the press is guarantied freedom of censorship.

38. Right-of-reply rule

39. If a person is attacked on a broadcast that person has the right to reply to that same station

40. Routine stories

41. Media reports that are regularly covered by reporters.

42. Scorekeeper

43. Keeps track of and helps of and helps make political reputations.

44. Selective attention

45. Paying attention only to those parts of a story with which one agrees.

46. Sound bite

47. Brief statement less that a few seconds long used routinely on radio broadcast.

48. Trial balloon

49. Information provided by the media by an anonymous person as a way of testing public reaction.

50. Watchdog

51. One who serves as a guardian or protector against waste, loss, or illegal practices.

52. Yellow Journalism

53. Sensationalism in news, reporting that only bears a superficial resemblance to journalism. Not factual.