Wyatt CE 5c & d

The media play a very important role in the political process of elections. They help -

• Nominate candidates to run for political office.
• Highlight campaign issues and community concerns.
• Limit opportunities for citizens to run for political office.
• By broadcasting jokes or publishing cartoons about the current president.

While the media sometimes uses misleading information called propaganda, more often it uses bias, which means –

• Broadcasting different points of view
• Separating fact from opinion
• Favoring one side over the other
• Rising campaign costs

What has happened to campaign costs in recent years, causing candidates to do extensive fundraising?

• Costs have decreased
• Costs have increased
• Costs have remained the same
• The political parties pay for the election

A PAC can best be defined as a -

• Political Action Congress
• Partisan Action Committee
• Political Alibi Commission
• Political Action Committee

Campaign finance reform is -

• An effort to limit the amount of money that can be contributed to politicians.
• An effort to increase the amount of money that can be contributed to politicians.
• A movement to admit Puerto Rico as the 51st state.
• A movement to give national committees all donations for popular politicians.

Campaign finance reform is -

• An effort to limit the amount of money that can be contributed to politicians.
• An effort to increase the amount of money that can be contributed to politicians.
• A movement to admit Puerto Rico as the 51st state.
• A movement to give national committees all donations for popular politicians.

Rising campaign costs give an advantage to what type of individuals?

• Poor
• Wealthy
• Hardworking
• Middle-Class

It is important to keep voters informed and to help them make responsible choices.
That is the job of the media CE.5c

• False
• True

What does PAC stand for?

• Politics Authorizing Committee
• Politics and Commutators
• Political Action Committee
• Political Artifact College

Mail propaganda, television ads, and phone calls during elections are Political Parties way of:

• Recruiting candidates
• Monitoring actions of office holders
• Educating the Electorate
• Voting