vocabulary 20 Ap government asmco

when reporters continually question government officials, their motives, and their effectiveness

• Adversarial press

• Big three networks

• Horse race journalism

• Broadcast networks

created by Atlanta TV owners Ted Turner that gave Americans access to national news 24 hours a day; now became a fluid cycle with updates and analysis on the hour; appealed to a specific audience

• Horse race journalism

• Cable News Network (CNN)

• News Bureaus

• Commentary

smaller stations that broadcast networks would broadcast to

• Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

• C-SPAN

• Affiliates

• Mainstream Media

broadcasting from one central location to several smaller stations

• Consumer Driven Media

• Political analysis

• Sound bites

• Broadcast networks

the networks ABC, CBS, and NBC that set the tone for television journalism that is still largely followed today

• Gatekeeper

• Big three networks

• Horse race journalism

• Confirmation Bias

when reporters update readers and viewers nonstop on the ups and downs of competing candidates

• Horse race journalism

• Scorekeeper

• Fox News Channel

• Mainstream Media

opinion and interpretation rather than “just-the-facts” reporting

• Op-ed

• Commentary

• Investigative reporting

• Political reporting

when reporters dug deep into stories to expose corruption in government and other institutions

• News Bureaus

• Investigative reporting

• Watchdog

• Talk radio

a former federal policy that required radio and television broadcasters to present alternative viewpoints

• Fairness Doctrine

• Investigative reporting

• C-SPAN

• Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

the Cable Satellite Public Affairs Network; a privately funded, nonprofit public service

• Fairness Doctrine

• C-SPAN

• Political analysis

• Broadcast networks