Chapter 7 Electronic Test (True and False)
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With the benefit of your textbook, supply the correct answer for each of the following questions in the space provided, then forward electronically. Insert a T for True, and F for False.
1. Totalitarian systems are usually characterized by censorship and control of the press.
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2. Television news programs are just as profitable as mass entertainment shows.
3. During the Vietnam War, news reports of the fighting had little impact on public opinion about the war.
4. The FCC's "equal time" rule requires broadcasters to schedule equal amounts of entertainment and news programming on their stations.
5. Television news is more vulnerable and less protected by the First Amendment than the written press.
6. Although the press is normally protected from prior restraint by the First Amendment, it may be censored in "exceptional cases" relating to national security.
7. In 1971, the Supreme Court ruled on grounds of national security that the New York Times and other newspapers could not publish the Pentagon Papers, a series based on a secret history of the Vietnam War.
8. Government officials frequently leak stories to the press in order to test the public's reaction to ideas for new policies or programs.
9. Despite the Freedom of Information Act, federal agencies often refuse to release meaningful information unless citizens go into federal court and sue.
10. The press today is widely perceived as a neutral bystander, rather than a participant in the political process.
11. Survey results have suggested that only about one-quarter to one-third of the American people have a high degree of confidence in the news media.
12. In one study of the political views of members of the press, the overwhelming majority — 64 percent — called themselves "very liberal."
13. During the Persian Gulf War in 1991, the military was unable to restrict and control the movements of reporters.
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Chief Justice Richard Barajas Advanced Placement U.S. Government and Politics Cathedral High School, El Paso, Texas Last updated: July 10, 2000
