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14 Cards in this Set
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Blog
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series, or log, of discussion items on a page of the World Wide Web
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Sound bite
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a radio or video clip of someone speaking
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Gatekeeper
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influences what subjects become national political issues and for how long
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Scorekeeper
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keeps track of and helps make political reputations, note who is being "mentioned" as a presidential candidate, and help decide who is winning and losing in Washington politics
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Watchdog
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Watch and follow a specific politician
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Equal time rule
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an FCC rule that if a broadcaster sells time to one candidate, it must sell equal time to other candidates
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Trial balloons
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Information leaked to the media to test public reaction to a possible policy
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Loaded language
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words that imply a value judgment, used to persuade a reader without having made a serious argument
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Routine stories
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media stories about events that are regularly covered by reporters
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Featured stories
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media stories about events that, though, public, are not regularly covered by reporters
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Insider stories
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media stories about events that are not usually made public
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Selective attention
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paying attention only to those news stories with which one already agrees
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Adversarial press
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the tendency of the national media to be suspicious of officials and eager to reveal unflattering stories about them
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Background
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a public officials statement to a reporter that is given on condition that the official not be named
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