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31 Cards in this Set
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Current Events Quiz 1
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Current Events Quiz 1
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News
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Programs to keep you up to date on events, media, or press
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News Services
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News networks, agency that gathers news stories for its subscribers.
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The Media
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Videos, newspapers, books
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Editor
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Someone who looks over the writing and corrects it.
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Columnist
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A person who writes a column in the news.
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Reporter
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someone who talks about what's going on, gathers and reports news
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Journalist
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Writes down what is going on
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Correspondent
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One who gets hired by a news station to help with news from a distant place
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The Press
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A news company. All the media agency that prints, transmits, or broadcasts news.
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Source
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The place where news comes from
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Eyewitness
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Someone who is the key observer to what is going on
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Ombudsman/Public Editor
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Someone who edits in the public
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Article
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Section of news, story based on the facts
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Story
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What is going on in an article
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Front Page
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Space for really important news.
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Feature
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Key event in movies or news
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Column
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More than 1 article laying next to each other, what a columnist writes
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Headline
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Big bold print or small subtitles
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Caption
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Words under a picture telling you what is happening at the moment
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Editorial
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Someone giving their opinion, editor's opinion
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Opinion
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Set belief you have on something
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Libel
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Statement that is false
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Slander
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Something bad said about someone that is spoken falsely
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Bias
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To have an opinion on something, particular point of view
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Objective
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A goal not affected by feelings
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Subjective
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Opinion
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Plagarize
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to copy someone elses work without saying it is someone elses work
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Ethical
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To be realistic; following the rules
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Integrity
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To keep promises; honesty
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Credible
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something people know they can believe in
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