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What led to the professionalization of journalism in the latter part of the twentieth century?
 
  a. The increase of lawsuits filed against newspapers for libel and slander
  b. The rise of investigative journalism during the Cold War and Vietnam War
  c. The increasing pressure from governmental agencies for newspapers to discipline reporters and provide balanced reporting
  d. The development of communications and journalism as an academic discipline, and the creation of professional ethics

Question 2

The sensationalist stories of muckrakers can be said to have contributed to the policies of
 
  a. Lyndon Johnson and the civil rights movement.
  b. Theodore Roosevelt and the Progressive Movement.
   c. John F. Kennedy and the New Frontier.
  d. Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal.



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Answer to Question 1

d

Answer to Question 2

b



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