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pepyto

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When critics of the media complain about horserace journalism, they are pointing to the fact that
 
  A) media outlets are obsessed with getting to good stories faster than their competitors.
  B) the media tend to ignore campaigns in favor of covering horseraces.
  C) the media tend to focus more on who is winning an election than on the issues that matter.
  D) reporters tend to follow candidates to social events like horseraces.

Question 2

As part of the struggle for civil rights, legal battles culminated with the Supreme Court decision, ________, which ordered for the desegregation of public schools.
 
  A) Dred Scott v. Sanford
  B) Plessy v. Ferguson
  C) Reed v. Reed
  D) Brown v. Board of Education
  E) Grutter v. Bollinger



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Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

D



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