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kellyjaisingh

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on: Jul 9, 2018
What is NOT a reason the media devotes so much time to scorekeeper journalism?
 
  A) It makes the media seem independent of political elites.
  B) It allows to media to run more negative stories.
  C) Reporting on strategy is relatively easy.
  D) Polls are simple to report, though not necessarily to conduct.
  E) Readers like these kind of stories.

Question 2

The text states that the media typically report presidential elections as horse races. This means that they
 
  A) have an instinctive desire to expose scandals.
  B) play the roles of gatekeeper, scorekeeper, and watchdog in a presidential campaign.
  C) seek opportunities to write background or interpretive stories about issues in the campaign.
  D) focus more on the contest itself than on the issues of the campaign.
  E) have an instinctive desire to investigate personalities.


strudel15

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Reply #1 on: Jul 9, 2018
Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

D


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