Deck 8: Conclusion

Question 1

The push for profits can push journalists to do fewer tough and expensive stories in favor of more easy and cheap ones.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

___________ means that news organizations favor certain kinds of news topics and presentations over others.

A) Independence
B) Objectivity
C) Structural bias
D) Ethics
E) Advocacy

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Structural biases in reporting the news include…

A) independence
B) temporal
C) objectivity
D) all of the above
E) A and B only

Answer 3

B

Question 4

What Network News Channel says their coverage is "Fair and Balance"?

A) MSNBC
B) CNN
C) Fox News Channel
D) CBS

Question 5

Michael Hastings worked for what news publication when he wrote "The Runaway General?"

A) Washington Post
B) Rolling Stone Magazine
C) New York Times
D) CBS News
E) None of the Above

Question 6

What type of bias is driven on a deadline?

A) Temporal
B) Narrative
C) Expediency
D) Glory
E) Bad news

Question 7

Name Five types of structural bias

Question 8

What is the defination of fairness bias?

Question 9

What is the definition of Visual Bias?

Question 10

The editor who questioned whether journalists should challenge false statements made by lawmakers worked for…

A) The New York Times
B) Newsweek
C) Rolling Stone
D) The Atlantic
E) Salon

Question 11

A reporter's ability to completely detach from an issue he or she is covering is called…

A) independence
B) objectivity
C) structural bias
D) political bias
E) both A and B

Question 12

The practice of allowing journalists to pursue truth with loyalty only to citizens is…

A) independence
B) objectivity
C) structural bias
D) ethics
E) stenography

Question 13

Objectivity is something that can guide journalists as individuals but not the methods journalists employ in their work.

Question 14

Reporting facts objectively equals "truth."

Question 15

The fairness bias creates the illusion that the game of politics is always contentious and never cooperative.

Question 16

Taking the public's side means practicing what Kovach and Rosenstiel call "engaged objectivity."

Question 17

Anderson Cooper was criticized for saying that the Egyptian government was lying.

Question 18

Structural Bias is a type of Journalism practice, which favors certain kinds of news topics and presentations over others.

Question 19

Engaged independence is when a Journalist follows the facts wherever they take him/her.

Question 20

In Status Quo bias the news media believes the system works?

Question 21

Part of a Journalists job is to ask the tough questions.

Question 22

What bias is one where the Journalists assert themselves into the stories?

Question 23

How might independence work in the practices of journalism?

Question 24

Independence, verification and transparency are vital to journalism. Why?

Question 25

Why did John Doe choose to leak the Panama Papers to journalists?

Question 26

Journalists at Voice of America's worries about their independence turned out to be unfounded. True or

Question 27

Erosion of firewalls between newsrooms and ownership threaten independence.

Question 28

Explain some of the pushback against the Panama Papers and coverage thereof.

Question 29

An essential component of journalism practice in which journalists are free to pursue truth with loyalty only to citizens and not to particular interests, causes or other pressures is called:

A) The First Amendment
B) Independence.
C) Plagiarism.
D) Transparency.

Question 30

What should journalists put first?

A) Government wishes
B) Ownerships' interests
C) The public.
D) Objectivity.

Question 31

An approach that favors certain kinds of news topics and presentations over others is called:

A) Structural bias.
B) Libel.
C) Favoritism.
D) Politics.