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media

vocabulary

TermDefinition
media sources of our news and information about current events
watchdog one who stands guard and sounds an alert if something is wrong
expose story designed to expose wrongdoing
unbiased not favoring any veiw
soundbite something said in 15 seconds or less
gatekeeper one who stands guard at a gate and decides who gets to pass through
medium a method of communicating information entertainment and other messages
massmedia methods of communicating with large numbers of people
commercial word that means for profit
biased favoring one view over another
political party an organized group of people who share similar political views and work to influence the government
write-in-candidates a candidate whose name a voter must write in the ballot
public policy the stand the government takes about how issues are solved
minority party political party that does not have a majority elected members
third party a political party other than republican or democrat
platform set of statements describing a party's views on major issues
political views a persons ideas about the government should run and how issues should be solved
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