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Media/Partys
vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Media | Sources of news and 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 view |
Soundbite | Something said in 15 seconds or less |
Medium | A method of communicating information, entertainment and other messages. |
Mass Medium | Methods of communicating with large amounts of people |
Commercial | Words that mean for profit |
Biased | Favoring one view over another |
Gatekeeper | One who stands guard at a gate and decides who gets to pass through |
Political Partys | an organized group of people who share similar political views to and work to influence government. |
Write-in canidates | a candidate who's name a voter must hand write on a ballet |
Public policy | the stand the government takes about issues should be handled |
Minority party | Political party that does not a majority of the elected members |
Third party | A party other than republican or democrat |
Platform | set of statements describing a party's views on major issues |
Political Views | A persons ideas how government should run and how issues should be solved. |