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Media/Partys
vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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. |