This is an edited version of the list made by jprevite (http://quizlet.com/jprevite) with new terms added.
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| 1314545496 | Associated Press | Newspaper publishers from around the nation formed this to promote cooperative news gathering by wire | 0 | |
| 1314545498 | attack journalism | A type of increasingly popular media coverage focused on political scandals and controversies, which causes a negative public opinion of political figures | 1 | |
| 1314545500 | canned news | press releases designed to be inserted into newspaper feature or editorial sections with no change | 2 | |
| 1314545502 | community needs | An official criterion for the renewal of broadcast licenses | 3 | |
| 1314545504 | equal time rule | A rule of the Federal Communications Commission stating that if a broadcaster sells time to one candidate for office, he or she must be willing to sell equal time to opposing candidates. | 4 | |
| 1314545506 | Fairness Doctrine | A former rule of the Federal Communications Commission that required broadcasters to give time to opposing views if they broadcast a program giving one side of a controversial issue. | 5 | |
| 1314545508 | FCC | Federal Communications Commission: established to oversee wired and wireless communication | 6 | |
| 1314545510 | Feature Stories | Media reports about public events knowable to any reporter who cares to inquire, but involving acts and statements not routinely covered by a group of reporters. | 7 | |
| 1314545511 | Freedom of Information Act | 1966 Act allowing citizens to inspect all government records with the exception of classified military or intelligence documents, trade secrets or private personnel files. | 8 | |
| 1314545513 | insider stories | Information not usually made public that becomes public because someone with inside knowledge tells a reporter. | 9 | |
| 1314545516 | loaded language | Words that reflect a value judgment, used to persuade the listener without making an argument. | 10 | |
| 1314545518 | market (television) | An area easily reached by a television signal. | 11 | |
| 1314545520 | muckraker | A journalist who searches through the activities of public officials and organizations seeking to expose conduct contrary to the public interest. | 12 | |
| 1314545522 | Official Secrets Act | legislation that provides for the protection of state secrets and official information, mainly related to national security. | 13 | |
| 1314545524 | off the record | information provided to a journalist that will not be released to the public | 14 | |
| 1314545525 | on background | information provided to a journalist that will not be attributed to a named source | 15 | |
| 1314545526 | on deep background | Information from an official that can be printed but not attributed at all. | 16 | |
| 1314545527 | on the record | information provided to a journalist that can be released and attributed by name to the source | 17 | |
| 1314545528 | reckless disregard | A court standard for finding the media guilty of libeling officials | 18 | |
| 1314545529 | right-of-reply rule | A rule of the Federal Communications Commission that if a person is attacked on a broadcast(other than in a regular news program), that person has the right to reply over the same station. | 19 | |
| 1314545530 | routine stories | Media reports about public events that are regularly covered by reporters and that involve simple, easily described acts or statements. | 20 | |
| 1314545531 | selective attention | Paying attention only to those parts of a newspaper or broadcast story with which one agrees. | 21 | |
| 1314545532 | sound bite | A brief statement no longer than a few seconds used on a radio or television news broadcast. | 22 | |
| 1314545533 | Telecommunications Act of 1996 | legislation that overhauled the Federal Communications Act of 1934 by deregulating a range of communications technologies in effort to promote competition in the development and provision of telecommunications services. | 23 | |
| 1314545534 | trial balloon | Information provided to the media by an anonymous public official as a way of testing the public reaction to a possible policy or appointment. | 24 | |
| 1314545535 | visuals | Campaign activity that appears on a news broadcast. | 25 | |
| 1314545536 | White House press corps | Reporters regularly assigned to cover the president. | 26 | |
| 1314545537 | yellow journalism | Journalism that exploits, distorts, or exaggerates the news to create sensations and attract readers | 27 |
