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| 312668000 | Sound Bite | A brief statement no longer than a few seconds used on a radio or television broadcast | |
| 312668001 | Blog | A series or log, of discussion items on a page of the World Wide Web | |
| 312668002 | Equal Time Rule | An FCC rule that if a broadcaster sells time to one candidate, it must sell time to the other. | |
| 312668003 | Gatekeeper | Role of media which involves influencing what subjects become national poilitical issues and for how long. | |
| 312668004 | Trial Balloon | Tests the public reaction to policy or appointments by releasing information to the media and gaugin public reaction | |
| 312668005 | Loaded Language | words that imply a value judgment, used to persuade a reader without having made a serious argument | |
| 312668006 | Routine Stories | public events regularly covered by reporters | |
| 312668007 | Featured Stories | media stories about events that, though public, are not regularly covered by reporters | |
| 312668008 | Insider stories | media stories about events that are not usually made public | |
| 312668009 | Selective Attention | paying attention only to those news stories with which one already agrees | |
| 312668010 | Adversarial Press | The tendency of the national media to be suspicious of officials and eager to reveal unflattering stories about them. | |
| 312668011 | off the record | information from an official that cannot be printed | |
| 312668012 | On the record | information from a government official who can be quoted by name | |
| 312668013 | On backround | Information from an official that can be printed but not attributed to the official by name. | |
| 312668014 | On deep backround | Information from an official that can be printed but not attributed at all. | |
| 312668015 | FCC | The government agency charged with regulating the electronic media | |
| 312668016 | Open Secrets Act | British legislation to punish officials who divulge private government business | |
| 312668017 | Associated Press | An organization founded for the telegraphic dissemination of news in 1848 | |
| 312668018 | Yellow journalism | sensationalist journalism | |
| 312668019 | Scorekeeper | The role the press plays by keeping track of and helping make political reputations, note who is being mentioned as a presidential candidate, and help decide who is winning and losing in Washington politics. | |
| 312668020 | Telecommunication Act of 1996 | allows one company to own as many as eight radio stations in large markets (five in smaller ones) and as many as it wishes nationally | |
| 312668021 | reckless disregard | A court standard for finding the media guilty of libeling officials | |
| 312668022 | Freedom of Information Act | U.S. legislation guaranteeing citizens access to certain government documents. | |
| 312668023 | Market television | an area easily reached by one television signal | |
| 312668024 | Canned News | press releases or other news items prepared for reporters | |
| 312668025 | Visuals | filmed stories for evening television news | |
| 312668026 | White House Press Corps | Reporters regularly assigned to cover the president. | |
| 312668027 | Fairness Doctrine | A principle that formerly obligated broadcasters to present both sides of an issue. | |
| 312668028 | Attack Journalism | journalism that seizes on information that might question the character or qualifications of a public official | |
| 312668029 | Community needs | an official criterion for the renewal of broadcast licenses |
