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bbAnswerNew bbYork bbTimes bband bbWashington bbPost
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bbAnswerVietnam bbWar
Who bbwas bbthe bbeditor-in-chief bbof bbthe bbWashington bbPost? bb- bbAnswerBen
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bbadministration? bb- bbAnswerWatergate
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bbBernstein
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bbSupreme bbCourt bbcase bbNew bbYork bbTimes bbCo. bbv. bbUnited bbStates bbthat
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, The bbSupreme bbCourt's bbruling bbdeclared bbthe bbWhite bbHouse bbattempts bbto bbstop
bbpublication bbof bbthe bbPentagon bbPapers bbas bbunconstitutional bbwhat? bb-
bbAnswerprior bbrestraint
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bband bbthe bbbreak-in bbat bbthe bbWatergate bbHotel. bb- bbAnswerFalse
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bbstory bbis: bb- bbAnswerInclude bbanalogies bbthat bbhelp bbthe bbreader bbmake bbsense
bbof bbit
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bbshe: bb- bbAnswerStrives bbto bbbe bbimpartial, bbdispassionate bband bbunprejudiced
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bbAnswerjudge
Which bbof bbthe bbfollowing bbwords bbwould bbNOT bbbe bbconsidered bbpart bbof
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bureaucrat
asserted
True bbor bbfalse? bbBias bbcan bbcreep bbinto bbstories bbif bbyou bbdon't bbponder bbthe bbway
bbthat bbmath bbis bbmanipulated bbin bba bbpress bbrelease. bb- bbAnswerTrue
True bbor bbfalse? bbComplete bbobjectivity bbis bba bbgreat bbgoal, bbbut bbit's bbhard bbto
bbobtain bbbecause bbjournalists bbare bbhuman. bb- bbAnswerTrue
True bbor bbfalse? bbIf bbyou bbbelieve bbthat bba bbstatement bbis bbtrue, bbthat bbmeans bbyou
bbare bbbeing bbobjective. bb- bbAnswerFalse
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bbside bblook bbbad bbis bbOK bbbecause bbit's bbnot bba bbjournalist's bbjob bbto bbmake
bbeveryone bblook bbgood, bbaccording bbto bbyour bbtextbook. bb- bbAnswerTrue
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What bbtwo bbnewspapers bbpublished bbportions bbof bbthe bbPentagon bbPapers? bb-
bbAnswerNew bbYork bbTimes bband bbWashington bbPost
Which bbarmed bbconflict bbwas bbdiscussed bbin bbthe bbPentagon bbPapers? bb-
bbAnswerVietnam bbWar
Who bbwas bbthe bbeditor-in-chief bbof bbthe bbWashington bbPost? bb- bbAnswerBen
bbBradlee
The bbPost bbteam bbis bbworking bbfeverishly bbto bbwrite bbthe bbfirst bbstories bbon bbthe
bbPentagon bbPapers bbwhile bblawyers bbsort bbout bbthe bblegalities. bbThey bbeventually
bbhave bbto bbinterrupt bbpublisher bbKatharine bbGraham bbin bbthe bbmiddle bbof bbwhat bbto
bbget bbthe bbapproval bbto bbrun bbthe bbstories? bb- bbAnswerHosting bba bbparty
The bbfinal bbmoments bbof bbthe bbfilm bballude bbto bbwhat bbhistorical bbevent bbthat bbwould
bbeventually bbbe bbresponsible bbfor bbmore bbtumultuous bbevents bbfor bbthe bbNixon
bbadministration? bb- bbAnswerWatergate
Who bbwere bbthe bbtwo bbWashington bbPost bbreporters bbassigned bbto bbcover bba
bbmysterious bbburglary bbat bbthe bboffices bbof bbthe bbDemocratic bbNational bbCommittee,
bblocated bbin bbWashington, bbD.C.'s bbWatergate bbHotel? bbThey bblater bbwrote bba
bbbook bbcalled bb"All bbthe bbPresident's bbMen." bb- bbAnswerBob bbWoodward bband bbCarl
bbBernstein
True bbor bbfalse? bbThe bbmedia's bbcoverage bbdid bbnot bbcontribute bbto bbthe bbAmerican
bbpublic's bbdissatisfaction bbwith bbthe bbwar bband bbits bbleaders. bb- bbAnswerFalse
True bbor bbfalse? bbThe bbNixon bbadministration bbordered bbnewspapers bbto bbcease
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bbSupreme bbCourt bbcase bbNew bbYork bbTimes bbCo. bbv. bbUnited bbStates bbthat
bbeventually bbruled bbin bbfavor bbof bbthe bbpress. bb- bbAnswerTrue
, The bbSupreme bbCourt's bbruling bbdeclared bbthe bbWhite bbHouse bbattempts bbto bbstop
bbpublication bbof bbthe bbPentagon bbPapers bbas bbunconstitutional bbwhat? bb-
bbAnswerprior bbrestraint
True bbor bbfalse? bbThere bbwas bba bbdecade bbbetween bbthe bbPentagon bbPapers bbcase
bband bbthe bbbreak-in bbat bbthe bbWatergate bbHotel. bb- bbAnswerFalse
Journalistic bbwriting bbis bbNOT bbwhich bbone bbof bbthe bbfollowing? bb- bbAnswerfictional
One bbof bbthe bbbest bbthings bbto bbdo bbwhen bbusing bbnumbers bbin bba bbjournalistic
bbstory bbis: bb- bbAnswerInclude bbanalogies bbthat bbhelp bbthe bbreader bbmake bbsense
bbof bbit
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bbshe: bb- bbAnswerStrives bbto bbbe bbimpartial, bbdispassionate bband bbunprejudiced
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bbAnswerjudge
Which bbof bbthe bbfollowing bbwords bbwould bbNOT bbbe bbconsidered bbpart bbof
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True bbor bbfalse? bbBias bbcan bbcreep bbinto bbstories bbif bbyou bbdon't bbponder bbthe bbway
bbthat bbmath bbis bbmanipulated bbin bba bbpress bbrelease. bb- bbAnswerTrue
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bbobtain bbbecause bbjournalists bbare bbhuman. bb- bbAnswerTrue
True bbor bbfalse? bbIf bbyou bbbelieve bbthat bba bbstatement bbis bbtrue, bbthat bbmeans bbyou
bbare bbbeing bbobjective. bb- bbAnswerFalse
True bbor bbfalse? bbReporting bbthe bbfacts bbas bbthey bbare bbeven bbif bbit bbmakes bbone
bbside bblook bbbad bbis bbOK bbbecause bbit's bbnot bba bbjournalist's bbjob bbto bbmake
bbeveryone bblook bbgood, bbaccording bbto bbyour bbtextbook. bb- bbAnswerTrue
Which bbof bbthe bbfollowing bbdoes bbNOT bbhelp bbimprove bbreadability bbfor bba bbnews
bbstory? bb- bbAnswerUsing bbunnamed bbsources bbwho bbmake bbone-sided bbstatement.
Developed bbby bbHarvard bbtheologian bbto bbdemonstrate bbthe bbcomplex bbrelationship
bbbetween bbhow bbfacts, bbvalues, bbsocietal bbprinciples bband bbconflicting bbloyalties
bboften bbcompete bbin bba bbperson's bbdecision-making bbprocess. bbThis bbis bbone bbof
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