SMPA 1050 (questions well answered)
A+ rated
news is different from other platforms because: - correct answer ✔✔it is codified within the
constitution
hostile media effect - correct answer ✔✔people tend to see the press as biased against the
things they care a lot about, the more they care about that thing the more likely they are to
think the media is biased against them
media literacy - correct answer ✔✔ability to read the news critically; identify biases in who
wrote it, who published it, and realizing your own biases
Bernard Goldberg - correct answer ✔✔"bias is what comes naturally"
news objectivity - correct answer ✔✔not the same as science objectivity; journalists must not
have an obvious perspective
politicians and lying - correct answer ✔✔someone must know they are lying for it to truly be a
lie
Bush claimed US did not torture - correct answer ✔✔can you say he was lying? or was it just a
false claim?
AP style on alt right - correct answer ✔✔avoid using the term generically without a definition,
term may be used as a public relations device to make its supporters actual beliefs less clear and
more acceptable to a broader audience, use white nationalist instead
A+ rated
news is different from other platforms because: - correct answer ✔✔it is codified within the
constitution
hostile media effect - correct answer ✔✔people tend to see the press as biased against the
things they care a lot about, the more they care about that thing the more likely they are to
think the media is biased against them
media literacy - correct answer ✔✔ability to read the news critically; identify biases in who
wrote it, who published it, and realizing your own biases
Bernard Goldberg - correct answer ✔✔"bias is what comes naturally"
news objectivity - correct answer ✔✔not the same as science objectivity; journalists must not
have an obvious perspective
politicians and lying - correct answer ✔✔someone must know they are lying for it to truly be a
lie
Bush claimed US did not torture - correct answer ✔✔can you say he was lying? or was it just a
false claim?
AP style on alt right - correct answer ✔✔avoid using the term generically without a definition,
term may be used as a public relations device to make its supporters actual beliefs less clear and
more acceptable to a broader audience, use white nationalist instead
