Why is the "horse race" approach to covering a campaign often criticized?
a. It seeks to emphasize the negatives of a candidate, such as a verbal slip-up, rather than the positive.
b. It focuses too much on a candidate's past rather than on the current campaign.
c. The focus is on campaigns, polls, money raised, and personalities rather than substantive issues.
d. It neglects the workings of a campaign and focuses solely on the issues.
Answer: c
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A) libertarian goals B) equity and morals C) values and beliefs D) political partisanship E) rule of law
Intelligence activities
A. consist mostly of overt information gathering. B. are administered by the Department of Education since the main focus is intelligence gathering. C. play a rather small role in foreign policy formation. D. include covert actions carried out in secret that most Americans rarely find out about. E. consist mostly of overt information gathering, and include covert actions carried out in secret that most Americans rarely find out about.