When a newspaper decides to put a news story about a senatorial race on the front page while putting an article about a local firefighter on page seven of the paper, it is engaging in the ________ function of the news

If people are to form authentic and rational attitudes about public policies and leaders they require which of the following?

a. freedom of religious beliefs b. accurate and insightfully interpreted political information c. narrowly framed interpretations of political events d. continuous polling by public officials to find out political attitudes

A constitutional amendment to clarify the way votes are cast in the electoral college was necessary because

A. there was no way to tell which votes were for president and which were for vice president. B. there was a tie in the electoral votes in the election of 1800. C. large states did not have fair representation in the electoral college. D. in three elections no candidate received a majority of votes for the president. E. there was a tie in the electoral votes in the election of 1800, and there was no way to tell which votes were for president and which were for vice president.