The reporter's privilege is best described by which of the following?

a. News reporters are free to be as critical of the government as they desire.—
b. News reporters can editorialize and fabricate information like all other writers.
c. News agencies can refuse to provide information requested by the government.
d. News agencies must be allowed to cover all government meetings and events.

c

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A study by Resnick and Schwartz (1973) on verbal conditioning compared participants who were fully informed about the researcher's exact procedure with participants who were simply given a rationale for the study and a description of the task they were to perform. What were the findings of this research?

a. those given complete instructions were less likely to agree to participate in the research b. the fully informed participants did not demonstrate verbal conditioning as expected c. the fully informed participants were more likely to experience psychological distress requiring debriefing at the conclusion of the research d. there was no difference between the two types of participants

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Which of the following best describes the main difficulty that has been encountered in implementing the No Child Left Behind Act?

a. The act did not increase federal spending for education enough to help the states meet the law's requirements. b. The act emphasizes teacher improvement too much and does not emphasize student learning enough. c. The law does not provide any way for children who are attending failing schools to move to higher-performing schools. d. The act set standards that were too easy for states to meet.

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