When a journalist is given inside information by a government official it is called a __________

a. spin
b. cushion
c. leak
d. spillover

c

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Who or what was "Deep Throat"?

A) the FBI code name for an investigation of corrupt newspaper editors in the 1970s B) a CIA official who helped uncover an international terrorist group C) an Al Qaeda operative who was exposed after an undercover investigation by a major media alliance D) a confidential informant whose information helped break the Watergate investigation in the 1970s E) an investigation that delved deeply into the corrupt side of the media and its control by the government

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