MEDIA TERMS

Journalist who exposed corruption and other problems of the late 1800s and early 1900s/one who spreads real or alleged scandal about another (usually for political advantage)

The telegraph system allowed the exchange of national and international news to be shared by different newspapers, and in 1846, newspaper publishers from around the nation gathered to create an organization that would promote cooperative news gathering by wire.

Journalism that exploits, distorts, or exaggerates the news to create sensations and attract readers.

an FCC rule that if a broadcaster sells time to one candidate, it must sell equal time to other candidates.

A regulation by the FCC permitting a person the right to respond if attacked on a broadcast other than in a regular news program.

A rule of the FCC that if a broadcaster endorses a candidate, the opposing candidate has a right to reply

the tendency of the national media to be suspicious of officials and eager to reveal unflattering stories about them

information provided to a journalist that will not be released to the public/ information provided to a journalist that can be released and attributed by name to the source.

what the official says can be used but not attributed to anybody, even an anonymous source...Information from an official that can be printed but not attributed at all.

The original television broadcasting networks: ABC, CBS, NBC

short snippets of information aimed at dramatizing a story rather than explaining its substantive meaning

Written untruths that are harmful to someone's reputation.

words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another.

act of harming or ruining another's reputation.

A government preventing material from being published. This is a common method of limiting the press in some nations, but it is usually unconstitutional in the United States, according to the First Amendment and as confirmed in the 1931 Supreme Court case of Near v. Minnesota.