1
The push for profits can push journalists to do fewer tough and expensive stories in favor
of more easy and cheap ones.
(A)
True
(B)
False
2
___________ means that news organizations favor certain kinds of news topics and
presentations over others.
(A)
Independence
(B)
Objectivity
(C)
Structural bias
(D)
Ethics
(E)
Advocacy
3
Structural biases in reporting the news include…
(A)
independence
(B)
temporal
(C)
objectivity
(D)
all of the above
(E)
A and B only
4
What Network News Channel says their coverage is “Fair and Balance”?
(A)
MSNBC
(B)
CNN
(C)
Fox News Channel
(D)
CBS
5
Michael Hastings worked for what news publication when he wrote “The Runaway
General?”
(A)
Washington Post
(B)
Rolling Stone Magazine
(C)
New York Times
(D)
CBS News
(E)
None of the Above
6
What type of bias is driven on a deadline?
(A)
Temporal
(B)
Narrative
(C)
Expediency
(D)
Glory
(E)
Bad news
7
Name Five types of structural bias
Answer:
8
Name Five types of structural bias
Answer:
9
What is the defination of fairness bias?
Answer:
10
What is the definition of Visual Bias?
Answer:
11
The editor who questioned whether journalists should challenge false statements made by
lawmakers worked for…
(A)
The New York Times
(B)
Newsweek
(C)
Rolling Stone
(D)
The Atlantic
(E)
Salon
12
A reporter’s ability to completely detach from an issue he or she is covering is called…
(A)
independence
(B)
objectivity
(C)
structural bias
(D)
political bias
(E)
both A and B
13
The practice of allowing journalists to pursue truth with loyalty only to citizens is…
(A)
independence
(B)
objectivity
(C)
structural bias
(D)
ethics
(E)
stenography
14
Objectivity is something that can guide journalists as individuals but not the methods
journalists employ in their work.
(A)
True
(B)
False
15
Reporting facts objectively equals “truth.”
(A)
True
(B)
False
16
The fairness bias creates the illusion that the game of politics is always contentious and
never cooperative.
(A)
True
(B)
False
17
Taking the public’s side means practicing what Kovach and Rosenstiel call “engaged
objectivity.”
(A)
True
(B)
False
18
Anderson Cooper was criticized for saying that the Egyptian government was lying.
(A)
True
(B)
False
19
Structural Bias is a type of Journalism practice, which favors certain kinds of news topics
and presentations over others.
(A)
True
(B)
False
20
Engaged independence is when a Journalist follows the facts wherever they take him/her.
(A)
True
(B)
False
21
In Status Quo bias the news media believes the system works?
(A)
True
(B)
False
22
Part of a Journalists job is to ask the tough questions.
(A)
True
(B)
False
23
What bias is one where the Journalists assert themselves into the stories?