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Bob Woodward/Bob Stewart
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Journalism
Undergraduate 1
10/07/2007

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award that Bob Woodward received
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the Carr Van Anda award
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president Woodward forced to resign as a result of his excellent investigative reporting
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Nixon
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name of scandal Woodward reported on which gained him his fame
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the Watergate Scandal
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Woodward's most famous novel (also made into a movie)
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All the President's Men
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amount of #1 best-selling books Woodward has published (this amount is higher than any other investigative reporter's amount)
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11
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amount of books Woodward has written that have been transformed into movies as well
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3
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How many journalism awards has Bob Woodward won?
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almost every.
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Who is the supposed best reporter of our time and possibly of all time?
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Bob Woodward, duh
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news and reporting
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make a lot of mistakes.
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What did Woodward revisit about ten years ago?
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The ins and outs of Watergate
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What action of Ford did Bob Woodward agree with?
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Ford's pardon of Nixon
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Woodward's personal definition of journalism and reporting
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the effort to get the best attainable version of the truth. sometimes, you need a lot of extra time.
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Woodward worked his way up the info chain...
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all the way to the White House.
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For how long did Woodward interview Bush on the topic of war?
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3.5 hours in 2 days (the longest sitting interview by any current president on one topic ever)
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About how many questions did Bob Woodward ask President Bush about war?
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about 500
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In Woodward's opinion, what is the reason as to why we're still in war?
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Bush's idealism
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Even who rates Bush low in terms of war and implementing policy?
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Bush's own teams
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What did Woodward say was the basis of journalism and reporting?
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"You get people's bottom lines. It's a bottom line business."
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website to refer to for details on Bob Stewart's in-class presentation
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http://sept29lecture.blogspot.com/
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name of the fellow OU journalism student that came to speak to us about the InnerActivist Athens branch and alternative news publication
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Chelsea. (i don't know why i think this is important. sorry. i didn't know how else to word it.)
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OU focuses largely on what progressive movement?
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media-reform
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good website for networking
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campusprogress.org
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What media-oriented issue did we focus mainly on during Stewart's presentation?
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media consolidation
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Media consolidation consists of which issues/aspects?
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Too few big, controlling companies and not many independent media sources with independent and varying opinions
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Which aspects of the world have a powerful influence on the media and its content?
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Government and propaganda
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What change in media did President Reagan enforce?
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deregulation of media
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What does Stewart think would be a good solution to the corporate problem of media?
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alternative media
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What is a good and prominent example of alternative media?
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Wikipedia (this answer is subject to change from person to person)
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What is Robert W. McChesney interested in primarily?
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Media reform. He is the founder fof Free Press, which is an organization that is dedicated to media reform. He is all for less corporate ownership and more private ownership. Freepress.net has lots of info on media reform topics and issues.
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What is the tug-o-war within the FCC about?
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media reform
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Who is a good example of a take-no-prisoners reporter?
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Helen Thomas
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What is the main concept of network neutrality?
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Network neutrality is the principle that says that anybody who makes a web page has the same access to network as anybody else. the network is neutral to everyone.
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what are alternative media mainly defined as?
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media that fall outside the mainstream category of corporate communication
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5 examples of AltMedia descriptions, as provided by Stewart's lecture website
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1. AlterNet
2. Democracy Now!
3. Free Press
4. Project Censored
5. Media Matters for America
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What is the name of the media mogul who is buying out many media outlets and companies and is in control of a very large portion of today's media?
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Rupert Murdoch, conservative bastard.
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