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| A journalist who searches through the activities of public officials and organizations seeking to expose conduct contrary to the public interest.(First used by Teddy Roosevelt - 1906) |
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| A brief statement no longer than a few seconds used on a radio or television news broadcast. |
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| A rule of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) stating that if a broadcaster sells time to one candidate, they much be willing to sell equal time to opposing candidates |
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| A rule of the FCC that if a person is attacked on a broadcast (not regular news program) that person has the right to reply over that same station |
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| political editorializing rule |
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| A rule of the FCC that if a broadcaster endorses a candidate, the opposing candidate has a right to reply |
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| A former FCC rule that required broadcasters to give time to opposing views if they broadcast a program giving one side of a controversial issue |
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| An area easily reached by a television signal. There are about two hundred such markets in the country |
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| information provided to the media by an anonymous public official as a way of testing the public reaction to a possible policy or appointment |
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| Words that reflect a value judgment, used to persuade the listener without making an argument. (esteemed Senator Smith, that right wing radical senator) |
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| Paying attention only to those parts of a newspaper or broadcast story with which one agrees (how people view ads on tv) |
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| A national press that is suspicious of officialdom and eager to break an embarrassing story about a public official |
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| A public official's explanation of current policy provided to the press on the condition that the source remain anonymous |
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