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What is the primary purpose of news media?
To tell a convincing story.
____ helps shape how you see information.
Framing.
What is the practice of moving from the political sector to the public sector of news called?
The revolving door
What is a bloviator? (hint: A person who speaks in a ___ manner)
A person who speaks or writes in a pompous, windy, or long-winded manner.
_____ are a short and snappy memorable line taken from a longer piece of media, often speeches, that commentators can repeat over and over and over.
Soundbites.
What is an advantage of the revolving door?
We get more inside information and insights, and these insights can be very useful.
David Axelrod was the communications director and senior adviser to which president?
President Obama
In a ____ ____, scandal can turn journalists into human sharks, all circling their prey and waiting for the “next big story”
Feeding frenzy.
What is a disadvantage of the revolving door?
These sources could be biased based on the journalists' political loyalty.
What is the the name of "pinnacle of political reporting"?
The Washington Press Corporation
Referred to as the “gatekeeper role.” When a journalist, editor, or producer decides what is important news and ends up on the political agenda, and what gets cut and is never shared with the public.
Agenda setting
What is a political spin?
The use of selective pieces of information and intentional interpretation to make something sound like something else.
What is the essential goal of political narratives?
To legitimize or delegitimize the claims to political power.
Journalists often don't have time to become experts on what they talk about, so they rely on the ______ _______ of those who may be newly arrived through the revolving door.
Expert opinion, professional communicators, etc.
Many of those who have been through the revolving door return to politics in the role of ____
Pundit.