Media and The Press
This is a traditional form of media
What is a newspaper, magazine, or television?
What is democracy? (specifically, representative democracy)
This branch creates and votes on laws.
What is the legislative branch?
We hold elections on this day.
When is the first Tuesday of November?
The inclusion of this adds reliability to a source.
What is evidence/research?
Freedom of the Press is enumerated in this document. (Bonus 100 for the specific location)
What is the Constitution? (First Amendment in the Bill of Rights)
Rule by a singular, powerful figure. This type of government often leads to fascism.
What is dictatorship? (other acceptable answers: authoritarianism, totalitarianism)
The people in this branch include the president, the vice president, and the cabinet.
What is the executive branch?
This type of vote is the tally of total votes cast for the candidate.
What is the popular vote?
When the content of the article does not match the headlines
What is false connection?
Freedom of the Press is important for this reason
What is
- Keeping citizens informed?
- Sharing different perspectives?
- Helping citizens make decisions?
The rule of law in this type of government is a religious holy text.
What is a theocracy?
This branch decides on the constitutionality of laws.
What is the judicial branch?
Donald Trump won this swing state
What is Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Georgia, Arizona, and Nevada
This term describes when a politician only uses certain information to support their claim, and leaves out the rest of the information.
What is cherry-picking?
This guy was arrested in 1733 for saying negative things about the New York governor.
Who is John Peter Zenger?
Type of government in which a few powerful, often wealthy, people rule.
What is oligarchy?
This is the number of supreme court justices.
What is nine?
A lot of people voted in the election because they cared about these issues (name one).
What is immigration, abortion, and inflation/the economy?
This type of misinformation is not intended for harm, and often used for entertainment and humor.
What is satire?
Someone was arrested for this in 1733 because he wrote negatively about the New York government
What is seditious libel?
The most true to form example of this type of government existed in Athens.
What is direct democracy?
The name of the person who runs the House of Representatives.
What is the Speaker of the House?
This president won the most amount of electoral votes in history.
Who is Ronald Reagan?
Content that is 100% made up
What is fabricated content?