When Journalists Consider It Their Job to Be Critical of Politicians

question 28

Multiple Choice

When journalists consider it their job to be critical of politicians, searching for inaccuracies in fact and weaknesses in argument, this is called which of the following?

• A) Yellow dog journalism
• B) Watchdog journalism
• C) Muckraking
• D) Political bias
• E) Communicative journalism

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