How Does the Media Make It More Difficult for Authorities

question 19

Multiple Choice

How does the media make it more difficult for authorities to respond to environmental crimes?

• A) They focus on a high percentage of environmental crimes that occur.
• B) They are critical of political attention to environmental disasters.
• C) They give the public and policy makers a distorted image of environmental crime
• D) They do not report enough on the EPA's environmental successes.

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