The Authors of Your Textbook Maintain That Adversarial-Attack Journalism Over

question 51

Multiple Choice

The authors of your textbook maintain that adversarial-attack journalism over the past several decades has led to

• A) a decline in the serious consideration of issues
• B) a decline in the careful examination and discussion of policy alternatives.
• C) an increase in charges of personal misbehavior by elected officials.
• D) a decline in a dispassionate examination of the actions of governmental institutions.
• E) all of the above

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