Within the Culture of News Organizations There Are Certain Topics

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Multiple Choice

Within the culture of news organizations there are certain topics that are known to be somewhat off-limits for reporting.Due to First Amendment protections,news organizations are protected and able,in a legal sense,to print whatever stories they want.However,editors do not want to be the first to publish certain stories critical of people in positions of power.This type of hesitancy to publish certain topics is a form of

• A) social facilitation.
• B) self-censorship.
• C) groupthink.
• D) social loafing.

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