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What is the primary focus of the module?
What is the primary focus of the module?
- The power of government officials to issue subpoenas
- The impact of journalists' actions on media content
- The protection of reporters under the law (correct)
- The efficiency of journalists as information gatherers
What is a common request made by the source of a story?
What is a common request made by the source of a story?
- To provide the information exclusively to the source
- To include their name in the newspaper story
- To promise not to reveal their identity (correct)
- To disclose all gathered information
Where does most of the information discovered by journalists appear?
Where does most of the information discovered by journalists appear?
- In the column of a newspaper or on the 6 o’clock news (correct)
- Only in television reports
- Exclusively in newspaper stories
- In legislative committee reports
What do judges, legislative committees, and law enforcers have the power to issue?
What do judges, legislative committees, and law enforcers have the power to issue?
Where is unreported material often retained?
Where is unreported material often retained?
What do government officials and lawyers have the power to issue in order to force reporters to reveal confidential information?
What do government officials and lawyers have the power to issue in order to force reporters to reveal confidential information?
Where is most of the information discovered by journalists typically published or broadcasted?
Where is most of the information discovered by journalists typically published or broadcasted?
What do some sources of a story ask reporters to promise not to reveal?
What do some sources of a story ask reporters to promise not to reveal?
What do judges, legislative committees, and law enforcers have the power to issue in order to force reporters to reveal confidential information?
What do judges, legislative committees, and law enforcers have the power to issue in order to force reporters to reveal confidential information?
Where is unreported material often retained by journalists?
Where is unreported material often retained by journalists?
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