FSOT POSSIBLE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (100% Verified)
What is the Freedom of Information Act? Correct Answer: allows press access to public documents
What is the Offending effrontery in relation to journalists? Correct Answer: has to do with obscenityThe journalist may print what he wishes about others, but if that information is wrong and harmful toothers' reputation, the writer must suffer the consequences. Such protection for subjects of stories
comes under the auspices of which of the following acts?
A. Freedom of Information
B. Property Protection
C. Offending Effrontery
D. Defamation Correct Answer: D. Defamation
In some instances, journalists may find that there is a conflict between the 1st Amendment and the6thamendment, the latter having to do with
A. the right to keep and bear arms
B. the right to a speedy public trial
C. privacy
D. copyright Correct Answer: B. Right to a speedy public trial is subject of the the 6th Amendment andwhen journalists try to cover trials, there can sometimes be a conflict between freedomof the press anda fair trial. The largest circulated daily newspaper in the U.S. is
A. USA Today
B. The Wall Street Journal
C. The New York Times
D. The Washington Post Correct Answer: B. The Wall Street Journal
A joint operating agreement provides for
A. competing newspapers to combine their circulation and advertising but leave their editorial functionsseparate
B. Advertising in newspapers working with competitors in setting rates
C. legislation that allows for multiple owner, large newspaper chains
D. an agreement that all newspapers in a chain may be printed from the same press Correct Answer: A. A is the definition of a joint operating agreement. Tabloid newspapers are those that:
A. are always sensational, with a de-emphasis on current news events
B. have a printing format that uses pages that are about half the size of a traditional newspapers pageC. are sold only on newsstands, not by subscription