1. Elections and the Media AP U.S. Government and Politics Unit 4

2. The News IQ Quiz http://pewresearch.org/politicalquiz/

3. The “Great Communicators” FDR's Fireside Chat on Backing Up the Banking System Ronald Reagan's remarks on the Challenger Shuttle explosion

4. Image is Everything JFK Nixon Debate

5. The Shrinking Sound Bite Sound Bites (3:00)Read my lips: no new taxes (0:45)

8. The Internet

9. Fairness Doctrine Kucinich Discusses Fairness Doctrine on Lou Dobbs (3:45)Kucinich Discusses Fairness Doctrine on Lou Dobbs (3:45) Bill O'Reilly Attacks the Fairness Doctrine (2:38)Bill O'Reilly Attacks the Fairness Doctrine (2:38)

10. Walter Cronkite’s Commentary Report from Vietnam (0:55)

11. Practice FRQ (a)Identify and explain TWO ways in which the modern media influence each of the following areas of American politics: Presidential primary campaigns Presidential general-election campaigns The President’s popularity and/or success Congressional legislative agenda (b)In your opinion, what has been the most significant development in the way the media affect politics since the start of the 20th century? Explain why you believe it is so significant.

12. NBC News Brian Williams, Nightly News Anchor –interned in the Jimmy Carter administration Chuck Todd, Chief White House Correspondent –worked on Senator Tom Harkin’s (Dem-IA) 1992 presidential campaign –his wife is a Democratic party operative Chris Matthews' thrill up leg (0:30)

13. ABC News Jake Tapper, Chief White House Correspondent –authored Down and Dirty: The Plot to Steal the Presidency (on the 2000 election) George Stephanopoulos, Chief Political Correspondent –served as senior political adviser on Bill Clinton’s 1992 presidential campaign –served as Clinton’s White House Communications Director

22. Subtle Bias In April 2007 at a Republican "Unity Dinner" in Iowa, John McCain stated, “I have a steadfast and strong advocacy and voting record in support of the rights of the unborn.” At the same event, Mike Huckabee stated, “I'm not late in declaring that I believe life begins at conception and that we ought to protect human life.”

23. Subtle Bias In an article about this event in the New York Times written by Adam Nagourney, it is stated that John McCain and Mike Huckabee “presented themselves as lifelong opponents of abortion rights.” Four times in this article, candidates are characterized as opponents of abortion rights and never as supporters of rights for the unborn.

24. Associated Press (AP) Stylebook The entry in the AP stylebook on “abortion” reads: “Use anti-abortion instead of pro-life and (use) abortion rights instead of pro-abortion or pro-choice. Avoid abortionist, which connotes a person who performs clandestine abortions.”

25. 2008 Presidential Election: Cable News Coverage Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism

26. MSNBC

27. MSNBC: Palin

28. CNN

29. CNN: Palin

30. Fox News

31. Fox: Palin

32. 2008 Election