Journalism II


  1. What famous chronicler of the rise of Nazi power started his professional life on the copy desk?

    William Shirer

    Ambrose Bierce

    Ernie Pyle

    Jack London


  2. Le Figaro is what country's oldest newspaper?

    France

    Germany

    Italy

    Canada


  3. What American newspaper was dynamited in 1910 by union activists?

    Detroit Free Press

    Los Angeles Times

    Baltimore Sun

    Dallas Morning News


  4. Name the newspaper publisher, known for his sensationalism, who cabled this message to one of his correspondents: "You furnish the pictures and I'll furnish the war."

    Katharine Graham

    William Randolph Hearst

    Alberto Ibarguen

    Arthur Sulzberger


  5. Thomas Carlyle wrote that significant political power is in the collective hands of journalists whom he called the ...

    Third Estate

    Fifth Dimension

    Scum of the earth

    Fourth Estate


  6. What is Ben Bradlee's middle name?

    Carlyle

    Crowninshield

    Franklin

    Jefferson


  7. What is yellow journalism?

    Old news

    Cowardly reporting

    Propaganda

    Sensationalized news


  8. What do the initials H. L. stand for in Mencken's name?

    Henry Louis

    Hap Lucky

    Harold Lutenberg

    Hans Leipzig


  9. An editor talking about "hatches, matches, and dispatches" is talking about births, marriages, and ...

    Divorce

    Assignment to the farm beat

    Obituaries

    Foreign news


  10. The First Amendment specifically cites freedom of the press

    True

    False