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| National press that is suspicious of officialdom and eager to break an embarrassing story about a public official. |
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| FCC rule, abolished in 1987, that required broadcasters to give time to opposing views if they broadcast one side of a controversial issue. |
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| What official says can be printed, but cannot be attributed to anybody. Reporter must say it on his/her own authority. |
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| Official is quoted by name. |
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| What official says cannot be printed. |
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| What official says can be printed, but may not be attributed to him/her by name. |
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| Paying attention only to those news stories with which one already agrees. |
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| Type of news story that involves a public event not routinely covered by reporters and requires a reporter to take initiative to select the story and persuade an editor to run it. |
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| FCC rule that if a broadcaster sells time to one candidate, it must sell equal time to other candidates. |
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| Brief statement few seconds long used on a radio or television news broadcast. |
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| FCC rule that if a person is attacked on a broadcast other than in a regular news program, that person has the right to reply over that same station. |
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| Information provided to the media by an anonymous public official as a way of testing the public reaction to a possible policy or appointment. |
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| Media reports about public events that are regularly covered by reporters and that involve simple, easily described acts or statements. |
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| Information not usually made public that becomes public because someone with inside knowledge tells a reporter - gained through investigative reporting or leakage by an official. |
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