POINT: writing letters, EXPLAIN: coucillors can contact local businesses and council departments on behalf of their ward members
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POINT ; investigating EXPLAIN the media can try to influence the goverment by investigating its activities and highlighting and wrongdoing. This can lead to bad public opinion.
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POINT; endorsements EXPLAIN; the media might endorse the government which means it supports a political party at the time,
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POINT coverage bias; EXPLAIN The media will only cover certain topics meaning that it can affect public opinion about issues by excessively covering( or not covering) those issues.
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POINT selection bias; EXPLAIN; when the press can be selective in use of facts i.e not allowing facts and figures that they dont like get out there to the viewers
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POINT: rights-freedom of press EXPLAIN The media has the right to report on any issue, even if that means crirising the goverment
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POINT RIght- not to be censored EXPLAIN: the government is not allowed to tell media what it can and cannot report on
