1 points QUESTION 13 1. To spread presidential messages throughout the country, the administration sends cabinet officers and others on speaking tours and arranges satellite interviews in local markets. True False QUESTION 14 1. In 1986 the House of Representatives lifted the prohibition on televising its floor sessions. C True C. False 1 points QUESTION 15 1. Public reactions to Supreme Court discussion do not affect future discussion of the Court because justices are not influenced in their work by what they read and hear from the media. True False QUESTION 16 1. Sensational news stories lead to exaggerated fear of crime because the focus is on the most violent incidents, which in real life constitute only a tiny portion of crime. C . True False 1 points QUESTION 17 1 Interest in news about the weather, sports, crime, education, the local community, the environment, the nation, local government, health, and religion, in that order, surpasses interest in news from abroad. C. True C. False 1 points QUESTION 18 1. AP reporters are initial gatekeepers who ferret out the stories that make up the pool from which other gatekeepers select reports of find leads to pursue stories more fully