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crime and the courts  

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  • News media coverage of crime and the courts highlights, among other things, the clear tension between First and Sixth Amendment rights in the Constitution, those of a free press versus a defendant's right to a fair trial. But such coverage also demonstrates the power of media to contribute to a false view of reality, as when heavy viewers of television feel threatened by a world they perceive as filled with more crime than is the case. [Source: Encyclopedia of Journalism; Crime and the Courts]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-N4KG26VP-P

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