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1. In the two weeks approaching the mid term elections, what % of coverage did FoxNews dedicate to coverage of the caravan in Central America? Business Channel each mentioned the word caravan in an average of a little over 3 percent of 15-second segments over the course of a day. In other words, the caravan was mentioned an average of almost eight times an hour.  2. Compare mentions on CNN and Fox on Monday & Tuesday to mentions on Wednesday & Thursday. On Monday, both CNN and Fox News mentioned the caravan more than 80 times. On Tuesday, more than 40. On Wednesday and Thursday, the subject was raised fewer than 80 times across CNN, MSNBC, Fox News and Fox Business combined. 3. Which of the four networks covered by the chart devoted the most coverage to the caravan? Fox news 4. Where does the article claim that the caravan is currently? The caravan still exists  in several parts. Having reached Mexico City — still hundreds of miles from the U.S. border — many carav...

1. Why don't all polls close at exactly the same time? In other states, votes are called in by telephone or driven to a central counting location in designated poll workers’ cars. 2. What do poll workers at each site have to do once voting is complete in order for votes to be counted? After the polls close: make sure there aren’t extra ballots (or missing ballots) 3. In what ways are the actual vote counts delivered from actual polling places to the central location of election administration? In other states, votes are called in by telephone or driven to a central counting location in designated poll workers’ cars. 4. Why might the votes come in slower from rural areas? . But those locations, particularly in rural areas, might be far from the county seat or official headquarters, which can slow down and complicate the vote tabulation process. 5. Why might journalists be the first source of election results in some states but not in all states? In those cases, journalists ...

1.  What is the actual change Trump wants to make to US citizenship policy?  President Donald Trump says he wants to use an executive order to end birthright citizenship for children born in the US to unauthorized immigrant parents. 2. What does the Constitution say about citizenship? Current Supreme Court precedent (under the 1898 ruling known as Wong Kim Ark) holds that the children of noncitizens born in the United States are citizens. 3. How does Trump give false information about the US compared to the rest of the world about this issue? Trump justified his desire for the new executive order with a lie about how common it is for a country to extend automatic citizenship to everyone born on its soil. (He claims the US is the only country that does this; in fact, more than 30 do.) 4. What steps would have to take place before Trump was ready to sign an executive order? Trump and the critics of universal birthright citizenship are correct that the Supreme Court has ne...