The New York Times newspaper publishes a report that members of Congress have been involved in illegal activity related to campaign finance. What role of the media is the newspaper fulfilling? Watchdog

Special Interest

Lobbying

Gate Keeper

Texas’ gulf coastal plains are the western extension of the coastal plain extending from the atlantic ocean to beyond the rio grande. its characteristic rolling to hilly surface covered with a heavy growth of pine and hardwoods extends into east texas. in the increasingly arid west, however, its forests become secondary in nature, consisting largely of post oaks and, farther west, prairies and brushlands.