Why does the office of the president has a press and communications staff? a. the president uses mass media to speak to congress. b. the president uses mass media to gain support for policies. c. the president uses mass media to issue executive orders. d. the president uses mass media to speak to other countries.

As nina and erin were eating lunch in the central high school student cafeteria, they were discussing the news coverage about the girls' athletic coach being arrested for selling steroids to student athletes. "i think the guy just did it because they don't pay teachers enough money," nina suggested. "i bet the guy had some other kind of drug addiction he was trying to pay for," erin countered. nina and erin's ideas about the cause of the coach's drug-selling behavior are examples of: