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- noun A theory in mass-communication that states that the media have the ability to determine which issues are important to the public.
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With Sen. Kent Conrad serving as chairman of the Senate Budget Committee and a member of the Finance Committee; Sen. Byron Dorgan as chairman of the agenda-setting Senate Democratic Policy Committee and the Indian Affairs Committee, and a member of the Appropriations Committee's Agriculture subcommittee; and Rep. Earl Pomeroy as a senior member of the House Ways and Means Committee, the powerful trio made sure their state got a disproportionate share of federal largess.
Al Eisele: How North Dakota Lost Its Clout in Congress Al Eisele 2011
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With Sen. Kent Conrad serving as chairman of the Senate Budget Committee and a member of the Finance Committee; Sen. Byron Dorgan as chairman of the agenda-setting Senate Democratic Policy Committee and the Indian Affairs Committee, and a member of the Appropriations Committee's Agriculture subcommittee; and Rep. Earl Pomeroy as a senior member of the House Ways and Means Committee, the powerful trio made sure their state got a disproportionate share of federal largess.
Al Eisele: How North Dakota Lost Its Clout in Congress Al Eisele 2011
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China's ruling Communist Party usually holds an annual agenda-setting economic policy conference in December.
China inflation ticks lower, policy on pause Reuters 2011
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The expected Republican recapture of the House of Representatives not only shifts the power of agenda-setting in that body, but changes its ideological character markedly.
Midterm election results: the fight Obama now faces Michael Tomasky 2010
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With Sen. Kent Conrad serving as chairman of the Senate Budget Committee and a member of the Finance Committee; Sen. Byron Dorgan as chairman of the agenda-setting Senate Democratic Policy Committee and the Indian Affairs Committee, and a member of the Appropriations Committee's Agriculture subcommittee; and Rep. Earl Pomeroy as a senior member of the House Ways and Means Committee, the powerful trio made sure their state got a disproportionate share of federal largess.
Al Eisele: How North Dakota Lost Its Clout in Congress Al Eisele 2011
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China's ruling Communist Party usually holds an annual agenda-setting economic policy conference in December.
China inflation ticks lower, policy on pause Reuters 2011
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The emphasis on original, off-diary stories means SvD's journalists are coming up with more agenda-setting news lines of their own.
Newspaper's key to boosting circulation is planning to be better 2011
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The newsroom is divided into two streams: "fast", covering events that cannot be controlled, such as tsunamis, for both web and print; and "slow", concentrating on what SvD describes as its "agenda-setting" journalism, such as homegrown investigations.
Newspaper's key to boosting circulation is planning to be better 2011
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But the deniers' message on global warming -- 'don't sweat it' -- has won the agenda-setting race.
Laura Carlsen: Fiddling on Climate Laura Carlsen 2011
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With Sen. Kent Conrad serving as chairman of the Senate Budget Committee and a member of the Finance Committee; Sen. Byron Dorgan as chairman of the agenda-setting Senate Democratic Policy Committee and the Indian Affairs Committee, and a member of the Appropriations Committee's Agriculture subcommittee; and Rep. Earl Pomeroy as a senior member of the House Ways and Means Committee, the powerful trio made sure their state got a disproportionate share of federal largess.
Al Eisele: How North Dakota Lost Its Clout in Congress Al Eisele 2011
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