Read this excerpt. What two roles does the media have? A circulate filtered information to political officials B keep the public informed C report only on different political scandals D prevent the public from knowing the truth E ) prevent people from breaking the rules The media as a whole has impacted public policy by carrying out two roles. First, the media helps keep the public informed. Its very presence has also served as a reminder for people not to break the rules. The classic example of media impacting the country is the Watergate scandal in the early 1970s. "Washington Post" reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein wrote a series of investigative stories that tied break-ins at the Watergate Hotel to questionable activities at the White House during Richard Nixon's presidency. At a minimum, the stories by Woodward and Bernstein kept the issue in the news and gave the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) reason to