A trial balloon is a
A) method used by the media to force a politician or public official to admit to lying to a reporter.
B) piece of information leaked to politicians from a reporter in order to confirm another source.
C) sensational criminal trial that attracts inflated media coverage.
D) directive by judges to deny access to reporters in certain sensitive cases.
E) method used by public figures of leaking certain stories to reporters to see what the political reaction will be.
Answer: E