The FCC's Equal Time Requirement

question 45

Multiple Choice

The FCC's equal time requirement

• A) included the print media.
• B) prohibited broadcasters from selling or giving time to political candidates and denying it to their opponents.
• C) required broadcasters to give equal time to the two major political parties.
• D) required broadcasters to give equal time to news programming and to commercial advertising.
• E) required broadcasters to give equal time to third parties as well as the Democrats and Republicans.

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