The FCC Historically Has Been Reluctant to Be a Firm

question 9

Multiple Choice

The FCC historically has been reluctant to be a firm enforcer, in large part because of the complexities of its relationship to the U.S. Congress and to the media industries it is supposed to regulate. This has enabled many forms of media industries to do what political constraint response?

• A) compliance
• B) ignore
• C) preemption
• D) interpretation

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