Which of the Following Statements About the Federal Communications Commission

question 15

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is most accurate?

• A) The FCC has little control over wireless frequencies because Congress has not given it this authority.
• B) The media is limited with the stories that they can cover related to the government because of censorship by the FCC.
• C) The government established the FCC to distribute and regulate the radio, television, and wireless frequencies.
• D) The Supreme Court ruled that allowing the FCC to regulate interstate telephone service was a violation of the Commerce Act.
• E) The FCC has permitted large corporations to secure control of the telephone, cable, satellite television, and Internet services.

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Definitions:

M'Naghten Rule

A legal standard used to determine criminal liability, which states that a defendant cannot be found guilty if, at the time of the crime, they were so afflicted by a mental disease that they did not know the nature of the act or could not distinguish right from wrong.

Guilty Mind

A legal concept indicating that a person was aware of the wrongfulness of their actions at the time they committed a crime.

Psychoses

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Antisocial Behaviors

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