The Government's Willingness to Regulate Broadcast Media More Heavily Than

question 10

Multiple Choice

The government's willingness to regulate broadcast media more heavily than print media reflects

• A) public demand for a better political balance on television.
• B) the history of partisan ownership of newspapers.
• C) the fact that the framers did not anticipate broadcasting and therefore could not protect it in the Constitution.
• D) the belief that the airways are public property.

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