How Would the FCC's 2003 Revision of Its Ownership Rules

question 13

Multiple Choice

How would the FCC's 2003 revision of its ownership rules have affected the print-broadcast cross-ownership rule?

• A)the rule was abolished altogether,legalizing cross-ownership everywhere.
• B)cross-ownership was legalized except in markets having fewer than four TV stations.
• C)cross-ownership was legalized only in markets having 18 or more TV stations.
• D)the rule was left unchanged.
• E)the rule was made tougher,requiring existing owners of both a newspaper and a TV station in the same market to sell one or the other,even if they were previously "grandfathered."

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