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B. are appointed by the president.

4. The members of the Federal Communications Commission

D. an independent regulatory agency

5. The Federal Communications Commission is

B. reasonable access rule

6. The FCC regulation that requires stations to make their facilities available to all responsible elements in the community for the expression of conflicting views is known as the

C. 7-7-7 rule.

7. The FCC regulation that prohibits any company from owning more than one AM, one FM, or one television station in a single community is called the

E. to make money like any other business.

8. The main function of the mass media is

. Federal Communications Commission.

9. Interstate and foreign broadcast communication is regulated by the

C. dependent on advertising revenues.

. Private ownership of the media in the United States makes the American news industry

B. Franklin Roosevelt

. Who was the first president to appear on television?

yellow journalism

0. The sort of sensational reporting characterized in the late nineteenth century by the New York Journal and the New York World is known as

equal opportunities rule.

1. The FCC regulation requiring a broadcast station that gives or sells time to a candidate for public office to make available an equal amount of time under the same conditions to all candidates for that office is known as the

d. increased substantially

11. Between 1909 and 1994, the number of daily newspapers in the United States

a. it was no longer necessary

12. In 1987 the FCC abolished the fairness doctrine on the grounds that

a. Franklin D. Roosevelt

13. Which president is known for his radio "fireside chats" that informed citizens about important issues?