Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. The Fair Trade Commission (FTC) regulates U.S. interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable.
2. Conservatives generally favor deregulation of media based on free market principles.
3. Major telecommunication companies such as Comcast and Time Warner generally favor Net Neutrality.
4. The 1949 Fairness Doctrine required media companies to pay a fair amount of copyright fees to independent artists.
5. It is important to consider the political environment in which different sources of media operate to better understand those sources.


1. False
2. True
3. False
4. False
5. True

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