During World War II:
a. the federal government placed no limits on war reporting.
b. President Roosevelt created the Office of Censorship and worked out the voluntary Code of Wartime Practices with the press.
c. more than 100 reporters were found guilty under the Sedition Act of 1943 for reporting war news that could endanger the security of U.S. and Allied troops.
d. to prevent leaking of information, reporters were barred from traveling in war zones and mingling with U.S. troops.
ANSWER: b
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