The FCC regulation enforced between 1949 and 1987 that required stations to air contrasting viewpoints on matters of public importance and to give public figures who had been criticized on any of the station's programs a free opportunity to respond
is called the
A) fairness doctrine.
B) equal-time rule.
C) political equality doctrine.
D) press pay back.
E) equal access rule.
A
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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A)They become erratic and unpredictable. B)Theymirror an increased sense of bipartisanship. C)They reflect the president's ideological leanings. D)They shift away from the policy preferences of the president.
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A. as the first instance of the court ruling on a state matter. B. as the first instance of the Court ruling on a disagreement between states. C. as the Court's first non-majority opinion. D. as the first use of judicial activism. E. for the establishment of judicial review.