Broadcast television and radio are subject to federal oversight despite constitutional protections because
a. improvements in technology have placed news organizations in a position in which they could gather and report sensitive government information.
b. the public demanded regulation after several scandals disrupted broadcasts in the 1960s.
c. the public owns the airwaves.
d. they reach all Americans.
e. they threaten to become too large and powerful without regulation.
ANS: C
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