What is the Fairness Doctrine? What happened to it?
What will be an ideal response?
ANS: It was a policy by the Federal Communications Commission to require stations to air controversial programming and make sure both sides had an opportunity to be heard. However, the FCC and the Supreme Court questioned the original argument that radio and television stations were so scarce that each of them had a unique responsibility to be fair and balanced. The FCC in 1985 therefore stopped enforcing the doctrine. Congress twice passed bills reinstating the Fairness Doctrine; both were vetoed by President Reagan and it was finally struck down by the Supreme Court in 2001.
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A. waiting until after fact finding to suggest solutions B. focusing on one’s own solution C. speaking vaguely or in generalities D. changing the topic when the other speaks
Information exchange is secondary in the ceremonial speech.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
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What will be an ideal response?
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false