The Communications Act requires that broadcasters provide reasonable access to candidates for federal office. How did CBS, Inc. v. FCC in 1981 help clarify the meaning of this access requirement?

What will be an ideal response?

[The Supreme Court said that blanket access denials were inappropriate. "To justify a negative response, broadcasters must cite a realistic danger of substantial program disruption," and each request should be considered on a case-by-case basis.]

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What trap do beginning speakers often fall into when trying to speak from a manuscript?

a. poor writing skills b. practicing too much c. reading and poor eye contact d. awkward wording

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The often-cited example of the different possible translations into English of the Japanese word mokusatsu, which led to a major misunderstanding between the Japanese and the Allies during World War II, is an example of what translation problem?

A. conceptual equivalence B. experiential equivalence C. idiomatic equivalence D. vocabulary equivalence

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