Question

Summarize the rules regulating the media and the government including the following: prior restraint, libel, confidentiality of sources, FCC regulations, Telecommunications Act (1996), Equal time rule.

Answer 1

Answer: prior restraint: censorship or publication

Explanation:

Confidentiality and sources: media stories about events that are not usually made public.

FCC: independent agency of united states government to regulate interstate communication by radio, television and satellite in all states.

Equal time rule. The tendency of a national media to be suspicious of officials and eager to review unflattering stories about them.