The 1990 Children's Television Act required stations to include educational television in their Saturday morning lineups but lacked a definition of what "educational" programming is by law. As a result, broadcasters were willing to define almost anything as educational, including old cartoons such as The Flintstones and The Jetsons. What type of political constraint response is this?

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The broadcasters' response is an example of interpretation, where they took advantage of the lack of a specific legal definition of "educational" programming to classify a wide range of content, including old cartoons, as educational. This allowed them to meet the requirements of the 1990 Children's Television Act in a way that suited their interests.

The 1990 Children's Television Act Required Stations to Include Educational