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> Personally, I'd just ban all advertising. That won't happen. The First Amendment would see to that.

• wpietri 9y ago
  That's not as clear as you suggest. Some advertising restrictions are clearly constitutional (note the lack of cigarette ads, for example), and in the past courts have found that no commercial speech is protected under the constitution. Notably, that includes even the Supreme Court in Valentine v. Chrestensen. All of which is beside the point, in that my aside was clearly meant as a "if I were in charge" hypothetical. And since it's my hypothetical, I can posit that your puny mortal constitution would not stand up to my hypnobeam powers. So there.
  • bitwize 9y ago
    The FCC can regulate or ban certain kinds of advertising on the public airwaves, but a dwindling number of people watch terrestrial OTA television exclusively or predominantly. Private networks (cable, satellite, internet) can set their own rules.