Your success with antennae is irrelevant. A public broadcast is different from a private network.
My point was that in the day and age when 'broadcast' stations are no longer recieved by 'broadcast', will this distinction continue?
Brodcast networks are spending beaucoup bucks to upgrade to broadcasting digital signals. They are not going away.
The distinction from a political point will depend on how many Americans wish the gov't to be their nanny. If cable networks were treated by the FCC like broadcasts, South Park would cease to exist, as would HBO showing uncut movies, etc.
Maybe a lot of mothers would like help censoring info for their own kids, but I don't see the gov't successfully stepping in to do so. The market in general would revolt.
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For that matter, so are your replies to me, since they argue issues like I need to be taken to the woodshed for opinions I've not voiced.
I asked a flippin' question. "Why the distinction?" I might wonder why the networks are apparently limited by censorship standards they shouldn't be. I really don't have a dog in this fight.
And FWIW, you asked me a question "do you live in Cuba" implying everyone can recieve broadcast TV. I thought I was politely answering ~your~ question.
i don't know that anyone is screaming for censorship or banning of advertising, i am certainly not. but do you recognize the problem and its impact on our society? and where does it end? will there be tv ads for vibrators or maybe S&M paraphanelia also, as the societal decline progresses?
I really hate the 'except after "C" rule and I think we should ban it.