Thursday, March 24, 2011
nyt times blog pushes for more disclaimers on tv ads. article.
my comment:
11.
Robbin Stewart
Indianapolis
March 24th, 2011
1:22 am
In one of the landmark victories of the civil rights movement, the Supreme Court ruled in Talley v California (1960) that disclaimer regulations violate the first amendment. This case,and the related NAACP cases in Alabama and Little Rock, are the foundation of the modern right to privacy. The Supreme Court upheld this right again in McIntyre v Ohio in 1995. In Citizens United, the court made an exception to this general rule just as to corporations, but the general rule remains the law of the land. Occasionally, as in Red Lion, the court has treated TV and radio as less protected than other speech, but that is not the trend. The suggested new regulations are unconstitutional, and it would be unethical and illegal for the commissioners to try to enforce them if passed.
Groups like the Media Access Project are free to try to get the First Amendment repealed. Until then, they should learn to live with it.
http://www.mediaaccess.org/uploads/MAPPetitionForRulemakingReSponsorshipID.pdf
what i should do next is file something with the FCC, but i may never get around to it.
my comment:
11.
Robbin Stewart
Indianapolis
March 24th, 2011
1:22 am
In one of the landmark victories of the civil rights movement, the Supreme Court ruled in Talley v California (1960) that disclaimer regulations violate the first amendment. This case,and the related NAACP cases in Alabama and Little Rock, are the foundation of the modern right to privacy. The Supreme Court upheld this right again in McIntyre v Ohio in 1995. In Citizens United, the court made an exception to this general rule just as to corporations, but the general rule remains the law of the land. Occasionally, as in Red Lion, the court has treated TV and radio as less protected than other speech, but that is not the trend. The suggested new regulations are unconstitutional, and it would be unethical and illegal for the commissioners to try to enforce them if passed.
Groups like the Media Access Project are free to try to get the First Amendment repealed. Until then, they should learn to live with it.
http://www.mediaaccess.org/uploads/MAPPetitionForRulemakingReSponsorshipID.pdf
what i should do next is file something with the FCC, but i may never get around to it.
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