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Originally posted by sgtclub
I don't get this? My point was that that the market is a sufficient mechanism to incentivize broadcasters from not doing this. I'm not sure I understand your point. Are you saying that viewers have suffered some sort of harm?
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The FCC enforces restrictions on prurient content because the people, in their wisdom, have decided that some sorts of things ought not be aired, even if market forces say otherwise.
Suppose, though, that things were otherwise. As a matter of law, anything goes. But CBS tells people that it's not going to show naked breasts on its programming. So people who are opposed to that sort of thing tune in, and let their kids watch. And then they see more than they want to. Tort law doesn't really help you at that point. I suppose you think that viewers will retaliate against the advertisers, or the network, but, if it's an accident, why? Unclear that the market will produce optimum results in that situation.
Burger: I believe the half-time show was on a seven-second delay. Someone was asleep at the switch.
