Please Support Banning Political Commericals

[NathanTheGreat]

22. I don't think you're denying free speech at all

You aren't denying free speech by disallowing television networks from broadcasting certain types of messages.

They operate on airwaves owned by the public by license, and the FCC has the sole power to issue said license if the broadcaster pays the necessary fees and if the broadcaster follows the rules they set forth.

Some of the rules they operate by include no cursing, no offensive or suggestive language, no nudity, as well as sound quality and other technical concerns.

They also regulate TV commercials...you can't advertise tobacco, you can't have excessively loud commercials (so they say) and you need a certain amount of time set aside for public service ads.

The FCC does all of this because broadcasting over the publicly owned airwaves is a revokable priveledge, not a right. Broadcasting is not speech...actually opening your mouth and speaking is.

All I ask is that the FCC takes one more step to protecting our democracy to help drain this money swamp around our capital.