The Sound of...Less Loudness.

[foxglovehp.livejournal.com]

My audiologist posted something recently about a new law being signed to limit the volume of television commercials.  I wear hearing aids, so I am not interested in debating with anyone here whether or not TV commercials are too loud.  I have to turn my HAs down whenever commercials come on, so I know they are.  Everyone knows they are too loud.  Mad Magazine even knew they were too loud in the '70's when I used to read it as a kid.  I know this because they made jokes about it even back then.

Titled CALM (Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation), the law requires the FCC to tell broadcasters to turn the fraking volume down on commercials.  Really?  no shit?  Couldn't someone in the Federal government, which controls the Federal Communications Commission just tell them to do it?  Did we really need congressional action for this?  It offends my delicate libertarian sensibilities to know that this was really required.  Also, is this the best acronym our tax dollars can buy?

Comments

[dwer.livejournal.com]

and since those goods are interstate, they are regulated by the federal government.

[badlydrawnjeff.livejournal.com]

The commerce between CVS and the distributor, sure. Not between me and CVS.

[dwer.livejournal.com]

you keep saying that, I'm sure you'll convince yourself someday.

[badlydrawnjeff.livejournal.com]

How am I wrong? How is me buying a soda down the street interstate commerce?

[dwer.livejournal.com]

It's part of the entire transaction chain from supplier to customer.

[badlydrawnjeff.livejournal.com]

Congress, however, only has the ability to regulate the transaction that is interstate.

[dwer.livejournal.com]

and it continues to be not analogous to paying for cable service from a national corporation.

[badlydrawnjeff.livejournal.com]

Paying for cable service locally from a national corporation is not the same as paying for cola service locally from a national corporation.

Uh, okay.

[dwer.livejournal.com]

no, it's not the same.

[badlydrawnjeff.livejournal.com]

Because...?

[dwer.livejournal.com]

Because it's different. One is an always on service. One is a single drink.

It is ok to realize that different things are different.

[badlydrawnjeff.livejournal.com]

But how is the transaction different? That's the part that matters.

[dwer.livejournal.com]

asked and already answered. And let's just skip the whole part where you say "nuh-uh" and I say "yes-huh."

[badlydrawnjeff.livejournal.com]

So you have no actual answer. Gotcha.