From Craig Crawford:
"Finally, Congress might do something worthwhile: Turn the volume down on TV commercials.
Congresswoman Anna Eshoo, a California Democrat, has drafted a bill aimed at preventing TV ads from playing noticeably louder than the programs they sponsor.
...As much as I'd like to see other things done on Capitol Hill, this would be a triumph. How annoying it is to dive for the remote when commercials come on. Since Congress apparently cannot do anything more significant for us, I'll take it.
Right now, the government doesn't have much say in the volume of TV ads. It's been getting complaints ever since televisions began proliferating in the 1950s. But the FCC concluded in 1984 there was no fair way to write regulations controlling the "apparent loudness" of commercials.
Go for it, Rep. Eshoo! Small a matter as it might be, this could be the most effective move by Congress in decades"
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