(July 1, 2014 at 10:27 am)Heywood Wrote: Regarding television.....the radio channels TV is transmitted over are not owned by individuals. The owners of the radio channels(i.e. the people of the United States) have some say in what they will be used for.....and those owners have deemed they will not allow them to be used to advertised tobacco, porn, etc.
Still not allowing certain things to be broadcasted is an impingmate on free speech. But allowing unfettered free speach over the airwaves would dilute the rights of the those who own the airwaves. You have two rights conflicting and in this instance property wins out.
Air wave transmission 'space' is finite. Allowing wealthy individuals, regardless of political affiliation, unimpeded access by virtue of their wealth by default limits the 'free speech' (as you use it) of others. Your only way out of this is to claim that everyone has the same opportunity to generate wealth. I can't imagine you would seriously propose this, but you are trapped by the notion if the only means of allocating a finite resource is to the highest bidder.
