10
Sep
2025
Language restrictions on television were created to protect advertising revenue by maintaining a proven audience.
And it was mostly created, I think, first of all, on television, right? Television, you had advertising, and that was the only place where there was advertising. And so that was the only place that had a proven audience. But to keep that proven audience on NBC and CBS, you had to institute laws where you literally would get fined, like a serious amount of money if you swore on TV.