Appeals Court Won't Toss Public Television's Corporate Advertising Ban

The 9th Circuit says the government was justified in attempting to preserve public television from commercial pressures. The next season of Downton Abbey on PBS won't be interrupted by paid corporate advertisers. On Monday, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Congress didn't cross the First Amendment line in adopting a ban on for-profit goods and services advertising on public television. Writing for eight of 11 judges at the 9th Circuit, Circuit Judge Margaret McKeown wrote, "In a class...