What gets said on TV and Radio is now so irrelevant compared to what is on the Internet that one wonders why they bother trying to regulate TV and Radio at all
This is not meant to sound condescending, but the government regulates broadcast television and radio because the airwaves they are broadcast over actually belong to the people. They are required to do so. Broadcasters pay a fee to the government to use said airwaves, which, again, belong to the people.
That's why the internet, cable television, satelite radio, etc., are exempt from such scrutiny. Generally, the only thing which holds them in line is advertisers.
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This is not meant to sound condescending, but the government regulates broadcast television and radio because the airwaves they are broadcast over actually belong to the people. They are required to do so. Broadcasters pay a fee to the government to use said airwaves, which, again, belong to the people.
That's why the internet, cable television, satelite radio, etc., are exempt from such scrutiny. Generally, the only thing which holds them in line is advertisers.
Hopefully that satisfies your wonder.