Complaint

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Apply what you do or not don't know to validate the following:

• "Adding or removing 'subliminal' audio, images, or video from radio or television 'broadcasts' is illegal."

It is or isn't.

The "position" of the FCC on such matters is clear:

• "We believe that use of subliminal perception is inconsistent with the obligations of a licensee * * * Broadcasts employing such techniques are contrary to the public interest.  Whether effective or not, such broadcasts clearly are intended to be deceptive."

Should you be unaware of such situations occurring, reporting incidents "works well":

• Mr. Glickman: "How do you know if subliminal messages are or are not being used during television and radio commercials?"
• Dr. Kamp: "Well, one - the strange part of this, it is a catch-22, of course.  If you know it is there, it is not subliminal.  We don't know unless there is a complaint sent to us.  As it turns out, of course, the complaint system at the Commission works very well."

Backward or "how does a 'catch-22' work".

Glossary of Unrelated Information

Broadcast of Information by Means of  "Subliminal Perception" Techniques at 44 F.C.C. 2d 1016 (1974):

• "We believe that use of subliminal perception is inconsistent with the obligations of a licensee * * * Broadcasts employing such techniques are contrary to the public interest.  Whether effective or not, such broadcasts clearly are intended to be deceptive."

Original transcript: Subliminal Communication Technology: Hearing before the subcommittee on Transportation, Aviation, and Materials of the Committee on Science and Technology

Excerpt from page 5:

• Mr. Glickman: "How do you know if subliminal messages are or are not being used during television and radio commercials?"
• Dr. Kamp: "Well, one - the strange part of this, it is a catch-22, of course.  If you know it is there, it is not subliminal.  We don't know unless there is a complaint sent to us.  As it turns out, of course, the complaint system at the Commission works very well."