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Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act

 Just in case you were excited about the prospect of not being shouted at by TV commercials like a carnival barker trying to sell you Ginsu knives was trying to get your attention, I have to burst your bubble. 

 I see no possible reason for this. commercial producers could fix this tomorrow. The congresswoman that authored this caved in to some form of lobbying pressure is the only reason I can think of. Now they have two years to find a way out of it. It's so stupid. Most all of the time I'm either watching something recorded or behind live on my DVR. Sometimes i'm multitasking and when the commercials come on, often I would hear at least parts of it out of the corner of my ear if my attention wasn't called to it by blasting volume. Soon as that happens I grab the remote and speed through the commercials. Every time. Without exceptions. Am I way into the minority here?

 I will not watch offensive commercials, and often what offends me is blaring loud music or other sounds of a commercial. I love loud music. I listen to it... often... when i CHOOSE to. I won't have someone forceing it on me in a commercial, or in a web advertisement. Not only that, but most commentary news programs I watch regularly have loud lead ins at the start of a show and then coming back from every segment. Do they really think they need to do that because people have left the room during the commercial? 

 How to they think these things work? Who do they ask?
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