What does this describe?
[The use of] of electronic ... systems to send unsolicited bulk messages
Pretty much every ad sent over the airwaves. It's also the Wikipedia definition of spam.
Broadcast advertisers are spamming television viewers - the only thing that makes TV ads not spam is the economic model. They're just as annoying and disruputive and time-wasting as email spam and just as unaligned to my interests 90% of the time (no, I don't need any Cialis, and no, I don't want to buy a Ford Freestyle).
Hat tip to Jenna Buckle for planting the seed.
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