If only there was a functioning FCC to investigate potential for foul play in marketing? Surely if any aspect of these episodes turned out to be mischaracterized, let alone staged, there should be consequences, no?
...why would this be an FCC issue?
> Surely if any aspect of these episodes turned out to be mischaracterized, let alone staged, there should be consequences, no?
"Any aspect"? No. (Is there a Betteridge's law for statements following "surely"? If not I'm calling it Rumack's Razor [1].)
And we have no evidence so far anything has been staged, much less to the detriment of telecommunications consumers.
[1] https://screenrant.com/airplane-best-quotes-ranked-dont-call...
For example: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49929433
They seem to agree [1].
[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/technology/ftc-openai-ant...