The Tugwell Bill would have criminalized ads making false impressions by implication

Evidence

As originally conceived, the so-called Tugwell Bill was very tough indeed. It combined the concepts of false labeling and false advertising, designating as the latter anything that was clearly untrue, or that, by “ambiguity or inference,” created a false impression. The law also barred advertisements from purporting that a product could cure any of a long list of diseases. Products falsely labeled or advertised would be subject to seizure by the Department of Agriculture; their promoters subject to criminal prosecution. — Tim Wu, The Attention Merchants, 278

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The rejected Tugwell Bill would have made modern infomercials illegal — Tim Wu, The Attention Merchants, 279; Industry opposition and media blackout killed the Tugwell advertising bill in the 1930s — Tim Wu, The Attention Merchants, 280

Broader Connections

• Industry opposition and media blackout killed the Tugwell advertising bill in the 1930s #expands (0.85) — Tim Wu, The Attention Merchants, 280