No criminal or civil penalty in this chapter shall apply to acts done by the publisher, owner, agent or employee of a newspaper or periodical, or radio or television station in the publication or dissemination of any advertisement, where such publisher, owner, agent or employee does not have actual knowledge of the false, misleading or deceptive character of the advertisement.

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