Unfortunately, I fear you have no remedy... but that does not mean that you are incorrect. The issue here is not whether or not you agree that passengers should be confronted with advertising that they are not in a position to switch off. It offends some people and certainly this customer.
When a company is providing a service in a way that displeases me, I would expect to feel free to let a representative of that company know that I am unhappy with this and if possible seek a remedy. Apparently, following 911, flight attendants became massively sensitive to any passenger feedback and feel that any feedback is a threat to national security. As result, people like the OP, and other passengers who requested some orange juice, or a child who was "saying bye bye plane" and other big threats to national security have been frog marched off airlines for "interfering with flight crew". The reality is that the vast majority of these cases are "not proceeded with". The explanation is that in reality, none of these cases and certainly not this one, get anywhere near the threshold required by the law, so helpfully posted by Gromit.
The truth is, most FA's are a lethal combination of people who have been given power and are too stupid and badly trained to know how to use it judiciously. Filing a complaint, disagreeing with a FA or even being grumpy and tired, do not constitute "interfering with the flight crew".
However, airlines, airport police and employees are not likely to do anything about this. The airline industry is full of anomolies that we would not accept in any other business (even banking). Airline employees systematically lie to passengers, steal from their bags and treat them with disdain. The airlines know this, but have no appetite to confront this. The abuse meted out by the TSA is also widely documented but ignored.
The whole industry needs to be brought back under regulatory control, but it is hard to achieve. Abuse of power is increasingly able to be challenged by citizens filming incidents on phones and cameras. Sadly, it is often the case that these are banned from use on airlines.
I doubt very much Delta will tell you the name of the Captain... and I am not sure why you need to know this. I would file a complaint with the airline and ask for it to provide an explanation why Delta takes such a punitive approach to a customer giving feedback.. AND then file complaints with the airport police or whoever detained you after the incident. You might also try discussing what happened to you with the ACLU. Sooner or later, I hope they will take an interest in the highly unAmerican and unconstitutional actions of many airline employees in the name of "national security".
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