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Originally posted by rickg
the nation's largest radio station chain suspended shock jock Howard Stern's show, saying it did not meet the company's newly revised programming standards.
'bout time somebody gave that moron the boot!
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Originally posted by TimFreeh
I guess for the fist time ever I disagree with Mike. The public airways are public property and there should be standards for what is acceptble behavior on the air and what is not acceptable behavior. IMHO Mr Stern operates over the line of what I would consider acceptable - and I'm glad the FCC is getting more involved in this issue.
If Mr Stern want to broadcast his trash over cable TV and or an XM channel thats OK with me but not over public airways.
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Like him or not, this is a freedom of speech issue, Rick.
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On the contrary, Tim! The public airwaves are EXACTLY where this kind of censorship should not be tolerated.
Private broadcasters do, and should, have a right to decide what they do or do not want to broadcast. However, such decisions should NOT be dictated to us by the government.
Why is freedom of speech while standing on the sidewalk in public any different than freedom of speech while standing behind a broadcast microphone? Either we have freedom of speech, or we don't.
Either way, if you don't like what's being said, you are quite free to not listen.
It's usually the knob on the right side of the radio....It's quite effective at preventing you from hearing things you don't want to hear....Use it. :p
Mike