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FCC to investigate, 'take appropriate action' on Colbert’s Trump rant
http://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/fcc-to-investigate-take-appropriate-action-on-colbert%E2%80%99s-trump-rant/ar-BBAN3MZ?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=spartandhp ^

Posted on 05/05/2017 5:44:48 PM PDT by DOC44

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To: sergeantdave

Lol...I doubt it.


21 posted on 05/05/2017 6:30:31 PM PDT by Dallas59 (Only a fool stumbles on things behind him.)
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

Throwing around insults about a leader and not getting in trouble over it is what separates us from places like Iran and North Korea and Turkey and China..and..


22 posted on 05/05/2017 6:33:32 PM PDT by Dallas59 (Only a fool stumbles on things behind him.)
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To: DOC44

The non comedic dopes are vying for a top spot. I believe they should leave him be he’s already made a fool of himself


23 posted on 05/05/2017 6:39:43 PM PDT by ronnie raygun (Trump plays chess the rest are still playing checkers)
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To: Mears

Go ahead, make me sick before I go to work :)

What demands? I didn’t know about it.


24 posted on 05/05/2017 6:41:41 PM PDT by dp0622 (IThe only thing an upper crust Conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: Dallas59

Yeah they overreacted easily!!

I hear what you’re saying and you’re right.

If it justice was dispensed evenly. But it’s not.

FCC and everyone else would destroy someone who made these comments about the kenyan.

Ah, what do I know. Just frustrates me.


25 posted on 05/05/2017 6:43:26 PM PDT by dp0622 (IThe only thing an upper crust Conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: Dallas59
Throwing around insults about a leader and not getting in trouble over it is what separates us from places like Iran and North Korea and Turkey and China..and..

Throwing around insults about leaders without resorting to blatant references to sexual practices is not an unreasonable request when it comes to over-the-air broadcasts. This is not HBO - it's CBS, broadcasting over public airwaves, and it's very hard for me to believe that Colbert's remarks don't qualify as obscenity.

Aside from the issue of broadcast standards, there's also the fact that no one guarantees anyone freedom from consequences for the things they say. The Left would be up in arms if a conservative comedian had said such things about Obama or Hillary - boycotts would be underway to force the comedian off the air. Conservatives can either fight back the same way, or surrender.
26 posted on 05/05/2017 6:52:04 PM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: DOC44

We need to make an example out of a heckuva lot more than Colbert.

Considering that the Left has pretty much demanded “free speech for me but not for thee,” we need to give them a taste of their own medicine.

It’s the only way to rein in crude bullies.


27 posted on 05/05/2017 8:01:14 PM PDT by Nothingburger
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28 posted on 05/05/2017 9:08:45 PM PDT by stilloftyhenight ("Victorious warriors win first, then go to war." Sun TzuPer)
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To: DOC44

As long as Stephen Colbert stays off my yard and is not in my face he can live in the USA domain.

Otherwise, his worthless a$$ is mine and he won’t get to spend
a dime of his unearned riches if he endangers me or my kind.

ESAD Stephen Colbert


29 posted on 05/05/2017 9:27:15 PM PDT by soycd
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To: stilloftyhenight

Never watched him.Never heard of his name.


30 posted on 05/05/2017 9:28:20 PM PDT by fatima (Free Hugs Today :))
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

What I can’t understand is why the audience didn’t boo. They clapped and cheered in the excerpts I heard.


31 posted on 05/05/2017 9:31:07 PM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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To: DOC44

Organic tofu glowing in the dark is striking.


32 posted on 05/05/2017 9:38:06 PM PDT by BigEdLB (To Dimwitocrats: We won. You lost. Get used to it.)
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To: from occupied ga
What I can’t understand is why the audience didn’t boo. They clapped and cheered in the excerpts I heard.

Colbert's audience is highly politicized and will clap like trained seals at anything hostile to non-liberals while congratulating themselves on how tolerant and woke they are.
33 posted on 05/05/2017 9:41:35 PM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: Dallas59

TV

Was that an ‘80’s thing?


34 posted on 05/05/2017 10:10:34 PM PDT by HKMk23 (You ask how to fight an idea? Well, I'll tell you how: with another idea!)
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

They are only offended when the shoe is on the other foot.


35 posted on 05/05/2017 10:18:43 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS!!!)
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To: DOC44

What’s there to investigate?

It.’seems on tape.


36 posted on 05/05/2017 10:23:13 PM PDT by Crucial
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To: DOC44

First of all, who is Stephen Colbert and why should we care what he says? /sarc

Secondly, let him exercise his right to Free Speech and prove that he is an idiot. We win all around.

Then we should ask him to come out for “Free Speech” on campuses. Let’s see if he ties is balls in a knot over that request.

I can watch Johnny Carson reruns whenever I want good comedy. Colbert is a third rate amateur and that’s all he’ll ever be.


37 posted on 05/05/2017 10:24:08 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: DOC44

Maybe the can find Bill Oreilly’s microwave.

He might need it.


38 posted on 05/05/2017 10:24:11 PM PDT by Crucial
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To: DOC44

Imagine if a conservative had said something similar about Obama.


39 posted on 05/05/2017 10:26:12 PM PDT by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: Dallas59
Give me a break, marshmallow! I say that with all due respect. : )

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2013/08/12/211324453/rodeo-clown-in-obama-mask-sparks-outrage-apologies

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-rodeo-clown-incident-illustrates-nations-continued-racial-divide/2013/08/15/8da23cf0-05b8-11e3-88d6-d5795fab4637_story.html?utm_term=.50e68640e867

http://www.victoriataft.com/obama-mask-rodeo-clown-loses-job-while-left-wear-obama-mask-with-no-fall-out/

40 posted on 05/05/2017 11:00:01 PM PDT by Chgogal (I will NOT submit, therefore, Jihadists hate me.)
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