Posted on 02/28/2004 12:29:36 AM PST by kattracks
Edited on 05/26/2004 5:19:46 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
February 28, 2004 -- Besieged shock jock Howard Stern taunted his government critics yesterday by skipping his usual congressional and FCC attacks and tearing right into the top guy - President Bush. Stern also said he fears his "suspension" last Wednesday by radio behemoth Clear Channel has turned into a firing.
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If filthy mouthed talk is what you seek, yes, he IS a legend in the radio business!
As a baseline, Stern's show.
I'm no prude, but Stern's show is indistinguishable from the "entertainment value" of a clogged up toilet at a greasy roadside truck-stop.
I would rather you not insult me....
I'm pretty sure no one else HAS to listen to him. You know what? Turn the station. There are tons of other things on the radio. "
Hey -- YOU are free to relish the viewing all the nose-stuffing of tampex suppositories and excrement body-washings you want...Enjoy.
However, if you can't take the heat of some of OUR opinions here, there are "tons of other things" on the internet.
Don't let the door hit you on the way out.
You're the one who told me I had insulted you. Please make up your mind.
I challenge you to offer proof of this statement.
I think it's fairly obvious that Clear Channel is dumping them because of pressure from the FCC. Clear Channel was fined recently by them for "Bubba the Love Sponge". It's a CYA effort. If Clear Channel did this on their own free will completely, I wouldn't have said what I said since I'm a firm believer in "their stations, their rules". My beef is more with the FCC, which was created not to regulate content, but to make sure signals didn't interfere with one another.
However, Stern is a rude, crude and obnoxious pig and I cannot and will not defend him .. is it at all possible for Stern to do a show without describing on air in detail about all the sex acts happening in his studio???
I don't listen to Stern much so I don't know all that's there outside of what I've read about him, but I know how morning radio is in general, and some probably have the same arguements for "Drew and Mike" which I sometimes listen to.
If I don't like it, I don't listen to it. If it is so bad that I think it shouldn't be on(usually out and out liars or anti-freedom hit pieces tend to get me going that way), then I go for the advertisers and call the station.
But content regulation, especially with subjective matters such as 'indecency'(even what's obscentity is 'debateable', but it isn't QUITE as objective) is a disaster waiting to happen.
My eyes opened up here when AOL banned pro-gun websites calling them pornography. Their servers, their rules, but if a John Kerry(who is as anti-2nd Amendment as it gets) appoints Henry Waxman to the FCC? Fairness Doctrine? If the Internet gets regulated by them? Or Pay TV? Satellite?
It's that law of unintended consequences.
I don't necessarily disagree there. As a result, I simply use the radio dial or put in a Lynyrd Skynyrd CD.
My only major irk is with government bureaucrats.
Maybe he's a just a sincere believer who isn't ashamed of his faith. Did that ever cross your mind?
Fine .. then let Stern pay for his own fines
My beef is more with the FCC, which was created not to regulate content, but to make sure signals didn't interfere with one another.
That may have been how they started .. but these laws about content have been on the books for YEARS .. Stern knew and he choose to ignore it.
I have stated on another thread that I don't think he should be yanked off the air .. just tone it down. He is WAY over the edge and everyone knows it ... including Stern.
Again .. I totally understand your point about a Dem President and yes we need to be careful. And like I said, as much as I hate liberals, I'll defend their write to be on the air .. I just can't defend the disgusting stunts that Stern pulls
Shuuush, come over here.. suggest taking his wifes example of how to treat Howie.
What I have an issue with are the stunts he pulls on the radio
Fine .. then try to change them .. until then .. the law is the law and Stern CHOOSE to ignore them ..
He's also only on in big cities. About 40 markets, as far as I can tell.
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