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Imus Update
On Apr 9, 1:15 pm, "Roadie" wrote:
Yes, and I'm certain that it's consistent with the possibility for redundancy of possible redundancies too.- Hide quoted text - - You can say that again! |
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Steve wrote: On Apr 9, 12:52 pm, "David Eduardo" wrote: "Steve" wrote in message oups.com... On Apr 9, 12:25 pm, "David Eduardo" wrote: "Steve" wrote in message groups.com... On Apr 9, 12:07 pm, "David Eduardo" wrote: Satellite is not content regulated, but the possibility of a boycott of a satellite company or of their advertisers or resellers is possible.- Hide quoted text - Err....yes, that possibility is indeed possible. If you check, I think you'll find that most possibilities are possible. That's why we call them "possibilities". The point is that any action against Imus for terrestrial radio programs can be duplicated for satellite. At the same time, there is little or no regulatory pressure per the FCC rules that can be put on either medium... unless it went all the way to "fitness as a licensee" which has never been applied to content of this type (fitness has been applied to convicted felons and sex offenders, not to content). This is consistent with the possibility of possibilities, is it not? Yeah, if this were alt.usage.english- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - You used the English language in your post, didn't you? It sure wasn't the Spanin language. |
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On Apr 9, 8:54 pm, wrote:
Don Imus is suspended,gets two weeks off.According to article atwww.drudgereport.com cuhulin "''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' ''''''''' The 2-week suspension starts on Monday 16. There was an earlier report that Al Sharpton would appear on Imas' program on Tuesday 10th. Jesse Jackson has entered the fray in Chicago: Jackson is very good at getting corporations to "pay up" as atonement and protection so the stakes are getting higher. The National Organization of Women (NOW) is demanding his firing or else. The whole thing reminds me of "The Bonfire of the Vanities" by Wolfe, a book well worth reading in view of the Imus brougha. I don't know about US law, but British and Canadian law allows lawsuit for slander. The only defence is that the defendent spoke the truth. Imagine the detective work that would be needed to prove that Imus' slander was true. |
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On Apr 9, 8:54 pm, wrote:
Don Imus is suspended,gets two weeks off.According to article atwww.drudgereport.com cuhulin """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" """"""""""""""" Toda's Imus show (Tuesday) featured several guests who gave testimonials about Imus' good works and a NBC piece that presented Al Sharpton, who still thinks that Imus should be fired. MSNBC will be at Rutgers at 11 am to cover the apology attempt there. I got MSNBC several years ago to listen to the Imus show, which, as a Canadian, I knew nothing about. I wanted to hear plain speaking about issues of the day and not the carefully crafted set pieces of the pr people. I thought Imus would be blunt and ask the awkward questions. Over the years, I got tired of the same old faces of a small in- group of politicos and media people who all seemed to hang out around 72 street and lunch at Elaines. What is worse, I watched an irascible old shock jock lash out at people who couldn't fight back. I am thinking of regular attacks on Sid Rosenburg and Chris Carlin as well as a young woman from MSNBC that he attacked in public and drove off the show. Hubris http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/hubris is an exaggerated self confidence that eventually brings about fatal retribution. "Men think that by ill-treating others they make their own superiority the greater."...Aristotle. This whole uproar is over a racial slur made by a man affected by hubris. Times have changed and this sort of thing is no longer acceptable in US society, It is even illegal in Canada and Europe and may trigger speech laws in the US. It also has a bearing on the conduct of rec.radio.shortwave, where insults, racial slurs and slander is the order of the day. This may be an opportunity to clean up the act. There may be limits to free speech. All in all, I agree with Sharpton. Imus has done this several times before, apologised, and done it again. He is not so big and powerful that he can't be brought down. The bigger they are, the harder they fall. |
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"ve3..." wrote: On Apr 9, 8:54 pm, wrote: Don Imus is suspended,gets two weeks off.According to article atwww.drudgereport.com cuhulin """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" """"""""""""""" Toda's Imus show (Tuesday) featured several guests who gave testimonials about Imus' good works and a NBC piece that presented Al Sharpton, who still thinks that Imus should be fired. MSNBC will be at Rutgers at 11 am to cover the apology attempt there. I got MSNBC several years ago to listen to the Imus show, which, as a Canadian, I knew nothing about. I wanted to hear plain speaking about issues of the day and not the carefully crafted set pieces of the pr people. I thought Imus would be blunt and ask the awkward questions. Over the years, I got tired of the same old faces of a small in- group of politicos and media people who all seemed to hang out around 72 street and lunch at Elaines. What is worse, I watched an irascible old shock jock lash out at people who couldn't fight back. I am thinking of regular attacks on Sid Rosenburg and Chris Carlin as well as a young woman from MSNBC that he attacked in public and drove off the show. Hubris http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/hubris is an exaggerated self confidence that eventually brings about fatal retribution. "Men think that by ill-treating others they make their own superiority the greater."...Aristotle. This whole uproar is over a racial slur made by a man affected by hubris. Times have changed and this sort of thing is no longer acceptable in US society, It drives the biggest morning show in LA. on KFI. It is even illegal in Canada and Europe and may trigger speech laws in the US. Not in the USA. It also has a bearing on the conduct of rec.radio.shortwave, where insults, racial slurs and slander is the order of the day. This may be an opportunity to clean up the act. Not a chance. There may be limits to free speech. Not here. -- Telamon Ventura, California |
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"Telamon" wrote in message ... This whole uproar is over a racial slur made by a man affected by hubris. Times have changed and this sort of thing is no longer acceptable in US society, It drives the biggest morning show in LA. on KFI. KFI is NOT the "biggest morning show in LA." |
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"Telamon" wrote in message ... In article . com, There may be limits to free speech. Not here. -- There have always been limits to free speech, even in the US. Most often these have been limits on the rights of people that the majority find offensive. Our government has, for decades, been whittling away at the guarantees the founding fathers wrote into the Constitution (it has been a totally bipartisan effort, and much of it with the blessing of the very body that was put into place to protect us from ourselves: the Supreme Court. |
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"ve3..." wrote: On Apr 9, 8:54 pm, wrote: Don Imus is suspended,gets two weeks off.According to article atwww.drudgereport.com cuhulin """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" """"""""""""""" Toda's Imus show (Tuesday) featured several guests who gave testimonials about Imus' good works and a NBC piece that presented Al Sharpton, who still thinks that Imus should be fired. MSNBC will be at Rutgers at 11 am to cover the apology attempt there. I got MSNBC several years ago to listen to the Imus show, which, as a Canadian, I knew nothing about. I wanted to hear plain speaking about issues of the day and not the carefully crafted set pieces of the pr people. I thought Imus would be blunt and ask the awkward questions. Over the years, I got tired of the same old faces of a small in- group of politicos and media people who all seemed to hang out around 72 street and lunch at Elaines. What is worse, I watched an irascible old shock jock lash out at people who couldn't fight back. I am thinking of regular attacks on Sid Rosenburg and Chris Carlin as well as a young woman from MSNBC that he attacked in public and drove off the show. Hubris http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/hubris is an exaggerated self confidence that eventually brings about fatal retribution. "Men think that by ill-treating others they make their own superiority the greater."...Aristotle. This whole uproar is over a racial slur made by a man affected by hubris. Times have changed and this sort of thing is no longer acceptable in US society, It is even illegal in Canada and Europe and may trigger speech laws in the US. It would almost seem that being intelligent is illegal in CanaDuh. |
(OT) : Must Be A Slow News Year in Canada . . .
On Apr 9, 8:42 am, "ve3..." wrote:
I watched Imus this morning until 8:00 and he was quite rattled at times. He apologised profusely for his comments about the Rutgers team and indicated that his show would be more politically correct for the "next 4 or 5 years". He had spent much of the weekend consulting with Al Sharpton and the head of the First Baptist Church and they both agreed that he was fundamentally a "good person" who made a "stupid mistake" but they both felt he should resign anyway. His guests were supportive and I think the New York Times article (previous post) got it right. He said he would be on Al Sharpton's radio program and network at 1 pm eastern time today. For those not near a station, Sharpton can be heard at sharptalk.net. Al Sharpton was booked on Tuesday's show. The story is still unfolding but if Imus survives, it will be with a much tamer show. I think another pressure comes from the lawyers. Imus may be afraid of having the pants sued off him. Stay tuned. VE3, Must be a Slow News Year in Canada : Seeing that you have to comment on Current Events in the USofA. now go watch the snow melt :o) ~ RHF |
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