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On Apr 9, 12:07 pm, "David Eduardo" wrote:


Satellite is not content regulated, but the possibility of a boycott of a
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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).

On Apr 9, 12:25 pm, "David Eduardo" wrote:
"Steve" wrote in message

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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?

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On Apr 9, 12:25 pm, "David Eduardo" wrote:
"Steve" wrote in message

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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

On Apr 9, 12:52 pm, "David Eduardo" wrote:
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On Apr 9, 12:25 pm, "David Eduardo" wrote:
"Steve" wrote in message

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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 -

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You used the English language in your post, didn't you?

Steve wrote:

On Apr 9, 12:52 pm, "David Eduardo" wrote:
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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 -

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You used the English language in your post, didn't you?

It sure wasn't the Spanin language.

Don Imus is suspended,gets two weeks off.According to article at
www.drudgereport.com
cuhulin

On Apr 9, 8:54 pm, wrote:
Don Imus is suspended,gets two weeks off.According to article atwww.drudgereport.com
cuhulin
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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.

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.

On Apr 9, 12:44 pm, "Steve" wrote:
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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).

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Yes, and I'm certain that it's consistent with the possibility for
redundancy of possible redundancies too.

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 -

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You can say that again!