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Imus Update
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. |
Imus Update
On Apr 9, 11:42 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. Yes, I heard bits of that rambling apology on the local news. I think he was taken to the woodshed over the weekend and told to clean it up. The last thing they need is some group threatening a boycott and then an FCC inquiry and a fine. I'm sure the Howard Stern record for fines is big in their minds. This may be what pushes Imus and his characters completely away from FCC regulated radio over to satellite radio. |
Imus Update
"Roadie" wrote in message ups.com... On Apr 9, 11:42 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. Yes, I heard bits of that rambling apology on the local news. I think he was taken to the woodshed over the weekend and told to clean it up. The last thing they need is some group threatening a boycott and then an FCC inquiry and a fine. I'm sure the Howard Stern record for fines is big in their minds. This may be what pushes Imus and his characters completely away from FCC regulated radio over to satellite radio. The FCC has never, to the best of my knowlege, fined for anything other than indecency (descriptions that appeal to the prurient interest of sexual or excretory acts) or profanity (the F-word, for example...). It would take defining racist or politically incorrect speech as one of these to make it "finable" and would undoubtably bring First Ammendment issues galore. A boycott and a protest of the owners of the flagship station and its affiliates and their advertisers is the real threat, not the FCC. Stern was not finded for political or racial content... it was for indecency. Satellite is not content regulated, but the possibility of a boycott of a satellite company or of their advertisers or resellers is possible. |
Imus Update
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". |
Imus Update
"Steve" wrote in message oups.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). |
Imus Update
On Apr 9, 12:25 pm, "David Eduardo" wrote:
"Steve" wrote in message oups.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? |
Imus Update
On Apr 9, 12:07 pm, "David Eduardo" wrote:
"Roadie" wrote in message ups.com... On Apr 9, 11:42 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. Yes, I heard bits of that rambling apology on the local news. I think he was taken to the woodshed over the weekend and told to clean it up. The last thing they need is some group threatening a boycott and then an FCC inquiry and a fine. I'm sure the Howard Stern record for fines is big in their minds. This may be what pushes Imus and his characters completely away from FCC regulated radio over to satellite radio. The FCC has never, to the best of my knowlege, fined for anything other than indecency (descriptions that appeal to the prurient interest of sexual or excretory acts) or profanity (the F-word, for example...). It would take defining racist or politically incorrect speech as one of these to make it "finable" and would undoubtably bring First Ammendment issues galore. A boycott and a protest of the owners of the flagship station and its affiliates and their advertisers is the real threat, not the FCC. Stern was not finded for political or racial content... it was for indecency. Satellite is not content regulated, but the possibility of a boycott of a satellite company or of their advertisers or resellers is possible. Yes, a boycott is indeed possible. If a boycott were only moderately successful it could push one or both money-losing satellite companies even further into the hole. As satellite radio continues to push the bounds of good taste and decency outward I think they increasingly invite a congressional reaction that would place the content of satellite broadcasts under FCC regulation. It is clear that broadcasts carried over traditional AM and FM stations are more similar than they are different from broadcasts carried over satellites. I suspect that if the FCC hinted that they were beginning an investigation that the station owners owners would become very concerned. And Imus would be jettisoned. |
Imus Update
"Steve" wrote in message oups.com... On Apr 9, 12:25 pm, "David Eduardo" wrote: "Steve" wrote in message oups.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 |
Imus Update
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? |
Imus Update
On Apr 9, 12:44 pm, "Steve" wrote:
On Apr 9, 12:25 pm, "David Eduardo" wrote: "Steve" wrote in message roups.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?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Yes, and I'm certain that it's consistent with the possibility for redundancy of possible redundancies too. |
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