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April 15th 04, 02:39 PM
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"BDK" wrote in message ... In article telamon_spamshield-95D58A.20544514042004 @news.sf.sbcglobal.net, lid says... In article , "CentralNJBill" wrote: Link didn't work but I might as well add my two cents. I don't like most of what Howard Stern does, but he has an opinion and adds to the public discourse. You may not agree with him, but squelching his ability to voice his opinion--an opinion that's apparently shared by a legion of fans--diminishes all of us. His ban by Clear Channel is just another reason why corporations shouldn't have the ability to own so many broadcast outlets. He is a "shock jock." His show was never more than that so no great loss. I disagree, but it should be up to me/you if we ant to listen, not the FCC or the GOP. I personally find most of the preachers on tv/radio more revolting than anything on Howard or similar shows.. That's part of the fallacy in the whole pro-Stern argument on this. It isn't a matter of choice for "you and me" because those are -public- airwaves, and the public as a whole, through their elected representatives, has a considerable say in what's appropriate and what is not. In this culture, that mostly centers on crude/graphic yakking about sex that's considered inappropriate for a morning show. Before this whole incident, Stern had been left alone to get away with stuff that even -he- wouldn't have dreamed he could have 10-15 years ago, and he's become accustomed, like a little kid, to doing whatever he wants. So let's not make this out to be repression or a real First Amendment issue. He's crying all the way to the bank. |
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