Oppose Censorship

[Johnny]

If you live in California, I suggest you Write to Arnold expressing your displeasure at his lack of support for this, since Stern supported him and the recall.

You guys have bigger problems than the FCC when the Terminator is elected to such a powerful position.

[stormy]

i'll miss Howard if they get him off the air. If the worst case senario occurs, hopefully Stern will move to satelite radio (in which case satelite radio+1). Howard is in no way a rascist, and has never preached hate against any race. Nor is the content of his show worse than anything on primetime network tv. The way he's persecuted is rediculous. FCC fines should be able to be contested in a court just like traffic tickets and other civil infractions. I think it's great that Howard is now going for the jugular of these hypocrits in government by exposing the nepotism involved in Powell's FCC appointment and the various senators who's lives are subsidized by religous extremists. He's a voice that we need speaking out, even if people don't agree with him. I'm with Mike, i'm just far to lazy to actually write letters.

[Calliander]

i'll miss Howard if they get him off the air. If the worst case senario occurs, hopefully Stern will move to satelite radio (in which case satelite radio+1). Howard is in no way a rascist, and has never preached hate against any race. Nor is the content of his show worse than anything on primetime network tv. The way he's persecuted is rediculous.

The reason why is even worse because everyone is saying it's "indecency". He has won/lost elections for people. He has that power. And he has the power to ruin President Bush because he has people dedicated to digging up dirt. The FCC fine was only applied to the Detroit station carrying Stern. How many stations is Stern on in this country? An incredible amount, which I don't have offhand. Multiply that by 27,500 (or 500,000 when the bill passes)

FCC fines should be able to be contested in a court just like traffic tickets and other civil infractions. I think it's great that Howard is now going for the jugular of these hypocrits in government by exposing the nepotism involved in Powell's FCC appointment and the various senators who's lives are subsidized by religous extremists. He's a voice that we need speaking out, even if people don't agree with him. I'm with Mike, i'm just far to lazy to actually write letters.

Write write write, man. There's no such thing as too lazy to find out who your elected reps are and write them a short blurb about how you feel. If you don't get up and do something, then these Society Terrorists have won.

[mollipen]

Let me ask this: who owns the airwaves? Who is in charge of the radio frequencies that carry Howard's show?

Howard should be free to say and do as he pleases. At the same time, the people in charge of the medium carrying his show should have the right to say that he can't say that kind of stuff on their airwaves. Howard isn't being shut up. So far as I know, he still has the right to broadcast over the internet, put out a CD of what he wants to say, write a book, and so on.

It's like if I build a theater to show movies, and then decide not to show your movie because I think it's garbage, and then you tell me that I have to or else it's censorship. I don't have to do anything, because it's my theater, I paid for it, I'm the person who runs it, I just let you make use of it.

[Diff-chan]

Who is in charge of the radio frequencies that carry Howard's show?

The government. They lease the bandwidth to companies.

And Howard Stern HAS been fined before.

All in all, I think the highlight of this thread is the fact that Mike admitted he watched Oprah.

Fag.

[Jeremy]

No need to call him a fag, he might just have a thing for fat chicks.

[Error]

"moving to Canada is easier"

Oh ya, sure, you won't find any censorship up here at all....

[Matt]

Damn, it, no, that's what the people with this ultra-conservative agenda WANT! They want you to leave because then you're not there to resist! We can make a difference by voting against them!

Shhh - don't tell anyone, but the plan is to re-group up there and invade through Minnesota to take back the country.

[Calliander]

Let me ask this: who owns the airwaves? Who is in charge of the radio frequencies that carry Howard's show?

The Government owns the airwaves, which means that the PEOPLE own the airwaves. The people decide, and if they didn't want him on then he wouldn't get good ratings. He gets phenomenal ratings and hardly anyone complains. There's this one group of assholes in Michigan, though, keep fucking writing hundreds of thousands of complaints (amongst a small group of people and hires through those "work at home" ads on telephone posts) and that's why the Detroit station got fined first. It's all Viacom, though, and they're choosing to keep Howard on. The FCC doesn't like that, so they're going to fine them as MUCH AS THEY CAN. Why? The people like him, he's got millions of listeners, and nothing he says is indecent. If you think it is, prove it in a fucking court.

Howard should be free to say and do as he pleases. At the same time, the people in charge of the medium carrying his show should have the right to say that he can't say that kind of stuff on their airwaves. Howard isn't being shut up. So far as I know, he still has the right to broadcast over the internet, put out a CD of what he wants to say, write a book, and so on.

It's like if I build a theater to show movies, and then decide not to show your movie because I think it's garbage, and then you tell me that I have to or else it's censorship. I don't have to do anything, because it's my theater, I paid for it, I'm the person who runs it, I just let you make use of it.

This isn't some small company, though, shidoshi. This is the government and these two giants - Infinity Broadcasting and ClearChannel - who own EVERYTHING. If the FCC really was dedicated to what they said, they would never have helped those two companies take over almost every radio station in existence. If stations were all owned by smaller corps then those smaller corps could get the complaints and react accordingly.

The majority of Stern's fans who would be motivated by this FCC nonsense to vote generally don't read a whole lot of stuff. They saw his movie, yeah, but it takes a decent bit of time to make a coherent movie. The same thing with a CD or a DVD. Not all of his radio listeners have Internet access, but yeah, he is using the web page now to communicate with the listeners. The radio is the quickest and best way to reach all of these impressionable people who, if they were going to vote, would have no idea who to vote for.

All in all, I think the highlight of this thread is the fact that Mike admitted he watched Oprah.

Keepin' it real!

[Drewbacca]

Nothing will happen.

Do you know how many people probably send e-mails to them when offended? If you don't like something, turn the channel. It's really that simple. The average sentence takes about 5 or so seconds go blurt out. And I mean: "I had a sandwich the other day, and it tasted pretty good dude." sentences, not indepth explanations of tossing ones salad. That's more then enough time to grab the remote, which would probably be on the coffee table, on your lap or on the couch, and pretty the up or down arrow.

I see what the complaint is, but I don't think it's a dire threat to society.

p.s. haha you watch Oprah.