This is ridiculous!!!

[gldstwmn]

Originally posted by strandinthewind
Answering for myself, W's administration is, and perhaps always was, clearly governed by fundamentalist Christians who want their interpretation of "The Bible" to be the law and everyone who does not believe like "they" do to be a second class citizen or, perhaps, in a concentration camp undergoing "therapy" to be like them (the latter was a joke ). Their way is the only way. So, I think that mindset is spilling into the FCC. I mean for the last ten years Stern has not been offensive - so why now in an election year

My $0.02

Not to mention Colin Powell's son, Michael now runs the FCC.

[strandinthewind]

Originally posted by gldstwmn
Not to mention Colin Powell's son, Michael now runs the FCC.

IMO it could be anyone running the FCC and this would still be taking place. IMO the entertainment industry has pushed the envelope of what is acceptable for prime time non-cable stuff. A good example of that is Janet Jackson's stunt, if it was a stunt, at the Super Bowl as well as the other performers and riske commercials at the Super Bowl. I get that the Super Bowl people are also at fault because they saw ahead of time those commercials and they hired MTV and saw perhaps not the boob, but all of the other gyrating and approved it - then they act outraged at a boob when the performers were essentially fry humping on stage for 20 minutes before that But, the fact remains that Janet Jackson and really all of the peformers there were just as sexually riske for shock (which sells) a la the Madonna kiss. So, poor Howard Stern get the brunt of all of that even though Clear Channel clearly know he was a outrageous womanizer and will probably have him back on the air soon.

[gldstwmn]

http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/19206.htm

STERN IN BIG BLAST AT BUSH

February 28, 2004 -- Besieged shock jock Howard Stern taunted his government critics yesterday by skipping his usual congressional and FCC attacks and tearing right into the top guy - President Bush.
Stern also said he fears his "suspension" last Wednesday by radio behemoth Clear Channel has turned into a firing.

"I might be taken off all the stations very soon, and my last words to you are 'G.W.B.,' " Stern told listeners yesterday.

"Get him out of office. I'm tellin' you, man, he's in dangerous territory [with] a religious agenda and you gotta vote him out - anyone but Bush," Stern railed.

Stern, whose raunchy wake-up show was yanked from six Clear Channel stations until, according to the company, they are "assured [it] will conform to acceptable standards of responsible broadcasting," said he fears he's history.

"It doesn't sound like I'm going to be asked back," Stern said, after playing an ominous quote from Clear Channel's CEO's testimony to a congressional indecency panel Thursday:

"The Bubbas of the world and the Howard Sterns of the world are the exception rather than the rule, and they will no longer have a platform on our stations," said John Hogan, who fired Florida's even-rowdier "Bubba the Love Sponge" on the eve of the hearings.

Hogan told committee members he was "ashamed" of both shows.

[gldstwmn]

More on the Bush Clear Channel connection:

http://www.buzzflash.com/analysis/03/04/18_clear.html
One Thing is Crystal Clear: Clear Channel is a Subsidiary of Bush, Inc

http://www.utwatch.org/utimco/hicks.html
http://www.utwatch.org/utimco/

The vice-chairman of Clear Channel is Tom Hicks. He has held that position since 1999, when Clear Channel bought out a radio chain owned by Hicks and his brother.

It was also Tom Hicks who paid a highly inflated $15 million in 1998 for George Bush's share of the Texas Rangers.

Before that, in 1996, Bush had appointed Hicks as the first chairman of the University of Texas Investment Management Corporation. Hicks had lobbyed intensively for the creation of UTIMCO, and he used his position there to invest the University's money in ways that would benefit Republicans and the Bush family (eg, The Carlyle Group.) Hicks' own investment firm has also been a major Bush contributor.

[estranged4life]

the following article to be even more ridiculous because it seems to be have truth to it (It has nothing to do with "FearChannel's" B.S. over Howard "Fart-man" Stern but I think y'all may find it an interesting read...)


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4371384/

[gldstwmn]

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click...60371&set_id=1

Censors set sights on 'world darling' Oprah

April 02 2004 at 07:41PM

By David Usborne

The crackdown on smut on America's airwaves has entered new and surprising territory after reports that less than open-minded federal regulators have turned their censorious attention to a thoroughly unexpected target - the perennially popular Oprah Winfrey Show.

On a rampage since Janet Jackson let a breast slip during the Super Bowl, the Federal Communications Commission has acknowledged it is looking into complaints that Winfrey may have crossed the decency line in at least one of her shows.

Winfrey has US radio shock jock Howard Stern, to blame. Stern has been under relentless Washington pressure to tone down his broadcasts and struck back by suggesting Winfrey was surely a worse offender.

"If they fine me, they gotta fine Oprah - the darling of the world."

'If they fine me, they gotta fine Oprah - the darling of the world'
The DJ directed listeners to his website for a transcript of a Oprah broadcast about teenage sex and included instructions how they could file a complaint with the FCC.

Sources at the FCC confirmed receiving about 700 complaints about Winfrey. While most of them might have been spurred by Stern, they are enough to prompt a formal investigation. The Chicago-based entertainer has so far not commented.

So far, Stern has been able to cling onto his perch, offering a mix of music and sometimes immodest chit-chat every morning on K-Rock, owned by Infinity, which has already been fined for some of what he has told his listeners. But another broadcasting chain, Clearchannel, last month dropped him from many of its stations across the US.

If Stern is trying to make a monkey of the US government, he scored points on April Fool's day.

Fans were appalled when they tuned into K-Rock only to hear a recorded statement from its management saying that it had succumbed to government pressure and removed the DJ from the air indefinitely.

For an hour, two other DJ's played middle-brow music and told disappointed listeners they were offering "fun without the filth".

The worst nightmare of Stern's devoted followers seemed to have come to pass. However, they had not checked the date on their calendars.

After the first hour of the broadcast, Stern re-emerged to tell them they had been fooled.

"We are back for anybody who was stupid enough to fall for that."

It was a stunt with a serious message, however, as the pressure from regulators on broadcasts gets more intense with every passing day.

On Wednesday, the FCC separately announced that it was also zeroing in on America's crop of daytime soap operas to determine whether they also were getting a little too steamy.

FCC officials reminded reporters at a press conference that television broadcasters are barred from showing programmes between the hours of 6am and 10pm that in any way display "sexual or excretory functions". - Independent Foreign Service

[darklinensuit]

What exactly was said on Oprah?

- Jake

[GardenStateGirlie]

Originally posted by darklinensuit
What exactly was said on Oprah?

- Jake

The show was talking about various sexual terms. They played a clip the other night on Jimmy Kimmel Live in which Oprah discussed "salad tossing." I thought it was hysterical but I can see how the show, airing at 4 in the afternoon here, might be slightly offensive to people. However, my old philosophy is if you don't like it what you're seeing/hearing, turn it off

[Rob67]

Interesting thing about Stern is that he supports Arnold, loves Guliani and was a big supporter of Bush and the war on Terror...he was a big advocate for the Iraq war.

Interesting...

Rob

[hayley]

Actually, Howard is not in favor if the Iraq war. He certainly was, as many Americans were, when we were told there was a reason to go to war. He, like others, had faith that our president was doing the right thing for our country. He loved Giuliani as a New Yorker who respected his dedication and performance post-9/11.

He's been against the president, against what happened in the war, and against our continued presence in the country since it's been discovered that the WMDs were fabrications and that Americans have been dying for something that they shouldn't be dying for.

It was very shortly after Howard became vocal in his opposition to Bush's policies that he was yanked off the air and made the subject of an FCC-mandated witchhunt.

[diamondsnake]

I'm glad. Howard Stern has made several comments about Stevie Nicks being overweight and now his rudeness may finally come to an end!

[dissention]

Originally posted by strandinthewind
IMO it could be anyone running the FCC and this would still be taking place.

Not if I was running it!

[dissention]

Originally posted by diamondsnake
I'm glad. Howard Stern has made several comments about Stevie Nicks being overweight and now his rudeness may finally come to an end!

Oh my word! Who cares? He also had whole chickens lowered down on hooks right in front of Richard Simmons' face a few years ago, too. And Stevie likes a good laugh.

[hayley]

Originally posted by diamondsnake
I'm glad. Howard Stern has made several comments about Stevie Nicks being overweight and now his rudeness may finally come to an end!

Someday you WILL grow up.

[SaraRhiannon]

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Originally posted by diamondsnake
I'm glad. Howard Stern has made several comments about Stevie Nicks being overweight and now his rudeness may finally come to an end!
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Originally posted by hayley
Someday you WILL grow up.

OH SNAP!