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13.04.2004 |
‘censorship’ row over howard stern in usa—$1/2 million‘indecency’ fine
You want to know what this is really about? Here is the link for a site campaigning against the behaviour of what the USA knows as ‘shock jocks’ – radio broadcasters who seek audiences by trying to shock, or be ‘controversial’. This is a normal behaviour pattern for both teenagers and advertisers.
Calling the programme content ‘humor’ looks like stretching the definition from what I have read! Clear Channel is the largest radio broadcaster in the USA, with around 1,200 stations and many other interests in and out of the USA. The air is full of accusation and counter accusation. For instance, there are claims that Stern was seeking to have his contract broken, and claims he has been taken off air for becoming highly critical of Bush.
Here is another case of fear-invoked self-censorship, incredible because the show concerned is insipid. This all begs the question, “When will the US return to to witch trials?” |
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