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Originally posted by justamom
I have to say I'm kind of amused at all this "passion" defending
Howard Stern. I HAVE SEEN HIS SHOW and it turned my stomach.
But that's MY opinion and everyone is entitled to an opinion.
A few points-
1.Like midwesterngirl, I'll follow the money.
Did it ever occur to anyone that he was losing listenership/viewership and the ad dollar wasn't paying off?
That maybe some of his former supporters have changed and no longer care for his style of humor?
2.DA-"Fact is that indecency on the airwaves is against the law. Has been since The Communications Act of 1934. It's just that nobody every really enforced it."
3.Originally posted by krazy It is CC choice to air whatever they want... They do not HAVE to air anything... If they choose to not air this guy, they do not have to. That is THEIR right of free speech...
Some have said they see a genius...I see an OOOGLY, old "fart" (he's just about my age) who's trying desperately to remain cool and "hip". He's rather a pathetic sight-almost laughable IMO!
I have a hard time seeing humor in allowing people to degrade themselves.
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1) The ad revenue is not down. He is a very popular personality pulling in a large following in so many markets and being paid very well to compensate for that.
2) They never said what was indecent and they never enforced it and set a precedent.
3) That is a free markets argument and this is not a free market when you have monopolies. Then you have the argument restricting free speech...again not a free decision on the part of free market businesses since htey're getting regulated.
-Rudey