Free Speech

mid-morning on Sunday, the 29th of February 2004 by Chad

Love him or hate him, everyone should be sick now of the Howard Stern whining. Of course, its not really whining, its a calculated stunt to get attention and more listeners. Upon hearing he was getting dropped by the Clear Channel stations, I’m sure Howard wasn’t outraged in the least, he’s too shrewd and media savvy for that. He knows its a great bombshell for him, he’ll pick up more listeners in every other market just to hear what the fuss is about. And he’ll eventually be brought back by Clear Channel, and get everyone else back. The saddest thing is to listen to all the callers who are completely duped by the whole process.
But this isn’t a freedom of speech thing. The law on this is clear. There are limits on what can be done on over the air media. Don’t like it? Webcast, sattelite, or cable is the way to go. Anyone can still get their message out.
Only one type of limit on freedom of speech is really going on today. And its not all the anti-Bush celebrities whining on every talkshow they can get on about how they’re not allowed to express their viewpoint anywhere, and here it is. No political speech unless you’re one of the “special groups” anywhere near an election. Now thats what is disgusting in America today, not Howard Stern.