HowardStern is going 2 read a list of politicians involved in sex scandals

[Bombtrack]

or who have been involved in things like that. He made it sound like it was going to be really good.

It's all about the hypocracy of these people cencoring him

[displacedtexan]

1. Keep us posted!

Thanks!

[aquart]

2. Current? Past? How long is the show?

Don't want him to run out of time.

[Crachet2004]

3. Cool

But I imagine it will take over a day-as the list, I am sure, is long.

[KG]

4. heh.

nobody is censoring poor howie.

he wanted to be a big shot rich celebrity, he joined the corporate world which has some rules. if he doesn't wanna play by the rules, he can expect some flack.

this isn't a 'free speech' issue.

if he'd got his head busted open at the FTAA protests in miami, then he'd have a 'free speech' issue.

[Judi Lynn]

6. Thanks for pointing that out. Worlds apart! n/t

[burmartesq]

7. It's an indirect censorship

With the FCC cracking down on absolutely anything remotely controversial, it's forcing the corporations to act in the ways clear channel does to protect itself from governmental fines. It's the same way capitalism works, if the government does something, it has a chain effect on everything else. I agree with lots of things that are said here on the DU boards, but I just can't drink your Kool Aid when some people on here deny the governmental actions effect on everything. It's capitalism, plain and simple, and when the government interferes with it (except in extreme cases), things are thrown way out of wack.

[Cooley Hurd]

9. Shocking...

You're saying that, because Howard is a successful celebrity, he shouldn't enjoy the same rights as others? Explain to me how this doesn't qualify as a free speech issue.

This has less to do with obscenity than it does with the curbing of political speech. Howard Stern starts railing against Shrub and *ploink* the plug is pulled. Don't forget what Clear Channel did during the run-up to the war; they banned the Dixie Chicks from their airwaves and they held pro-war rallies to directly counter anti-war rallies taking place.

Like him or not, Stern is on our side and he has a loyal audience that is literally millions strong. Like him or not, I'll take those votes!

[bowens43]

10. It's censorship....

Threats and intimidation from the FCC certainly equates to censorship.
Yes, it IS a free speech issue.

[Kinkistyle]

12. Corporate "rules"

Wouldn't happen to include "No criticism of the Republican Administration and Congresswomen" would it?

[patricia92243]

5. scandle means it was in the past - who cares?

[KharmaTrain]

8. Howard's Spot On!

I'm no Stern fan, but I caught the first hour and he was hitting the nail on the head as to what was happening to him, the radio biz and freedom of speech.

Some of the things he hit on...

- Media portrayal of him as "bad boy" without knowing what his show is about. If people want to get his side of the story, he has 5 1/2 hours a day where he will...just like Rush

- Clear Channel's Chief Bozo's appearance in front of Congress was what this is all about...Stern's been on CC stations for 15 years...it's not that they didn't know what he was all about...THEY HIRED HIM!

- The "offensive" bit was trumped up for the hearing...CC first got the date wrong on the broadcast (calling it Wednesday's instead of Tuesday) and the transcript provided with the offending remarks that were quoted in the media came from Clear Channel.

- This is only 6 stations and really doesn't affect the Stern Network except for the folks in those markets...most notably Pittsburgh and Miami, who aren't hearing his show. The Clear Channel stations who have "suspended" his show are in breech of contract.

These are just a few of his comments...it was definitely good stuff, and he promised that list of sexual hijinks inside the beltway as well as playing calls from listeners in the markets where he was cut off.

Oh, one thing Stern alluded to that I did as well the other day. It's so ironic that Stern's rant (which wasn't his) using the "N" word (which isn't prohibited to say other than PC Police) so offended Mr. Hogan and his Clear Channel/RoveCo cronies, yet tune down the dial to the Clear Channel "Kiss-FM" outlet and hear some gansta rapper using that same word or Eminmem ranting on women or R. Kelly and his love of little girls. Ah, the hypocrisy!

One thing the next Democratic administration HAS to do...clean up the FCC and restore ownership regulation to the public airwaves!

[gristy]

11. More soft porn hypocrisy from CC

San Diego: KIOZ 105.3 FM

just take a look at their home page: www.kioz.com

[Cooley Hurd]

17. You think that's bad...

Here's some items from the other CC stations that pulled the Stern show:
From Pittsburgh, PA. WXDX 105.9 FM

This is from a part of their website called "Thong of the Day."

From &month=1077890924">Ft. Lauderdale/Miami, FL. WBGG 105.9 FM

This is from their "Babe of the Day" portion of their website.

From Orlando, FL. WTKS 104.1 FM

A woman is "disciplined" for misspelling a word during a "drunken spelling bee."

From Rochester, N.Y. WNVE 95.1 FM & 95.5 FM
<snip>
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Listen to Wendy for you chance to win a Time Warner “Adult on Demand” Pay-Per-View, and then keep listening throughout the rest of the day for your chance to win
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Check out E-man and Joe Lo on Saturday morning, as E-man turns porn movie critic and reviews “The Nerve Porn DVD of the Week”

</snip>

From Louisville, KY. WTFX 100.5 FM

This is from the main page - if you click on the image, it brings you to an "adults only" section.

ClearChannel's hypocrisy is a joke...

[WonderGrunion]

24. Question

Is the top picture now current WWE Diva Trish Stratus? She was a swimsuit model before going to wrestling.

[Cooley Hurd]

26. I don't know...

I'm not into WWE stuff, but there might be more info at the link provided...

[Katarina]

13. I can't listen to Howard

That right was taken away from me and every other Floridian 2 days ago. So could you please let us know what he is saying? Thank you.

[Cooley Hurd]

15. You can get a synopsis of each show...

...here-> MarksFriggin.com Daily Highlights

No transcripts available, though...

[Stephanie]

14. I am listening to Howard Stern instead of NPR this morning

for the first time ever.

But it's not very interesting.

[NewJeffCT]

16. I tuned in at 5:55 am for the first time in almost a year...

and I was disappointed at how subdued he was - he sounded beaten down / whippped.

[f33dback]

18. spell check

Will enhance your credibility.

[Katarina]

20. Good Lord

That's right, spelling errors are much more important than the rights that we are losing every day. Thank God we have the spell check police to keep us all in line. :eyes:

[seabeyond]

23. amen

bah hahahaha..........

[hang a left]

21. Wow! Hell of a first post, there.......

not.

[Cooley Hurd]

25. Community cohesion will enhance your credibility...

First post and you're criticizing other DUers? :eyes:

[Cooley Hurd]

19. Here's a great synopsis of the Stern issue...

From DownWithBush. com

<snip>
Howard Stern finally turns on Bush, gets silenced in return
Posted by Jon on Thursday Feb 26, 2004 at 8:12 PM Pacific Time
Disclosure: I am a diehard Howard Stern fan. I generally listen to the entire show, daily, and have done so for about 14 years.

In late 2002 and during much of 2003, Stern was so ridiculously pro-Bush and pro-Iraq War, I almost stopped listening. Almost.

And so it was, then, that I nearly wept with joy on Monday morning when Stern, upon returning from a weeklong vacation, announced: "Over vacation, I read Al Franken's <"Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them">; it's great. He is phenomenal."

Stern's impromptu ass-kissing session occurred despite the fact that Franken takes a shot at Stern at the very beginning of the book.

"The first page, he insults me," Stern said. "He talks about how Ann Coulter and I are McCarthy-ites. It was just really insulting. And I just said, 'You know, I can get past this, if Al doesn't like me.' I'm not even sure why I'm like McCarthy, but, evidently I am, according to Al. But you know what? If Al says it, it must be true, because I love the book, and he seems to be right on about everything."

And then Stern said the words that made my day: "If you read this book, you will never vote for George W. Bush. ... I think this guy is a religious fanatic and a Jesus freak, and he is just hell bent on getting some sort of bizzaro agenda through--like a country-club agenda--so that his father will finally be proud of him. ... I don't know much about Kerry, but I think I'm one of those 'Anybody but Bush' guys now. I don't think G.W. is going to win. What do you think about that?"

Stern admitted that his change of heart was, in part, brought on because of the FCC crackdown that began after Janet Jackson exposed her breast on television during the Super Bowl Half-Time Show.

On recent shows, Stern had been airing audiotape of the post-breast Congressional hearings, during which Senator Heather Wilson (R-New Mexico), in a ridiculously over-the-top, dramatic performance, lectured Mel Karmazin--CEO of Viacom, the company for which Stern works--about the "nasty" half-time show and how it severely affected her 4th-grade son. Stern subsequently exposed Wilson's poor voting record on gun control and a myriad of other issues, as well as the enormous amounts of money she has accepted from defense contractors and other special-interest groups, and suggested that perhaps Wilson is more of a threat to child welfare than is the media.

So it's no surprise, then, that against this backdrop, media conglomerate Clear Channel--a Texas-based organization with ties to Bush--announced on Wednesday (2/25) that it had yanked Stern from its radio stations in Ft. Lauderdale and Orlando, FL; Rochester, NY; San Diego, CA; Pittsburgh, PA; and Louisville, KY. (It's worth noting that two of those five states--most notably Florida--are still considered "swing states" in the upcoming election.)

Coincidence? Not likely. Stern even hinted during his show on Thursday that some of the behind-the-scenes action leading to his muzzling included communications that Wilson--or someone connected to her--had initiated with someone in a position to yank Stern's chain.

</snip>

[Stephanie]

27. Well no wonder they threw him off - you can't say that on the radio!

"Between Aschroft and Cheney ... and their puppet Bush"

[Cooley Hurd]

28. Here's my favorite passage...

Also from the DownWithBush.com website:

<snip>
"This regime--and I will now call it a regime--has gotten absolutely bizarre. Between Aschroft and Cheney ... and their puppet Bush and Powell and his son , I mean, this has gone berserk. I mean, I'll be off the air, and I won't be able to talk to you about it anymore, but, listen, it's bad. This is the most unbelievable thing, what's going on, where people are being thrown off the air without a trial."

Stern seemed intent on making the most of however much time he has left to broadcast, telling his listeners: "These fascist, right-wing a-holes are getting so much freaking power, you gotta take back the country. my last words to you. I don't know how many more days I have on the air."
</snip>

[sunnynair]

22. Off topic

Bill Virtue Bennett is going to have his Morning radio show. Anyone heard of this ?