Posted by Jon on Monday Mar 1, 2004 at 6:39 PM Pacific Time
Late last week, I posted an item in which I suggested that Clear Channel's decision to yank Howard Stern off of its radio stations just days after he lashed out against the "president" was likely due to the company's ties to the Bush administration--a possibility virtually ignored by the mainstream media. Stern fan-site King of All Media (KOAM.com) posted a link to the story, and thousands of you came here to read it.
So today, Howard said this:
I gotta tell you somethin': There's a lotta people sayin' that the second that I started sayin', "I think we gotta get Bush outta the presidency," that's when Clear Channel banged my ass outta here. Then I find out that Clear Channel is such a big contributor to "President" Bush, and in bed with the whole Bush administration ... I'm goin', "Maybe that's why I was thrown off: 'cuz I was thinkin' about goin' for John Kerry, because I don't like the way the country is leaning too much to the religious right with this abortion and this stem-cell research and gay marriage and all that." And then, BAM: "Let's get rid of Stern."
I used to think, "Oh, I can't believe that." But that's it! That's what's going on here! I know it! I know it!
I know it too, Howard. Welcome to my nightmare.
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"Howard Stern does have the right to say whatever he wants anywhere, but he doesn't necessarily have the right to say it on that station if the people who run the station don't want him to," Kerry said while campaigning in New York, where Stern's show is broadcast.
A questioner at the town hall meeting in Brooklyn asked Kerry to stand up for Stern's right to say what he wants because the Republican-led government is repressing his right to free speech.
Kerry said he disagrees that Stern faces repression.
"If you are working for somebody and they have a set of rules, that's the deal," Kerry said. "And it doesn't mean he can't go out and say it somewhere if somebody else wants to have him say that."
Clear Channel Communications this week yanked Stern off stations in San Diego, Pittsburgh, Rochester, N.Y., Louisville, Ky., and Fort Lauderdale and Orlando, Fla. Clear Channel said the suspension would last until the Stern show met its programming guidelines.
Stern's nationally syndicated show appears on more than 40 stations across North America and draws millions of listeners.
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http://www.savehoward.org/
Late last week, I posted an item in which I suggested that Clear Channel's decision to yank Howard Stern off of its radio stations just days after he lashed out against the "president" was likely due to the company's ties to the Bush administration--a possibility virtually ignored by the mainstream media. Stern fan-site King of All Media (KOAM.com) posted a link to the story, and thousands of you came here to read it.
So today, Howard said this:
I gotta tell you somethin': There's a lotta people sayin' that the second that I started sayin', "I think we gotta get Bush outta the presidency," that's when Clear Channel banged my ass outta here. Then I find out that Clear Channel is such a big contributor to "President" Bush, and in bed with the whole Bush administration ... I'm goin', "Maybe that's why I was thrown off: 'cuz I was thinkin' about goin' for John Kerry, because I don't like the way the country is leaning too much to the religious right with this abortion and this stem-cell research and gay marriage and all that." And then, BAM: "Let's get rid of Stern."
I used to think, "Oh, I can't believe that." But that's it! That's what's going on here! I know it! I know it!
I know it too, Howard. Welcome to my nightmare.
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"Howard Stern does have the right to say whatever he wants anywhere, but he doesn't necessarily have the right to say it on that station if the people who run the station don't want him to," Kerry said while campaigning in New York, where Stern's show is broadcast.
A questioner at the town hall meeting in Brooklyn asked Kerry to stand up for Stern's right to say what he wants because the Republican-led government is repressing his right to free speech.
Kerry said he disagrees that Stern faces repression.
"If you are working for somebody and they have a set of rules, that's the deal," Kerry said. "And it doesn't mean he can't go out and say it somewhere if somebody else wants to have him say that."
Clear Channel Communications this week yanked Stern off stations in San Diego, Pittsburgh, Rochester, N.Y., Louisville, Ky., and Fort Lauderdale and Orlando, Fla. Clear Channel said the suspension would last until the Stern show met its programming guidelines.
Stern's nationally syndicated show appears on more than 40 stations across North America and draws millions of listeners.
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http://www.savehoward.org/
