Love him or hate him, Howard Stern is the "King of all Media". In twenty controversial years of radio, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has fined Howard Stern a sum of some 1.7 million dollars. The FCC has been trying to curtail Howard Stern's free speech rights and they should not be. On several events (mostly early in the show's history) Howard Stern has used language that was considered "vulgar" and "inappropriate"(FCC). However, Howard Stern uses these "vulgarities" to make a point and not for show. So Howard Stern should not be banned or censored on account of his radio show.
In referring to the case of The FCC v. Pacifica Foundation, the FCC was granted the "power to regulate radio broadcasts that are indecent but not obscene"(essay). What does this mean e
Many people still support Howard weather on radio or TV. Former New York senator Al Domato, stated that, "
xactly? According to the government it means that the FCC can only regulate broadcasts. They cannot censor broadcasts, that is determine what is
This vagueness in the ruling puts a dent in our rights as citizens to free speech. We should all be offended with this ruling, for it shows how the government is slowly taking away our freedoms.
Howard Stern should not be censored because it is against our freedom of speech, and it is against everything we fought for as a country.
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