amicus
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Ages and ages ago, in the 1960's, performing the first 'live' radio and television talk show in Hawaii, I stumbled onto the Catholic 'List' of forbidden books...material Catholics were forbidden to read.
The 10 incoming telephone lines went nutz as Catholic after Catholic called and basically said, "How Dare You!" Criticize THE CHURCH.
Hundreds called the radio station management, the sponsors, and pickets showed up outside the studio demanding I be fired.
With the best 'ratings' in their history, the radio station owners, of Indian (India) heritage, as I recall, stood up to the criticism and in fact gave me another hour of air time and a big boost in salary.
The Catholic Bishop of Honolulu, made an appearance on my show, and ending up chucking a Bible at me halfway through the interview/debate/discussion/argument.
Sometime later in my career, I came up with the grand idea to call politicians and newsmakers in the government and put the phone call 'on air', kind of a 'gotcha moment' ala Jeraldo Rivera, that pissed of the powers that be (PTB, tnx Anne McCaffrey)..turned out to be of great entertainment value, but often embarrassing for the tongue tied, obscenity laced, vitriol that went right out on the air..unfiltered, uncensored.
That eventually brought about the Federal Communications Commission, FCC, passing a law that all radio stations had to 'warn' the politicians that they were, 'live' on the air, before any broadcast could be made.
Chuckles...it was 'big time stuff' way back when.
Beck is another story, however, and for the past year, I have been wondering just when and how the 'hammer' would come down on his rantings over FOX television...I don't listen to his radio program.
There was no computer search or satellite television, back in the 60's, no 'live' natiionwie television at all, and my staff was minimal compared to Beck's entourage.
There is talk about a a new FCC doctrine of 'Fairness', which in reality, is just a means of censoring right wing talk radio...but...the FCC has no jurisdiction over Cable or Satellite televison or the Internet, although 'Net Neutrality' is being bandied about as a means of controlling the 'content' of cable television an the internet.
Even Don Imus and the badboy of talk radio...forget his name, were squelched when they went 'a bridge too far', in talk radio and television...and yet, Beck marches merrily on, headslapping the President of the US, long term Congressmen and anyone else he chooses to lambaste with apparent freedom from control or censorship..
Of recent, Beck has taken a Religious bent, and I suspect he may go on to take a shot at Television Evangelic prudery, especially is flack comes in from indignant democrats.
Rick Sanchez of CNN notoriety and Keith Oberman, of the far left NBC affiliate, MSNBC, one fired, a wrist slap suspension for the other, both from the Left, yet Beck reigns supreme....?
One wonders, one does...
amicus
edited to add: Include the Liberal Juan Willians, bounced from the Left Wing Public Broadast system, guess he just wasn't Far Left enough for them...and then of course, the ultimate sin of appearing on the FOX Network....
The 10 incoming telephone lines went nutz as Catholic after Catholic called and basically said, "How Dare You!" Criticize THE CHURCH.
Hundreds called the radio station management, the sponsors, and pickets showed up outside the studio demanding I be fired.
With the best 'ratings' in their history, the radio station owners, of Indian (India) heritage, as I recall, stood up to the criticism and in fact gave me another hour of air time and a big boost in salary.
The Catholic Bishop of Honolulu, made an appearance on my show, and ending up chucking a Bible at me halfway through the interview/debate/discussion/argument.
Sometime later in my career, I came up with the grand idea to call politicians and newsmakers in the government and put the phone call 'on air', kind of a 'gotcha moment' ala Jeraldo Rivera, that pissed of the powers that be (PTB, tnx Anne McCaffrey)..turned out to be of great entertainment value, but often embarrassing for the tongue tied, obscenity laced, vitriol that went right out on the air..unfiltered, uncensored.
That eventually brought about the Federal Communications Commission, FCC, passing a law that all radio stations had to 'warn' the politicians that they were, 'live' on the air, before any broadcast could be made.
Chuckles...it was 'big time stuff' way back when.
Beck is another story, however, and for the past year, I have been wondering just when and how the 'hammer' would come down on his rantings over FOX television...I don't listen to his radio program.
There was no computer search or satellite television, back in the 60's, no 'live' natiionwie television at all, and my staff was minimal compared to Beck's entourage.
There is talk about a a new FCC doctrine of 'Fairness', which in reality, is just a means of censoring right wing talk radio...but...the FCC has no jurisdiction over Cable or Satellite televison or the Internet, although 'Net Neutrality' is being bandied about as a means of controlling the 'content' of cable television an the internet.
Even Don Imus and the badboy of talk radio...forget his name, were squelched when they went 'a bridge too far', in talk radio and television...and yet, Beck marches merrily on, headslapping the President of the US, long term Congressmen and anyone else he chooses to lambaste with apparent freedom from control or censorship..
Of recent, Beck has taken a Religious bent, and I suspect he may go on to take a shot at Television Evangelic prudery, especially is flack comes in from indignant democrats.
Rick Sanchez of CNN notoriety and Keith Oberman, of the far left NBC affiliate, MSNBC, one fired, a wrist slap suspension for the other, both from the Left, yet Beck reigns supreme....?
One wonders, one does...
amicus
edited to add: Include the Liberal Juan Willians, bounced from the Left Wing Public Broadast system, guess he just wasn't Far Left enough for them...and then of course, the ultimate sin of appearing on the FOX Network....
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