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- From: edp@bsdbld.zk3.dec.com (Eric Postpischil)
- Subject: Re: Howard Stern
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.131124.12759@nntpd.lkg.dec.com>
- Sender: usenet@nntpd.lkg.dec.com (USENET News System)
- Reply-To: edp@bsdbld.zk3.dec.com (Eric Postpischil)
- Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
- References: <92358.142002FDMWINK@UCF1VM.BITNET>
- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 13:11:24 GMT
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- In article <92358.142002FDMWINK@UCF1VM.BITNET>, FDMWINK@UCF1VM.BITNET writes:
-
- >And equal access is the key. Since the electromagnetic spectrum can only
- >(given the current technology) be cut into so many piece, the Federal
- >government has asserted its _responsibility_ to regulate the "air waves" as
- >a public trust.
-
- The electromagnetic spectrum in my region of the country is nowhere near
- full; there's room for plenty more broadcasters. Is it full in the area
- where the complaint against Stern was made? Is it full (in the
- frequencies assigned to commercial radio and television) anywhere in the
- country? If the spectrum was not full, then the government cannot claim
- that any person's ability to speak was limited by the availability of
- bandwidth, and the argument that the government has to arbitrate who can
- speak and/or what they can say is bogus.
-
- >I would appreciate some examples of the "ideas" that Howard is
- >being prevented from discussing "on the air." IMNSHO Howard's basic
- >problem is a lack of an adequate vocabulary.
-
- The objected-to statements were posted here; check your newsreader. I
- saw no words that would be labeled obscene; it was the ideas that were
- penalized. (I think "masturbated" was the worst word used.)
-
-
- -- edp (Eric Postpischil)
- "Always mount a scratch monkey."
- edp@rusure.enet.dec.com
-