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Sharpton To Schultz: FCC Should Threaten Radio Stations Carrying Rush
 Watch another member of the Dissent Is Patriotic crowd urge the Obama administration to use its power to silence a critic.AL SHARPTON: When you keep having all of these racial tones, that is supported by federally-regulated radio--remember, these stations that he is on go to the federal government to get consolidation, to get waivers--the government has a right to protect free speech but they also have an obligation to hold standards where American people are not subjected to this . . . I think that even if his advertisers can't be stopped with boycotts, the FCC must step in and deal with standards on how they give station clearances to people that just want to race-bait. This is not about opinions, this is not about what you or I say in our college speeches or churches. This is on federally-regulated airwaves that the FCC gives the license to stations to let them do this The Congressional Black Caucus, Progressive Caucus and others ought to take this up with the FCC. Their ought to be a line, on race, on gender, on sexual status. Their ought to be a line where people have the right to say what they want, but they do not have a right to use federally-regulated airwaves to malign people because of groups I think that Rush Limbaugh does what he does. I think what bothers me is there are stations and networks that are allowed to make money off of him desecrating the presidents of the United States on Mount Rushmore. That bothers me. Who's sponsoring the Rev's show now? Freddy's Fashion Mart? Posted by: Beavis 2010-11-18 |
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