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Home Front: Culture Wars
Sharpton To Schultz: FCC Should Threaten Radio Stations Carrying Rush
2010-11-18
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

#12  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 . . .>

Is this the same Al Sharpton that "subjected" the American people to the Tawana Brawley hoax back in 1987?
Posted by: Besoeker   2010-11-18 15:45  

#11  Maybe you need the gummint to "protect" you from Rush, Al, but the adults in this country know how to turn the dial if they don't want to listen.

Whiny-assed weenie. >:-(
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2010-11-18 15:35  

#10  And after Rush is taken care of, who next?

Until we get to Al SharpDullton.
Posted by: gorb   2010-11-18 12:25  

#9  "they also have an obligation to hold standards where American people are not subjected to this..."

--by that flawed logic I ought to be able to shutdown prime time t.v. from running such shows like Dancing w/the Whores Stars and American Idiot Idol because they "subject" me...
Posted by: Broadhead6   2010-11-18 11:51  

#8  And who gave you Mr. Sharpton the right, status, or ability to tell me what is or is not considered acceptable you presumptuous ass.

Or are you perhaps suggesting de-regulating the airwaves, hmm? See how even such simple things can be seen from multi perspectives.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2010-11-18 11:38  

#7  One small step for a race batter and one giant step for Gulag-kind.
Posted by: HammerHead   2010-11-18 09:17  

#6  House Energy and Commerce. Conservative Joe Barton, R-TX, wants to be the new chairman, with a pretty fierce anti-liberal agenda. But he is being challenged by Rep. Fred Upton, RINO-MI, who wants to be loved by the liberal media.

Barton's agenda includes blocking the FCC from trying to regulate the Internet, trying to revoke ancient taxes placed on communications, impose strict privacy laws against corporations like Google and other personal information aggragators and retailers. He is firmly against net neutrality.

He is also eying hearings on healthcare and environmental policy. As such, he is going to tear apart every Frankenstein Henry Waxman stitched together.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2010-11-18 08:38  

#5  Sorry Al, charges of racism is getting pretty weak - especially when it comes form the Congressional Black Caucus - who's very name is racist.

The next time a real case of racism is ignored - you can thanks Al and the CBC.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2010-11-18 08:27  

#4  And which House committee has oversight of the FCC?
Posted by: eLarson   2010-11-18 08:21  

#3  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

Wrong, Al. The government has an obligation to protect free speech. See the First Amendment. While there are limits to free speech ("you can't yell 'Fire!' in a crowded theater" (that is not on fire)), the government cannot "enforce standards" to suppress speech that you don't like.

Besides, how would Al like it if the conservatives took over and decided that they didn't like his brand of hate?
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia   2010-11-18 07:32  

#2  Hey, Sharpton.......


When NPR/PBS/CPB have been completely defunded, and the licenses of all their stations have been sold to the private sector, then there will literally be no outlets for your point of view outside of a handful of stations privately funded by rich leftists.

Ponder why that is.

It fits your crappy little narrative to call Rush a racist. 99% of intelligent adults disagree. That's why Rush is on a lot of radio stations making money.

Posted by: no mo uro   2010-11-18 05:30  

#1  Sharpton....I think what bothers me

... is a white, conservative, radio guy making over $120m per year.
Posted by: Besoeker   2010-11-18 01:29  

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