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| Posted By | Discussion Topic: "Right on, dude." (O&A's Daily News quotes) | ||||
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| windowlck | posted on 10-01-2001 @ 1:14 PM |    | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Oct. 00  | Rants in their Pants Talk radio caught the public pulse after Sept. 11 — but at what price? Howard Stern got himself bad-mouthed at the Federal Communications Commission last week, and while that's about as unusual as ice cream on apple pie, this time it raised an issue that's slightly more interesting than whether he talks too dirty. What upset FCC Commissioner Michael Copps is that on Sept. 14, three days after the WTC attack, Stern and his sidekick Robin Quivers jokingly suggested that hookers should thank firefighters and rescue workers by offering them free sex. Copps, a new FCC member who wants radio stations held more accountable for offensive material, said he received hundreds of e-mails from outraged listeners and that he was personally "saddened and dismayed" by Stern's comments, which he said "demeaned the essential nobility of what our people were coming together to accomplish." Copps added that, up to that point, Stern's comments on the tragedy had been "sensitive and supportive of encouraging a positive reaction." For the record, a small sampling of Stern's earlier comments included these: "Let Israel loose. [The whole terrorism problem] can be taken care of in an hour. Wipe them off the face of the earth." "We ought to go in and level them. We're playing fair, standing here like idiots." "Make [Afghanistan] a big parking lot." "I'm behind the President, but he'd better get violent. We need it in a big way. We have an opportunity to clean up our problems. Don't even think of them as human beings." Since Commissioner Copps only spoke in the general case, we don't know if he heard those comments or if they would fit his definition of "encouraging a positive reaction." Considering the U.S. already was experiencing a small but disturbing wave of verbal and physical assaults on Americans who had nothing to do with Osama Bin Laden but looked like they might be from the Middle East or South-Central Asia, it could be argued that fantasizing about random vengeance on the innocent maybe wasn't the most helpful idea. Many radio stations seemed to agree, screening out calls from people who just wanted to go kill somebody. Sean Hannity of WABC hung up on callers if they started to blame whole groups for the acts of a few. But neither was Stern a lone, isolated voice of Old Testament wrath. "Other countries have to get out of our way," said WNEW afternoon guy Opie, "while we go in there and get some good old-fashioned revenge." He and partner Anthony then fielded a torrent of calls essentially saying, "Right on, dude." This is what radio does, what some would say it does best. More than any mass medium — even television, which almost always looked produced — radio can catch instinctive reaction. Whether our first response was sensitive, well-considered and rational or not, it was there. So radio picked it up, alongside the news, official commentary, information and a widespread sense of just a tremendous sadness. It can be argued that loose talk about suspicious Middle Easterners, frequently including ethnic insults, perhaps does not belong on the public airwaves in time of crisis. On the other side, most people in talk radio argue that if a sentiment is out there, radio must in some way reflect it, or lose its claim to catching our pulse. What's clear is that Stern's geopolitical analyses, like his sex-and-celebrities riffs, tap into veins of thought that already had been exposed. He's saying things a bunch of people either agree with or wish they'd said themselves. Now, are there people who might get pushed over the line to verbal or physical violence against innocent bystanders because someone famous on the radio seemed to cheer them on? Could be. If one person goes over that line, or just poisons children by ranting about "no-good foreigners" without acknowledging we're a whole nation of foreigners, that's one person too many. Very often, however, people who would do or say such things were over the line before they turned on the radio. And even if they weren't, is occasional excess on the radio part of the price we pay for not having an FCC commissioner tell us what can and can't be said? Is freestyle talk radio a critical pressure valve or a troubling megaphone for darker instincts? Tricky question, easy answer. Both. E-mail: [email protected]  "DON'T LET THE TIME PASS WAITIN' FOR THE ANSWER" - Fear Factory | ||||
King Shit *board owner* | posted on 10-01-2001 @ 1:19 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Veteran Registered: Feb. 01 | quote: That's even worse than "Yeah, what he said"  I believe in the Faith... that can save me. I believe in the hope and I pray... That someday it may raise me... above these badlands | ||||
| windowlck | posted on 10-01-2001 @ 1:23 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Oct. 00 | "Duh....Dat's right OPIE!!" I can't believe that after Ant has gone day after day on Hour long rants, the only quote he get's is "RIGHT ON, DUDE" "DON'T LET THE TIME PASS WAITIN' FOR THE ANSWER" - Fear Factory This message was edited by windowlck on 10-1-01 @ 5:08 PM | ||||
| TeenWeek what's a status? | posted on 10-01-2001 @ 1:23 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | David Hinckley is an asshole. I was listening to Howard and he ripped on him this morning for this pathetic article. | ||||
| Canweseeyourstuff | posted on 10-01-2001 @ 1:23 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | quote: Hinkley is a tool thats the answer  | ||||
I Need An Old Priest And A Young Priest | posted on 10-01-2001 @ 1:25 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | I am surprised it was not “That’s right Opie†like the Fox piece. ;) opieanthony.com; Like a retarded yoyo, you will keep coming back. "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times" Charles Dickens | ||||
| Mc_Cain_GookKilla | posted on 10-01-2001 @ 2:41 PM | | |||
| Hanger-On Registered: Jul. 01 | Considering the U.S. already was experiencing a small but disturbing wave of verbal and physical assaults on Americans who had nothing to do with Osama Bin Laden but looked like they might be from the Middle East or South-Central Asia, it could be argued that fantasizing about random vengeance on the innocent maybe wasn't the most helpful idea. Considering that howard, opie and anthony have all said that they were not talking about everyone from the middle east or all muslems this guy is nothing but a retard who can't listen. | ||||
| JerseyTerp | posted on 10-01-2001 @ 2:55 PM | | |||
| Hanger-On Registered: Sep. 00 | quote: What he said. This guy is consistently a douche bag so I guess we shouldn't be surprised at his column. | ||||
| Filzy Stand up straight Stomach in Shoulders back SOUND OFF!!! | posted on 10-01-2001 @ 4:08 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Sep. 00 | I think it's time for Hinkley to retire. There are 3 types of leaders and heroes. Some are born leaders, some are built from the ground up by experience, and some are the right people at the right time. Now accepting two recruits for the revived Armored Division. | ||||
| ~FallenAingL~ Unofficial Biggest Whore of OA.com G.O.O.F.B.A.H.G.S. Reaver Strike Battalion Rage Brother #1, Paladin of Hatred Where's my snare? I have no snare in my headphones. | posted on 10-01-2001 @ 5:25 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Jun. 01 | Even though I hate most of what Hoo Hoo Howie does... I hate the FCC even more. God damn these pricks.  Thine In Honor, ~FallenAingL~ "But, for a certainty back then, we loved so many and yet hated so much, we hurt others and hurt ourselves. Yet, even then we ran like the wind, whilst our laughter echoed under cerulean skies..." -Schala 'Kid' Zeal Who loves the Froy...? Who better than Kanyon? | ||||
| FoundryMusicVaughn | posted on 10-02-2001 @ 8:14 PM | | |||
| Hanger-On Registered: Sep. 01 | How about doing something reasonable like doing something about those pricks who fill the airwaves with dis-information and a bunch of B.S. that is nothing more than their opinions passed off as facts. Case in point, Mike and the Mad Dog. These wannabe political pundits did nothing but flap their gums about foriegn policy and what the afgans were thinking rather than staying where they belong and talking, primarily, about sports. Yes, i understand that they HAD TO talk about 9-11 and the WTC because there was no sports going on, but at least acknoledge that they are not the polical geniouses they claim to be. Follow My Logic... A Proud Student of the Sluggo School of Thought | ||||
| JJ G.O.O.F.B.A.H.G.S. Soldier of Fortune Spec Ops Division | posted on 10-03-2001 @ 5:32 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Feb. 01 | Hinkley has never liked O&A and i dont think he ever will. He bashes them whenever he gets the chance. He doesnt realize that his opinion means shit when theyre still getting great ratings.
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