Comments on: What the FCC hath wrought

By: hess

hess — Sat, 03 Sep 2005 04:10:24 +0000

It just taps on your shoulder and whispers censorship straight into your ear with a hint of hippocracy!
Great Post to get the juices flowing!

By: Charlie

Charlie — Wed, 17 Aug 2005 15:18:04 +0000

WUKY’s Tom Godell said that he believed the poems in question were unsuitable for broadcast, regardless of the FCC’s opinion.

The whole episode defies reason or logic.

By: Clif

Clif — Sat, 13 Aug 2005 21:27:19 +0000

I’m sorry, but blaming Tom Godell’s buffoonery at WUKY on the FCC is like blaming the Enron debacle on the SEC.

By: Justifiably Paranoid - Heh. Indeed.

Justifiably Paranoid - Heh. Indeed. — Sat, 13 Aug 2005 17:25:01 +0000

Jeff Hess & Jeff Jarvis, You two are a Stitch! Irrational Fear but y’know… rational. Thanks J.Hess. And J.Jarvis Hoo-Ha! It’s always about Howard Stern - All The Time.

By: Ed Rusch

Ed Rusch — Sat, 13 Aug 2005 13:31:36 +0000

Yes, PHC is being turned into a movie. Quite the impressive cast; Robert Altman is the titular director but Paul Anderson is doing the real directorial work. Lindsay Lohan has done all her scenes and left the Cities.

PHC broadcasts from the last five years are archived on the Web. No offense, but it’s really stupid to be whining about podcasts when PHC has made a fairly extensive commitment to bringing entire shows to the public without charge.

By: syn

syn — Sat, 13 Aug 2005 13:14:39 +0000

From a “culture” writer no less. In our multicultural, politically correct society what exactly is a ‘culture’ writer? Is this Orwellian speak for “I’ll tell you what to say, think, feel and believe?’

By: syn

syn — Sat, 13 Aug 2005 13:08:24 +0000

This sounds like an “we are all going to die from the looming ice age that was suppose to kill us ten years ago” story.

In general, this form of literary hysteria is based unfounded fear. These days, just because a journalist writes an emotionally based story does not mean it represents what actually happened.

Anything to prove the FCC is the ‘cold wind blowing from the government’ in order to give Jeff a topic to defend.

That said, how come journalism is allowed to censor news? Could it be due to their desire to fulfill their agenda?

By: Nick Douglas

Nick Douglas — Sat, 13 Aug 2005 06:16:58 +0000

Damn, this really sucks. Keillor’s been my favorite radio voice for years. I spent my teen years listening to A Prarie Home Companion on Saturday nights (before watching PBS comedies. I didn’t get out much). I’d love to hear him podcast.

By: John

John — Sat, 13 Aug 2005 03:38:07 +0000

Somewhat OT but did you all know that they are turning “A Prarie Home Companion” into a move…not a joke.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0420087/

By: Ed Rusch

Ed Rusch — Sat, 13 Aug 2005 02:44:53 +0000

Thanks for passing this along. I had not seen it. I used to live next to Gary and Maggie in St. Paul, back before he became a celeb.

By: Alan Kellogg

Alan Kellogg — Sat, 13 Aug 2005 01:49:42 +0000

It could be a move by certain parties to stifle and stymie blogging by refusing to keep us abreast of events.

By: Jeff Jarvis

Jeff Jarvis — Sat, 13 Aug 2005 01:18:09 +0000

Ed: Thanks! I was rushing into a meeting.

By: Ed Rusch

Ed Rusch — Sat, 13 Aug 2005 00:35:41 +0000

It’s Gary KEILLOR, Jeff.

By: Skate

Skate — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 23:26:00 +0000

Hmm, I gotta think the manager just hates Garrison Kiellor. I’m no fan of Kiellor’s singing, but this is ridiculous. “Breast” is a dirty word? Guess we need to stop selling shirts with “Breast Pockets” to kids, and maybe adults, too. And, say, what are we doing allowing young girls and boys to have breasts of their own in the first place!?!

Come to think of it, we should have all naughty bits surgically removed at birth–if we can find doctors to do it, since all of their medical books will need to have all of the descriptions of naughty bits removed, as well.

By: Jeepster

Jeepster — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 23:25:53 +0000

Thing is, Jeff, they _aren’t_ coming after the poets. WUKY pulled the spots with no prompting from the FCC at all. If there’s been some pressure from the FCC, they sure haven’t mentioned it.

In the absence of some supporting documentation, and since the FCC hasn’t been going after anyone else for saying ‘breast’, I’ll stand by my first evaluation: WUKY’s deliberately playing the victim.

By: Jeff Hess

Jeff Hess — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 22:59:25 +0000

Shalom Y’all,

Carlin couldn’t make this stuff up if he tried. I don’t buy conspiracy theories. I think Godall was just being justifiably paranoid about what the FCC and the Religious Wrong might protest next.

When they come after the poets, they’re getting bold.

B’shalom,

Jeff Hess

By: Eric Jaffa

Eric Jaffa — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 22:44:28 +0000

“Breast” isn’t one of the seven words from FCC vs. Pacifica.

I’ve never heard of a radio station being fined for that word.

The station shouldn’t have worried about it, if that is the real reason.

By: Angelos

Angelos — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 22:29:07 +0000

Heil god!

By: Jeepster

Jeepster — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 22:03:42 +0000

While anything that keeps Keillor off the air is a good thing, the cynical part of me says this is a ploy by WUKY to rouse more anti-FCC feeling. I’d bet the FCC hasn’t spared a moment’s time monitoring ‘The Writer’s Almanac’ for peronalities having a script malfunction that exposed the word breast.

By: Terry Heaton

Terry Heaton — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 21:35:10 +0000

ABC’s PrimeTime Live featured a story last night about Timothy Treadwill and his death while videotaping grizzly bears in Alaska. It was a compelling piece about a guy who apparently believed himself master of these bears.

At one point, Treadwill is talking to the camera about the danger of tourists coming out to look at the bears. “They will f-cking die,” he said.

Where’s the hue and cry about that?