I think asking "Should the FCC be abolished?" is a bit silly. There are too many functions of the FCC to abolish it. What needs to be done is that the FCC needs to change how it is run. Right now there is no fair appeals process. When the FCC makes a decision or fines a person, corporation or group that it is. If the corporation tries to appeal that process the FCC then denies licenses to them or gives them hassles. This is a known problem, thus most Corporations choose to just suck it up and take the ruling. This is totally unacceptable. The FCC should be run more like a court system. They shouldn't be able to have ultimate control. I can't say I know everything that is right or wrong about the current system but I can say when I heard this is how the system works I felt it didn't seem right. The government has too much control here. They shouldn't have this much control over our media.
While I don't love Howard Stern, I will stand up for his right to say the things he says on the radio. It's been there for years and years, it's not changed. Freedom of speech should not be tampered with by the US Goverment. The FCC should not be able to shut this down. Censorship is dangerous and the FCC is leading the war on our free speech.
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I think asking "Should the FCC be abolished?" is a bit silly. There are too many functions of the FCC to abolish it. What needs to be done is that the FCC needs to change how it is run. Right now there is no fair appeals process. When the FCC makes a decision or fines a person, corporation or group that it is. If the corporation tries to appeal that process the FCC then denies licenses to them or gives them hassles. This is a known problem, thus most Corporations choose to just suck it up and take the ruling. This is totally unacceptable. The FCC should be run more like a court system. They shouldn't be able to have ultimate control. I can't say I know everything that is right or wrong about the current system but I can say when I heard this is how the system works I felt it didn't seem right. The government has too much control here. They shouldn't have this much control over our media. While I don't love Howard Stern, I will stand up for his right to say the things he says on the radio. It's been there for years and years, it's not changed. Freedom of speech should not be tampered with by the US Goverment. The FCC should not be able to shut this down. Censorship is dangerous and the FCC is leading the war on our free speech.