I want to know where the problem with the "social degradation" really lies. Is it the medias influence on society? Or, is it society's influence on the media? Not being alive in the 60s, I'm pretty sure that 99% of the media was "clean" and "proper", yet there was an extreme hippie/free love/drug movement. There was no NYPD Blue or Real Sex on TV at that time.
Did Howard Stern contribute to the amount of sex in the Media? Or was it the relaxation of taboos between regular people that made him so popular? Rather than putting the restrictions on cable and satellite that may not work at all, causing people like Howard Stern, Opie and Anthony and hundreds of comedians to loose their jobs, the politicians should look at society's influence on each other and try to teach parents/children right and wrong rather than censoring media that might have little to no effect on society.
*This message is from a long time Opie and Anthony fan so it may seem biased, but iIfeel its true and my prediction on how this may turn out*
Ever since Opie and Anthony came to WNEW radio, Stern has been censoring them.(Infinity owns both WXRK and WNEW) He told Mel Karmizin to prevent them from mentioning his name or any subtle reference to him. They had to listen because obviously Stern is the bigger name and has more power over the company. When they were fired, he than started attacking them by name. This showed a lack balls on his part by kicking them when they were down. During their hiatus, the Super Bowl debacle happened and the FCC began cracking down in indecency. Stern was the obvious target when he was thrown off of Clear Channel. He began his crusade as a "freedom fighter" for free speech. He began supporting Kerry and making himself out to be a martyr of President Bush's "moral crusade" Opie and Anthony than signed with XM radio I think some time in June or July of 2004. They came on XM on October 4, a few days after, the announcement that Stern was going to Serius for a 500,000 million (yes MILLION) dollar contract beginning in 2006. On his show he is making himself out to be the "innovator" and even saying he will be the first jock of his kind to be on satellite radio.
[that's the Jock end of it, now ill get into the companies]
Serius and XM are the two big players in the satellite market. Serius has a series of radios that must be mounted to a dashboard with screws and is very large compared to the XM radio. Serius sighed a contract with the NFL to play all their games and XM signed MLB. Now think of it in this way, the NFL is mainly played on Sundays, a time when most people do not have work and are home to watch the games. Baseball is played everyday of the week, and is a lot more radio friendly due to its slower pace.
XM yesterday announced a walkman like radio about the size of an iPod. Serius is supposed to announce a walkman like radio, but rumor has it that it will require a backpack to carry around the satellite receiver.
Ok that's my little rant about the two companies and their business dealings, But my main argument is that Stern will not only be bringing himself down by constantly making himself out to be a free speech martyr, but he will be bringing down Serius radio for their overinvestment in him. He will turn into a modern day Lenny Bruce, but with out the actual title of being a martyr, just a man way passed his prime and the reasoning for a company to collapse.
[and isn't a 55 year old man talking about lesbians and hot girls a little creepy???]
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I want to know where the problem with the "social degradation" really lies. Is it the medias influence on society? Or, is it society's influence on the media? Not being alive in the 60s, I'm pretty sure that 99% of the media was "clean" and "proper", yet there was an extreme hippie/free love/drug movement. There was no NYPD Blue or Real Sex on TV at that time. Did Howard Stern contribute to the amount of sex in the Media? Or was it the relaxation of taboos between regular people that made him so popular? Rather than putting the restrictions on cable and satellite that may not work at all, causing people like Howard Stern, Opie and Anthony and hundreds of comedians to loose their jobs, the politicians should look at society's influence on each other and try to teach parents/children right and wrong rather than censoring media that might have little to no effect on society.
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You know you're an irrelevant award show when ol' muskrat eyes Tara Reid is there....
*This message is from a long time Opie and Anthony fan so it may seem biased, but iIfeel its true and my prediction on how this may turn out* Ever since Opie and Anthony came to WNEW radio, Stern has been censoring them.(Infinity owns both WXRK and WNEW) He told Mel Karmizin to prevent them from mentioning his name or any subtle reference to him. They had to listen because obviously Stern is the bigger name and has more power over the company. When they were fired, he than started attacking them by name. This showed a lack balls on his part by kicking them when they were down. During their hiatus, the Super Bowl debacle happened and the FCC began cracking down in indecency. Stern was the obvious target when he was thrown off of Clear Channel. He began his crusade as a "freedom fighter" for free speech. He began supporting Kerry and making himself out to be a martyr of President Bush's "moral crusade" Opie and Anthony than signed with XM radio I think some time in June or July of 2004. They came on XM on October 4, a few days after, the announcement that Stern was going to Serius for a 500,000 million (yes MILLION) dollar contract beginning in 2006. On his show he is making himself out to be the "innovator" and even saying he will be the first jock of his kind to be on satellite radio. [that's the Jock end of it, now ill get into the companies] Serius and XM are the two big players in the satellite market. Serius has a series of radios that must be mounted to a dashboard with screws and is very large compared to the XM radio. Serius sighed a contract with the NFL to play all their games and XM signed MLB. Now think of it in this way, the NFL is mainly played on Sundays, a time when most people do not have work and are home to watch the games. Baseball is played everyday of the week, and is a lot more radio friendly due to its slower pace. XM yesterday announced a walkman like radio about the size of an iPod. Serius is supposed to announce a walkman like radio, but rumor has it that it will require a backpack to carry around the satellite receiver. Ok that's my little rant about the two companies and their business dealings, But my main argument is that Stern will not only be bringing himself down by constantly making himself out to be a free speech martyr, but he will be bringing down Serius radio for their overinvestment in him. He will turn into a modern day Lenny Bruce, but with out the actual title of being a martyr, just a man way passed his prime and the reasoning for a company to collapse. [and isn't a 55 year old man talking about lesbians and hot girls a little creepy???]