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...Mine?s not a pure FCC obscenity story.?Yes, the expletive is classified by the FCC as "strong" since it was used as a verb - as opposed to Bono?s euphoric Golden Globe exclamation last year , "It?s f___ing brilliant," which is considered OK because, well, he was just saying it for emphasis and not talking about an act of, um, love. But my outburst was never supposed to make it on the air. It was not part of a lewd series.? The FCC never even contacted the station to complain. KCRW called my firing a "preemptive distancing." Although...
...mine's a small, oft-told tale of inside baseball, office politics, double standards. . . but you know what?? My case also represents a troubling template for the future.?We know about Howard Stern, Bubba the Love Sponge and a Chicago DJ named "Mancow," raunch-shockmeisters all, awaiting FCC rulings. More insidious is a climate of fear so pervasive even public radio knitters are being axed.? While I won?t be sending KCRW any love letters soon, I understand their worries.? Now that the FCC has raised the fine per incident from $27,000 to $500,000, it?s one slip...
...fact, think of these unpopular figures as the canaries of capitalism. They precede us into the coal mine of greed, going farther than the rest of us dare, showing us where far enough becomes too far and perishing in the effort. They are martyrs of capitalism, dying financially so that others may prosper. Does no one have the simple guts to tell this truth...
...simulated so many franchise seasons in my EA Sports games that even Rickey Henderson finally retired. I own such a multitude of sports jerseys that I ended up with the nickname “Jersey Jon.” Of course, I maintain that the last laugh will be mine when I finally meet a cute girl who swoons at the sight of my authentic Paul Pierce Roswell Rayguns jersey—one of just 500 produced by Nike, thank you very much...
...tried to get a friend of mine who’s an established director, Mary Harron, to do it and I would help her,” Green says. “I really hadn’t done anything this ambitious...