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09/10/2003 Archived Entry: "Under Reagan, ketchup was a vegetable..."
Under Reagan, ketchup was a vegetable...
...under Whistle Ass, Howard Stern's a newsman.
When you think about news shows, what comes to mind? There's "Meet the Press." And "Face the Nation." And now, Howard Stern's radio show. That's right. The Federal Communications Commission ruled Tuesday that Stern's raunchy radio program is a "bona fide news interview" program.
The decision was in response to a request made by New York-based Infinity Broadcasting Operations Inc., which wanted a ruling that its widely syndicated Stern show is a news program and exempt from equal time requirements for political candidates.
The decision will allow Stern to put actor Arnold Schwarzenegger on the air without having to offer time to the scores of other candidates running for governor in California.
Hey, isn't this the same FCC that has tried in the past to get Howie off the air? How are they going to respond to him if he steps over the line now that they've granted him legitimacy?
Replies: 4 people speak up
Howard Stern is just as much a journalist as Tim Russert!
Oh, the irony of it all
Posted by Satan Luvvs Repugs @ 09/10/2003 11:31 PM NY
Hey, isn't this the same FCC that has tried in the past to get Howie off the air?
That was before Howard became an administration shill.
I'm sure it's all a coincidence.
Posted by Thumn @ 09/11/2003 11:41 AM NY
its not like any other news programs have any more integrity than sterns show anyway. do you really think that bill oreilly is more of a journalist than howard stern? or joe scarborough for christ sake, its all just infotainment, or more precisely "disinfotainment" (if this word hasnt already been coined, i want credit for it) its all just a bunch of squawking background noise to keep americans confused. if pat sajak can have a news show, why not howard stern, at least howard is intertaining
Posted by justin @ 09/11/2003 12:03 PM NY
Typical
Posted by Memorybanker @ 09/12/2003 07:39 PM NY
