The Fist Amendment, according to Sharpton.
Posted on 12/16/2010 7:40:33 PM PST by Nachum
Al Sharpton said Thursday he spoke to the Federal Communications Commission about holding public hearings next year that Rush Limbaugh would be forced to attend to explain so-called "racist" statements he's made on the air. Chatting with MSNBC's Ed Schultz, Sharpton said he had a "very good meeting on Tuesday" with FCC officials and that "some of the commissioners" were interested enough in following up on his concerns that this could come to fruition in the coming months (video follows with transcript and commentary):
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This should be fun considering the ‘racist’ language that they accuse Rush of making is actually him pointing out the racism of the left. The entire ‘magic negro’ song is full of quotes from Dems.
The Fist Amendment, according to Sharpton.
Note to self: Don’t miss Rush tomorrow!
Somehow I get the impression this isn’t going to go exactly the way rev al is expecting it to go ;-)
Love it - make the hearings public so Rush can make arses out of all of them.
I would love the show. Rush would win big, like the CPAC speech.
This is real funny. Al Sharpton is a racist
I think it would be an excellent idea to haul Rush before a tribunal of Obama appointees and rake him over the coals. It would no doubt contibute very positively to the outcome of the next major election. In fact, it might help to arouse public sentiment well in advance of that election.
After commenting on NASCAR Rush Limbaugh was charged with making racist comments; after all NASCAR “is all about the race,” and we’re really lucky that he didn’t touch on the Tour d’France.
Q: What church is Shapton a reverend of?
A: The church of race-baiting marxism.
This would be a big mistake. For the FCC that is.
Rush would own ‘em.
This guy is a fruitcake. Oh gosh, does that make me a racist?
Pot calling the kettle....Oh wait, the pot is a racist!
Every last one
Yah sure ... basically those 'commissioners' probably just nodded a whole lot while rolling their eyes and saying "Sure Al, we'll get right on it, no problem, we're on the case"
LOL...me either. Tawana Brawley comes to mind, every time I hear Rev. Al call someone a racist. I grow tired of hearing it. They’ve used racist so much for so many lame reasons. It’s now nothing more then a big yawn when they do it.
If the FCC intends to accomodate Al Charlatan, that means necessarily that they will have to hold hearings on the license renewal applications of all EIB affiliates in DC, MD, VA and WV, which are the first states to file radio license renewal applications in the new license renewal cycle, which begins on June 1, 2011 (the licenses for radio broadcast stations in those four jurisdictions expire on October 1, 2011, and a new term will be for 8 years, to and including October 1, 2019). If I were the licensees of stations like WMAL in Washington, WCBM in Baltimore, WFIR in Roanoke, etc., I would be incensed that the FCC entertained an ex parte contact from a guy like Charlatan (that is, that they would discuss matters directly relevant to my renewal of license application with an interloper without me present).
Anyhow, the FCC has got a big legal hurdle to get over; namely, Section 326 of the Communications Act of 1934, which nobody seems to discuss (47 U.S.C. Sec. 326):
Nothing in this chapter shall be understood or construed to give the Commission the power of censorship over the radio communications or signals transmitted by any radio station, and no regulation or condition shall be promulgated or fixed by the Commission which shall interfere with the right of free speech by means of radio communication.
Unless the communications act is amended, the nature of the programming aired on a given radio station cannot enter into a determination of whether a radio station’s license will be renewed (with a couple of exceptions, such as indecent or obscene programming, programming which perpetrates a fraud or engages in illegal conduct (such as the broadcast of the results of a mob-run lottery).
That's like Charles Manson saying Scott Peterson needs to answer for his crimes.
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