Giving the FCC Too Much Control

I have a little soap boxing to do and I hope you take a moment to listen to me. I promise I will make a point.

It's not that I am a supporter of Howard Stern believe me I am far from it. There are times I have listened to his show and enjoyed parts of it and then there are times I find him rude and obnoxious those are the times I turn him off, it's my right. I have that right because of the Constitution of the United States the same reason he has a right to speak his mind. There is a bill in the House right now waiting to be passed to give the FCC more power than it deserves. I am opposed to that bill not because it would stop shows like Howard's but because it is the first step in the possibility of banning books. This bill gives the FCC the right to say something offends them without having to account to a higher level. They don't have to answer to anyone they just have to say you can't sell that book, or you can't read that book. What about the great books already out there? Are they going to one day decide to take them off the shelves and burn them so that morals of this country remain in tact. Yes I do believe there are some things that should not go across the air waves since radio is a lot harder for a parent to control then television but shouldn't it also be up to the individual what they listen to and what they don't? I am a parent but I feel confident when my children go out into the world they are prepared for what they come up against in life. I prepared them for that and I instilled their morals. Yes my oldest son, now 21, listens to Howard Stern and I asked him one time why he did. He told me Howard makes a lot of sense on many subjects and yes he does get vulgar at times but that has nothing to do with the message he gets across it's just part of is show. He knows how to reach the people. OK, so Howard makes sense and I have to admit I have listened to him and one point I totally agree with was about violence on television. I am not talking about the movies out there today because they are rated and it is up to a parent if they allow a child to watch it in their home. I am talking about the news cast itself every night of the week and how they capitalize on the violence in this world. No they don't curse, they don't show nudity, but they have the right to show the beheading of a prisoner of war. An actual act of violence that doesn't put the actor back together again when the camera stops rolling. There is no way to tell your child that's only make believe because the news isn't supposed to be make believe. Now where do we draw the line. Will the FCC stop the news casters from becoming tabloids such as the Star or Enquirer? Sensationalism is what the news is today and it depends on what candidate the head of the station is backing at the time, the left wing or the right wing. When you have an organization that is willing to give an award to someone like Hanoi Jane, (Jane Fonda Turner, as Ted Turner head of CNN now divorced, ) as women of the year then something is wrong here. Obviously the dictating of what is right and wrong depends on who is in charge at the time whether it is in an organization, news station, radio station, or the person in charge of a country. I always thought it was up to the people themselves at least in this country. I always thought we had the right to vote what we wanted for the better of the people. I think this is one bill that should go to the people. What do you think? Maybe you should let our law makers know.

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