- Mar 23, 2013
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Frankly, it's long past time that the gov't gets involved in tightening up industry standards for what goes over the air since they are PUBLIC airwaves and the stations are licensed to broadcast by the gov't.
So you want a government agent to delay all broadcasts in order to filter the content by government standards?
No, I want the standards and practices tightened as to what is acceptable in terms of claims made over the airwaves. It would apply to advertising more than the content of shows.
This is pretty much the venue of gov't oversight in much the same way that nudity and vulgarity is restricted on broadcast television and the fact that advertisers are not permitted to engage in fraudulent product claims. Radio has been pushing the envelope under the phony guise of 'freedom' of speech and free enterprise, and they've been getting away with it for too long, much like vitamin supplement makers and herbal remedy suppliers have been slipping through a loophole in the law that they're not covered under FDA guidelines.
As long as you get to choose what's acceptible right fascist?