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JDPriestly

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1. The First Amendment does not require radio stations to broadcast racist and sexist comments.

Thu Mar 22, 2012, 02:25 AM

Mar 2012

Private organizations are not bound by the First Amendment. The government is.

The FCC legally enforces prohibitions against the use of certain words in certain broadcasts. That has not yet been ruled to violate the First Amendment. I suppose the FCC could enlarge the list of words if it wanted to. Personally, I don't think the prohibitions should be viewed as complying with the First Amendment, but I think they are.

Personally, I think the best way to get offensive language off the air is to let the station know you turn off the radio if they broadcast a personality who repeatedly uses it.

I don't think the LA City Council's resolution will change the radio stations' programming standards. The FCC could. I don't think it should, but it could apparently.

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