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Canuckistanian

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13. Oh, yeah

Reply to Downwinder (Reply #5)

Wed Apr 18, 2012, 10:53 PM

Apr 2012

Dick Clark's early career was nearly derailed by a payola scandal, but he avoided trouble by selling his stake in a record company and cooperating with authorities. Attempts were made to link all payola with rock and roll music.

The amount of money involved is largely unpublished; however, one deejay, Phil Lind of WAIT in Chicago disclosed in Congressional hearings that he had taken $22,000 to play a record.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Payola

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GOP lawmaker: Dick Clark should be remembered as model of free enterprise [View all] alp227 Apr 2012 OP

Good lord......The free marketeers doth squawk too loudly. marmar Apr 2012 #1

what a touching tribute Enrique Apr 2012 #2

Is a GOP attempt to get themselves publicity from a death 'LBN'? muriel_volestrangler Apr 2012 #3

You know what? I'm not going to "Politics 2012 or something." I'm glad I read it here NBachers Apr 2012 #15

The guy has barely assumed room temperature, and the GOP is taking credit. stevedeshazer Apr 2012 #4

Payola. Downwinder Apr 2012 #5

+1,000,000 Tom Ripley Apr 2012 #12

Oh, yeah Canuckistanian Apr 2012 #13

Oh, for the sake of Fuck... Serve The Servants Apr 2012 #6

Dick Clark (GOP style): "As we wait for the New Year's ball to drop, LastLiberal in PalmSprings Apr 2012 #10

Reliable necroconservative Dreier ... let no death go unexploited. TahitiNut Apr 2012 #7

So is Drier saying that EC Apr 2012 #8

even if Dick Clark had conservative views on taxes, you think THAT'S what he would JI7 Apr 2012 #9

Not to mention the incredible corruption of the business Clark was in... saras Apr 2012 #11

;( liberal N proud Apr 2012 #14

I think I'll remember him as 'America's oldest teenager' and the TV shows instead. sinkingfeeling Apr 2012 #16