Saturday, March 3, 2012

Response to Alex Purdy Philadelphia man uses a Jammer on a bus to stop phone chatter?

I find this story to be hilarious, and I can definitely sympathize with Eric. There have been many times when I have wanted to engage in electronic warfare myself. Especially on the Charismatic Narcissistic types that strut around yelling into their phones. I would love to have one of those devices! Of course I wouldn't want someone to cut off my calls, but I don't scream into my phone in restaurants either. I would not be surprised if there were many more such incidents. While I understand the need for regulation of radio transmission in order to protect aircraft and emergency responders etc. I think that the FCC has too much power there need to be changes in broadcasting laws, that open up the airwaves to public broadcasting.

Limbaugh's Sponsors Take Their Dollars Elsewhere, and He Rushes to Apologize.

There is no doubt that Rush has gone too far. He finally made a formal apology today for inappropriate remarks that he made on Wednesday and Thursday of this week, about Sandra Fluke, a Georgetown University law student who was invited to speak to Congress by House Minority Leader Nanci Pelosi (D). Sandra had previously been denied the opportunity to speak at a committee hearing by Rep. Darrell Issa (R), who had invited all male religious figures to discuss President Obama's current push to require reproductive health needs to be covered by all employers. Rush called Sandra a "slut," a "prostitute," and a "feminazi," and suggested that she should make sex tapes "so we can all watch." It is astonishing to me that such a cold-hearted misogynistic person could have millions of followers. Every man has a mother and perhaps a sister, wife and daughter as well. If any of their family had been so insulted, Rush's followers would demand blood. I only make reference to his male followers as they make up 72% of his audience.
It is shocking to to me that he even has 28% female listeners. If these comments don't diminish that statistic dramatically it will be very sad indeed. What responsibility do sponsors have when choosing programming?