http://lamp.dailypennsylvanian.com/thespin/2007/10/05/well-the-fcc-wont-let-me-be/ The opinion blog of The Daily Pennsylvanian Fri, 09 Jan 2009 07:49:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://lamp.dailypennsylvanian.com/thespin/2007/10/05/well-the-fcc-wont-let-me-be/#comment-31 Goose Mon, 08 Oct 2007 22:28:05 +0000 http://lamp.dailypennsylvanian.com/thespin/?p=57#comment-31 Gonna have to agree with the first commenter. I love Ginsberg and the poem, but I can sure understand how some mom who's listening to NPR while she drives her kids home doesn't want them picking up on the f bomb. It's public radio after all. Just cause I want it there doesn't mean it should be. Gonna have to agree with the first commenter. I love Ginsberg and the poem, but I can sure understand how some mom who’s listening to NPR while she drives her kids home doesn’t want them picking up on the f bomb. It’s public radio after all. Just cause I want it there doesn’t mean it should be.

]]> http://lamp.dailypennsylvanian.com/thespin/2007/10/05/well-the-fcc-wont-let-me-be/#comment-30 Ginsberg rocks Sat, 06 Oct 2007 21:47:12 +0000 http://lamp.dailypennsylvanian.com/thespin/?p=57#comment-30 The issue of whether or not something is broadcast on the radio has nothing to do with censorship. The radio constitutes PUBLIC airwaves, meaning that anything sent out over them should be acceptable to the majority of the population. The same goes for network TV--it is public. There is no "censorship" of private media, as you note, such as HBO or XM radio. Over private airwaves, obscenity can and is broadcast on a daily basis. I fully agree that "Howl" is art and should be appreciated, but just because I judge it to be socially and aesthetically important does not mean that I have the right to force it upon those who would rather not be exposed to it. Parents who do not want their children to view/hear to non-age appropriate material have a right to expect that certain content does not appear on public TV or radio. The issue of whether or not something is broadcast on the radio has nothing to do with censorship. The radio constitutes PUBLIC airwaves, meaning that anything sent out over them should be acceptable to the majority of the population. The same goes for network TV–it is public. There is no “censorship” of private media, as you note, such as HBO or XM radio. Over private airwaves, obscenity can and is broadcast on a daily basis. I fully agree that “Howl” is art and should be appreciated, but just because I judge it to be socially and aesthetically important does not mean that I have the right to force it upon those who would rather not be exposed to it. Parents who do not want their children to view/hear to non-age appropriate material have a right to expect that certain content does not appear on public TV or radio.

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