Stern Sources Say FCC Fines Delayed (says Powell Freaking Stern Martyr)

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=20496

Howard Stern was still on the air this morning after the FCC failed to hit Infinity with the the Notice of Apparent Liability that Stern's inside source at the Commission was “99% sure” was coming down at the end of last week. “Friday after the show I was sitting around waiting for the axe to fall,” admitted Stern as he signed on this morning. “The FCC hasn’t come out with their fines yet. They’re preparing their case still.”

Stern said his source told him, “ Powell is freaking out because he realizes he’s turning me into a martyr and he’s afraid it will affect the Bush campaign. He actually does know how much power we wield with this radio show. So now he’s trying to figure out when to put the fines against me. I know this because I have inside sources at the FCC. I have about three people in there, so I know exactly what is going on. So now they’re in a weird position. If the fines come out, everyone’s going to know how truthful this show is and what we’ve been saying. If they don’t, it just makes me look like I’ve been crying wolf.”

Stern says the fines will be timed so as not to interfere with President Bush’s reelection bid. “Chairman Powell has been really freaked out by how I keep reporting everything that has been going on, including The Fellowship, George Bush, everything,” Stern said. “He’s just a little afraid he’s turning me into a martyr and that this could cost Bush the election. So he’s thinking it through to maybe hold off my fine until right before the election so I’ll look like a crazy man. He’s still preparing his case. He’s got a whole bunch of little things I’ve said on the air that he doesn’t like.”

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Stern also spent time Monday morning picking apart President Bush’s use of 9/11 imagery in television ads, offering his own narration for a fictitious ad that would point out the President was posing for pictures with teachers while people were falling to their deaths at the WTC, almost as if he didn’t care about the horror that was happening in New York City. Stern said he would end the advert with a tagline of “George Bush’s dereliction of duty is remarkable. Vote Kerry.”

[Room101]

1. Stern said "Bush should be in jail not Mathra Stewert" I loved it!

:)

[mot78]

2. Stern will wind up at the mercy of the BFEE

And being forced to fallate someone else for a change.

[LSparkle]

3. I haven't been a Stern listener until this morning

and he was great -- nothing like some W bashing to get the morning started right. I haven't laughed out loud like this for a long time.

[joeunderdog]

7. They have no way out.

Say nothing. Stern rants.
Ask him to stop ranting. Stern rants louder.
Fine him. He says "told ya."
Fire him. He gets ratings for someone else and crusades even harder against you.

Powell can't win. Stern is torching Bush and Powell can't stop it. Funny, last time I looked, that wasn't his job. How incestuous and pathetic that the FCC is being run by decisions made to enhance shrub's re-election chances.

And how satisfying that a freedom of speech derelict has Mikie Powell by the balls.

Keep squeezin Howard.

[scottxyz]

26. We have a First Amendment and a very hated President

This isn't the USSR.

What the hell is Powell gonna do? You can't take a guy off the air because you disagree with his political views - now can you?

Shoulda remembered this stuff, Busheviks, before you proceeded to lie and kick us in the teeth the last few years.

You are VERY hated now. Deal with it.

[Timefortruth]

44. You can take someone off the air for political reasons if

you can create a credible story that it was for some other reason. This would be too transparent even for the gang in the WH. Howard would be wise to keep his callers on a 30 second delay because they are going to be pounded with obscenities called in.

[proud patriot]

4. hee hee hee

Go Stern Go :bounce:

[KissMyAsscroft]

5. Sweet,,,

One of the bases of conservatism is the moron vote. Stern owns the moron vote.

He is in a powerful position and he knows it.

Smart guy. With these statements the ball is now back in Powell's court. He can either fine Stern and make him a martyr, or he can not do anything and let Stern keep trashing Bush. Either way, he is screwed and he's going to be sorry he brought it up. Dumb move to even try it in the first place.

Notice how CNN hasn't said a thing about the Sern/Bush controversy? They ommitted his remarks about Bush and made it seem like he was talking about regulators and not about the president*

Anyone want to tell me that CNN doesn't have a Bush bias?

[Just Me]

21. CNN simply cannot escape being pro-corporatism,...

,...which, as Smirky wisely pointed out, the father of fascism (Mussolini) equated fascism with corporatism.

[Florida_Geek]

6. Poor poor Chairman Powell

He knows his "own" people are passing information. hehehehehe

[eek]

9. Can't wait to learn where his show turns up

Can't you just imagine an entity such as i-Tunes making
Stern In Exile available?

That'd be cool.

For now, is there an online source for tose of us in yanked markets?

[RandomKoolzip]

8. I walked past a UPS truck today and the driver....

Had Stern BLARING on his radio, and I could hear him ranting about Bush REALLY LOUD. Everybody could hear it.


I was psyched. The worm has turned.

[Donkeyboy75]

24. I just hope this can keep up for eight more months.

I don't like his show, but I now like his politics, even if he is self-promoting in the process.

[rocktivity]

33. We can help by providing Howard with fresh material

There's an e-mail form you can use at http://www.krockradio.com/feedback

Choose "The Howard Stern Show" from the dropdown menu, and send him words of encouragement and links to stories you think he ought to see. They don't like him talking about sex and bodily functions? He can jolly well talk about politics, then!!!

:headbang:
rocknation

[blue agave]

10. The Fellowship, George Bush, everything ?

What is "The Felloship" ?

[djg21]

29. A Right-wing church group

that, in essence, provides a number of "Christian" congressman and senators with subsidized luxury accomodations in DC, in exchange for . . . .

[joeunderdog]

39. Talking about the RW Church Wing-nuts and * getting the Bin Ladens out

the US after the 911 tragedy. Telling people that that was Shrub's priority because of his vast history with the bin Laden family and other oil families. Saying Chimp "didn't care about the guy on the 90th floor." He's talking about how the Jesus freaks have nothing better to do than email campaigns to Ford Motor Co.to get sitcoms off the air because they think they are promoting homosexuality. Airing out alot of dirty little secrets.

These are the first utterances his audience has probably ever heard of these issues.

[Beetwasher]

11. Stern is A Great American Patriot

I know some will complain and say "what took him so long" and to some degree they're right because he only started this brutal attack when it touched him personally, sort of like Sullivan. But you know what? Unlike Sully, Stern's for real on this and he's ALWAYS been fighting this fight for the 1st ammendment. He's now totally exposing the whole underbelly of the beast to millions and millions, it's everything we at DU have dreamed of having exposed to his audience. I've listened to him on and off for 20+ years and I've NEVER seen him on a mission like this. When he get's going he's fucking OBSESSIVE and EFFECTIVE and no matter what anyone one says, he's smart as hell and Clear Channel may be against him but Viacom's in his corner and they're nothin' to sneeze at...

[BeatleBoot]

12. On my mission to get more Kerry votes, I asked my nephew's

friends to vote for Kerry.

They all said, "yes, case closed"

I said, "why?"

They said, "Because Stern said so"

So....case closed....

[ElementaryPenguin]

13. Howard's becoming my hero!

Asshole that he has often been - BushCo is fucking with the wrong guy!

[Dr Fate]

14. Even if not true, Stern is still pushing the right buttons...

Good stuff-

He is often a bit vulgar for my personal tastes, but always in the right place when it comes to civil liberties...

I oppose censorship- one can always turn the dial.

[Mountainman]

15. Is there any way to listen to Stern here in Bakersfield

We have three wing nut AM stations. 970, 1050, 1450 and all we get is Rush, Hanity, Dr Laura, Savage, some others and some local Bush butt lickers.

[Cronus Protagonist]

35. I don't know, but here's a Stern clip you can download

Click on the prominent link in the paragraph at the top of the page.

http://cronus.com

"FUCK BUSH" Buttons, Stickers & Magnets

[sendero]

16. Stern is smart...

... and as I've tried to say here - he is playing a game and is two steps ahead of these morons.

Today, after ranting against Bush* for a while he said he was going to lay off. Now, I'm guessing he might really back off - not rant about Bush* for a half hour, but instead throw the occasional punch.

That is IF this FCC action goes away. If he does not think it is going away, I guarantee you he will do an anti-Bush* rant every day.

He really has manouvered them into a difficult position. Whether you like him or not, you are wrong if you think he is stupid. He's swimming with the sharks here and I think he's doing a pretty good job of it.

[nolabels]

17. Give em HELL Howard ?

Never has the reason for "Freedom of Speech" ever been so more vividly illustrated.

Thanks Howard, and all of them nasty things I have ever said about anyone with the last name of STERN..........okay forget that :-)

[Rex]

18. Stern better not go into any buildings higher than 6 stories

Never really listened to him, but what he is doing is the same as trashing a mafia don.

[JPace]

19. I have been wishing and wanting some powerful

left wing radio support out there but
never dreamed it would come through Howard
Stern. Blessings come in strange ways
don't they?

I don't like him....but am not one to turn
down a gift in an election year. He's a
scoundrel.....but he's our scoundrel now.

[Occulus]

37. Perhaps we need a few.

[Thucydides]

20. This takes a lot of courage, but I think Howard is a smart ...

businessman as well. I think he has figured it out, there is a whole untapped audience out here. That the other media whores have ignored, and he is going after that market. I wonder if his ratings are going up and the cost of ad air time is as well. Does anyone know how to check that out. This could be the beginning of whole new marketing tactics, after all isn't that what all Corporations really care about, PROFIT$. This could be in our favor.

:shrug:

[Nlighten1]

22. Major miscalculation by Clear Channel.

and the FCC...

[Guaranteed]

31. Howard's too big- and he knows what he's doing.

This isn't the first time he's taken on big shots who would censor him. He knows that with that microphone, HE has the power. So, he uses it.

I'm really proud that he's come around.

[BiggJawn]

23. This is a trip...Howard's the "Slop-Jockey Man"..

Jumped in the cesspool, parked his ass on Mikey Powell's porch, and is DARING him to get a hose....

If Stern gets run over by a truck while crossing the street, I'll KNOW the fix is in...

I'm amazed that it took the Eternal Fifteen-Year-Old to come up with enough balls to publically tweak the BFEE's nose.

[neverforget]

25. He also called Micheal Powell "Chairman Mao" and will call him

Colin Powell's son from now on because that's how he got the job: through family.

Stern also talked about how Bush did nothing but read to kids while planes slammed into the WTC and then he went and hid in a hole. He said that Bush "can't think on his feet". Truer words have never been said.

[Demonaut]

28. dont be so hard, cowards have feelings too

self preservation,

[PeanutOne]

36. "Colin Powell's son" ...that is funny.

Stern knows how to expose hypocrites and phonies. The early on the street celebrity interviews by "Stuttering John" were postmodern masterpieces.

[scottxyz]

27. Stern on Clear Channel's use of the "N" word

"Clear Channel has tons of Rap stations, and I'm sure the word nigger is used on those," he said in reference to the content CC cited in dumping him. "And that's not even a word considered objectionable by the FCC, but I still hung up on the dude because he said the N word."

http://zfmq.fimc.net/Article.asp?id=19936

[Cat Atomic]

30. Have ANY network news stations even mentioned the Bush angle?

Every time they bring it up, they talk about "indecency" and show a picture of Janet Jackson at the Superbowl. They never mention precisely what was indecent on Stern's show that day. Despite Stern's loud and constant complaints about anti-Bush censorship, I haven't seen a single mention of it on television or in the papers.

Have I just missed it?

[Lugnut]

32. Oh, boy......

Whatever you think of Howard Stern, this is sweet! Mike and Clear Channel tweaked the wrong nose. Freedom of speech is a beautiful thing.

[scottxyz]

34. The Passion of the Stern (movie poster)

http://www.howardstern.com/

(couldn't post a direct link to the graphic for some reason)

[goclark]

38. Poetic Justice

I am shocked but thrilled that Howard's listeners will get a taste of what these thugs are like.

He has millions of listeners and now he is giving the neocons a taste of their own medicine.

Michael Powell is a sorry example of a wimpbag. He is being pulled by his daddy's coattails like Curious Georgie.

Remember when Larry Flynt saved Clinton..that was masterful.
Howard Stern is such a loose canon that they better be very careful how they mess with him.

He probably has all the gossip about the kinky habits of all the neocons. Bring It On Howard!

[MaineDem]

40. I have found him offensive so I never listen to him

(I think he disrespects women)

But this is good stuff! I hope he keeps this up.

[enki23]

41. i'd love to have an inside glimpse of the bush campaign about now

.

[NashVegas]

42. Tell Ya What

The fact that Stern is still on the air with this stuff tells me he's doing it with Viacom/Infinity's full blessing. They already got the de-regulation they wanted, thanks very much.

Now all we need is to hear any major NBC/GE personality letting it rip, and it will be safe to say The Powers That Be have already decided we'll have a President Kerry this time next year.

[Crachet2004]

43. Howard playing the martyr angle, just like I hoped he would.

Looks like the GOP could have figured out a smarter way to 'pump their base' than this.

Gay (ho-hum) marriage isn't quite the redhot issue they had hoped, either.

Their Bushwhacking tactics will only work on the unaware. The light of day is the enemy of evil...and Howard has his hand on the window shade.

[BabsSong]

45. Saw a great "talking head" thing the other day

On CNN or MSNBC (?)there was a square off between a guy who, I believe, writes a trade magazine for radio talk shows and one of these "family value" asses. The writer told the holy witch that they are going to rue the day they did this to Stern. He talked about Howard's listeners, their fury, and how this was going to take down Bush. I've never listened to Howard but I would assume that a big part of his audience is Bush's precious "white males" and apparently that is why he's been kind of Bush asskissing for years (playing right to the crowd). Now he's getting the crowd into a "hateful mood"--and you know what, it's just this kind of thing it takes to do the trick. These morons won't listen to political reasoning and how the repukes affect their lives. And to think that on the other end, Rush is bitching blood through his nose because he's being treated so "unfairly" by liberal prosecutors in Florida------flushing the spewing slob would be an extra added bonus!!!

[llmart]

46. Never cared for him much but now.....

You've got my support, Howard! Go get 'em!