Today's show Stern sounded like they weren't going to pull the plug so soon after all because the Right didn't want to make him a martyr for 1st amendment advocates.
Quote:
Howard's FCC Inside Information. 03/08/04. 6:00am
Howard started off the morning sounding like he was in an okay mood. He said he was waiting for the axe to fall from the FCC on Friday afternoon but it didn't happen. He said he has sources inside the FCC and as of Friday Chairman Powell has been freaked out by everything that's been going on and he may be turning Howard into a martyr and that may cost President Bush the election. So now he's hearing that they're going to wait until right before the election to file the charges against Howard so he won't have any power. There are new fine limits that went from $27,000 per fine to $500,000 per fine. Howard told Robin that he heard that it was passed so that's what they could fine him for all of these new fines they have against him.
Howard told Robin he's praying that Bush doesn't get reelected. He talked about the campaign commercial they're running. He talked about how Bush was down in Florida reading to children when all of the 9/11 stuff was going on. Even after he was informed about what was going on he continued to read to the children and didn't bother to go find out more about what was going on. Howard and Robin pointed out how Bush got on Air Force One and just flew around after that all went down. Howard continued to point out stuff that's been happening in this country since Bush has been in office.
Howard said that the whole country is screwed. He took a phone call after that and a guy said he thought Friday was Howard's last show. Howard told the guy that this could drag on for months but he still seems to think that he will be forced off the air by the FCC and the fines they're going to bring out.
|