On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 1:08 PM, Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 1:52 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> As I say, somebody has failed here, but I am not sure it was Banzhaf... >> > > Banzhaf probably has a longer term strategy. The first and most obvious > step is to get a ruling from the FCC and he has done that. I doubt he was > surprised by the ruling and he's going to move on to his next steps. > > Since the FCC is being asked to suppress speech we want them to have > guidelines that are specific as possible. Asking them to suppress based on > perceived offensiveness is just too vague. > > Trying to come up with an analogous offensive nickname doesn't work > because Washington has had that nickname for decades without a major > challenge. If they went to change it to another slur they would be stopped > by the NFL and the team's advertisers/local business community long before > it got to the FCC. The day will come when Washington will change the name > of their team since the problems with the name will not disappear even if > the current pressure abates. > My point is not that the FCC Ruling is in error here - indeed, I would rather they allow stations to broadcast "motherfucker" than that they fine them for broadcasting "Redskins". My point is that somebody has failed here, but I am not sure it was Banzhaf...it is the idiot who owns the Washington DC NFL franchise, and the idiots who run the NFL. -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
