[BC] could someone explain this to me? Sure I can do that.

[Douglas B. Pritchett]

Donna, I respect you very much, but please allow me to make some points. 
Thanks.

I seem to recall a program from the 70's which featured an opinionated 
fellow. A rather jaded cuss who would rant routinely about the Irish, the 
Catholics, the Mexicans, Germans, Poles, Puerto Ricans......and every other 
race/creed/religion. This man's show was featured in prime time and exposed 
to a vast audience............The level of rhetoric did not rise to today's 
level, but it did send more than a ripple across the country.

But did anyone really believe that Norman Lear's creation of Archie Bunker 
would send the mass audience into the streets to hunt down and kill anyone 
who was not a WASP?? For goodness sakes it's entertainment.

In my opinion, AND NOT DEFENDING ANY POINT OF VIEW ONE MIGHT FIND 
OFFENSIVE, I would simply say that Michael Savage is like Michael Moore is 
like Rush Limbaugh is like Randi Rhodes......it's entertainment. It may 
have some sort of appeal to "like minded" individuals, but if it wasn't 
entertaining (in some manner that sometimes escapes me) it wouldn't survive 
on the air. That's one reason why I think Air America should continue. 
Someone making outlandish claims from the left is just as entertaining as 
someone on the right making foolish claims or assertions.

While the mass audience can sometimes be fooled into buying a certain glass 
cleaner because it produces "high definition" windows, we need to give 
those suffering masses more credit that we do. You really don't think they 
believe all the stuff they hear on the radio? Or see on TV?

On the other hand, are you telling me that someone who makes an idiot of 
themselves with preposterous claims and distortions (left or right-take 
your pick) doesn't have a right to come off sounding like a lunatic? And 
who would become the arbiter of such things? The Congress, the White House? 
The FCC? The First Amendment does not make content decisions. You have a 
right to speak, and a right to have your opinions questioned by someone else.


Douglas B. Pritchett
dpritchett1 at comcast.net


   


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