Re: Today's LTAR

["'A. Joseph Ross'" <lawyer@world.std.com>]

On Sun, 2 Aug 1998, Donna Halper wrote:

> In an era where all the FCC seems to do is shut down microbroadcasters,
> some of the more radical syndicated shows say all sorts of increasingly
> bizarre things.  I have heard Chuck Harter (or is it Harder-- no Bill
> Clinton jokes, please) equate Clinton with Hitler and accuse him of
> treason, and that was on a mild day.  Okay, like the guy or not, some of
> these hosts are getting increasingly shrill, and some of what they say
> comes very close to advocating violence.  The Texas host skirted the issue
> by putting it as a hypothetical (now, what if somebody did the right thing
> and shot the guy, or something like that...)-- and then claiming she was
> just kidding.  Evidently nobody filed a complaint with the FCC...  
 
More importantly, word of such remarks never reached the Secret Service.
Threats to the president are their concern, and they take such things
seriously. 

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