Dennis & Callahan criticized for "election postponed" joke

[Kevin Vahey]

First amendment covers a lot of ground but deliberately giving out
false information isn't covered.

Some people still believe anything they hear over the airwaves. There
were viewers who did believe Great Blue HIll erupted or that Buffalo
was invaded by Martians 40 years ago.



On 11/4/08, Dan Billings <billings@suscom-maine.net> wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dan.Strassberg" <dan.strassberg@att.net>
> To: <ssmyth@psualum.com>; <boston-radio-interest@rolinin.bostonradio.org>;
> "Bob Nelson" <raccoonradio@mail.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 4:39 PM
> Subject: Re: Dennis & Callahan criticized for "election postponed" joke
>
>
>> By rights, the Mass Attorney General should haul Entercom into court
>> under the statute regarding interfering with elections.
>
> Dennis & Callahan are idiotic.  The joke is not funny.  But the First
> Amendment trumps any silly Mass statute.  The Secretary of State has fallen
> to the level of idiotic talk show hosts with his comments.
>
>