Dennis & Callahan criticized for "election postponed" joke

[Don A]

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>> It should apply to NPR...but TV, Newspapers and Magazines are private
>> enterprises and do operate on the public spectrum, they own their own
>> press, ink and paper.  Radio is being granted a license to use the public
>> airways.
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> Can you clarify this?   TV belongs in the same category as radio..

You're right.  Sorry......yes, late nights, early mornings....election day,
etc.

>>NPR is a network, not a station owner.  The FCC has no jurisdiction over
>>networks unless they hold licenses.<<

But the programming would have to adhere, because it runs on licensed radio 
stations.  Just like they wouldn't send down obscene material down the wire 
for stations to run.

>>The last thing anyone should want is government as arbiter of either
>>fairness,

The last thing we need is people using public airwaves for unfair attacks.