Post by RS Davis on Feb 26, 2004 21:05:19 GMT -5
Limbaugh asked: "If we are going to sit by and let the federal government .. get involved in this, if the government is going to 'censor' what they think is decent and indecent … what happens if a whole bunch of John Kerry, John Edwards, Bill Clinton, Terry McAulliffe types end up running this country someday again and decide that conservative opinion is indecent, decide that that causes violence?"
Radio seems to be held to a different standard than television when it comes to indecency, Limbaugh said.
"I am in the free speech business, my friends. I couldn't survive without it," he said. "It's one thing for a company to determine if they are going to be party to it. It's another thing for the government to do it.
""The government doesn't regulate movies, and you find more smut in movies than you'll ever find in radio today. The government doesn't regulate cable TV; the government doesn't regulate video cassettes. … When we sit back and say, 'OK, you the federal government, you can sit in judgment over who can say what,' then at some point you can rest assured that your day is coming too, when the federal government tells you what you can and can't say."
Radio seems to be held to a different standard than television when it comes to indecency, Limbaugh said.
"I am in the free speech business, my friends. I couldn't survive without it," he said. "It's one thing for a company to determine if they are going to be party to it. It's another thing for the government to do it.
""The government doesn't regulate movies, and you find more smut in movies than you'll ever find in radio today. The government doesn't regulate cable TV; the government doesn't regulate video cassettes. … When we sit back and say, 'OK, you the federal government, you can sit in judgment over who can say what,' then at some point you can rest assured that your day is coming too, when the federal government tells you what you can and can't say."
- Rick
