[AF] Imus Contract

[RichardBJohnson@comcast.net]

http://www.fda.gov/comments/regs.html
...tells what the FDA regulates.
Methinks it was a hoof-in-mouth problem, perhaps FCC was intended! 
Cheers,
Richard B. Johnson
Read about my book
http://www.LymanSchool.org

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From: Alan Kline <akline at netins.net>
> RichardBJohnson at comcast.net wrote:
> > http://news.google.com/news?q=+Imus+&hl=en&um=1&sa=X&oi=news&ct=title
> 
> Thanks...one of the articles linked, 
> http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/232620/imus_hires_top_notch_first_amend
> ment.html
> was rather amusing. It makes a big deal about Imus' First Amendment 
> rights, which were never violated. But the funny thing was the writer's 
> assertion that the *FDA* "regulates all on-air content."
> 
> Really???
> 
> Silly me. I was under the impression that the government *could not* 
> regulate broadcast content, and certainly did not do so in the Imus 
> case. But, I'm not a world-famous First Amendment Lawyer, so how would 
> little ol' me know??? ;-) And I have a hunch that the Food and Drug 
> Administration would be surprised that they'd been given jurisdiction 
> over shock jocks...
> 
> ak