[BC] Fairness Doctrine - Banning Stuff

[Dan Kelley]

Rich Wood sez:

>Even Rush got "banned." He did a commentary on women farding in their 
>ars. There was an uproar. In a brilliant move, the PD of WLS, 
>Chicago, pulled him off the air for a day and apologized to all the 
>offended women. People weren't listening very closely. Farding is 
>derived from the French meaning "face painting." He was complaining 
>about women who applied their makeup while driving. The stunt got a 
>lot of press. I recall the newspapers even missed the meaning of the word.

That's wonderful.  Reminds me of the old stunt of having the PD or GM
go on the air to "apologize for what happened on the morning show" - without
explaning what and "promising it will never happen again".  (Not that
anything ever did "happen".)

When I've done it in the past, it always got people talking - including
those who swear they "heard it".  The press sometimes gave it some
attention!

-dan in lansing