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[01 Apr 2004|12:56am] |
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NATIONAL F-WORD DAY!
The day we collectively tell the Federal Communications Commission to stop wasting its time prohibiting broadcasters from airing the word "FUCK"...
...And to start doing what they're mandated to do: ensure the public has access to a variety of opinions and viewpoints in the media.
Don't forget to fly your FUCK flag high today, by giving "FUCK" a place of prominence in your websites, blogs and/or webzines.
And while you're at it, send a FUCKload of Faxes, emails, phone calls and letters to the FuCkC, advising them to step the FUCK back off FUCKing "FUCK."
Federal Communications Commission
445 12th Street, SW
Washington, DC 20554
FCC chairman Michael Powell: Michael.Powell@fcc.gov
FCC main phone line: 1-888-CALL-FCC
FCC FAX line: (202) 418-0710
Forward this reminder at will. We shall over-FUCKing-come.
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| My letter to Chairman Powell |
[01 Apr 2004|10:04am] |
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In honor of National F-Word Day, I just sent the following email to FCC Chairman Michael Powell. Feel free to use it as a template if you wanna join the cause...
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Dear Chairman Powell -
With regards to your recent decision to put broadcasters "on warning" about any future broadcasts of "The F-word..."
What the F?
It seems to me your office has been doing little if anything to fulfill what should be the FCC's prime mandate: to ensure the public's access to a variety of opinions and viewpoints in the media.
In fact, despite the vocal oppsition of a clear majority of Americans of every political stripe, your office has pushed forward with new rules that would actually result in *less* media diversity.
So I find it disappointing and insulting to hear the FCC is cracking down on the use of a single word -- one which, by the way, can be heard uttered every day on just about any street corner in America -- while the FCC's most important job goes undone.
I am a grown man. I can handle the occasional utterance of a four-letter word on television. What I -- and the nation -- can't handle is the erosion of democracy that comes when fewer and fewer organizations control more and more media.
A group of internet denizens has declared today "National F-Word Day." We'll be using the word "FUCK" -- there I said it, that nasty word! -- as much as possible today, both in conversation and on our various websites, blogs, newsletters and 'zines, in protest of your recent announcement. I hope you hear the message loud and clear:
STAY OUT OF THE CULTURE WARS AND START DOING YOUR *REAL* FUCKING JOB.
Sincerely,
![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) one_11
( excerpt from The FCC memorandum that started it all, plus Powell's statement )
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| A sad day. |
[01 Apr 2004|02:51pm] |
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Last week, the public radio travel show "The Savvy Traveler" recorded it's last episode.
I was lucky enough to work on the show for a short while last year, and it was without a doubt the best job I ever had. Every day I was among the first to hear uncut interviews with intrepid travelers about their adventures in faraway lands. Every day I played some small part in enlivening people's weekends with engaging, positive stories about the great big beautiful world. It's the exact opposite of what journalists spend most of their time doing; reporting on the awful, the evil, the corrupt.
Today is the Savvy staff's last day. Everyone's packing up their offices and though most of them will still be around in some capacity or another, it's just a reminder of this great thing that's gone.
Anyway, here's the rundown of the final show. I appear on it, in a rather amusing skit I wrote spoofing Virgin Atlantic mogul/adventurer Richard Branson.
All this makes me want to travel. Like everywhere. Like anywhere. Like now.
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