Adult Content on the Airwaves

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On July 26, 2001, Howard Stern asked a male staff member what the sexual term "blumpkin" meant (thesmokinggun.com). In Richmond, Virginia, high school girls called into the "Elliot in the Morning" show to talk about their sex lives (Maynard). On May 28, 1998, radio jock Bubba the Love Sponge aired a discussion between him and a cartoon character (fcc.gov). He asked the character to describe the perfect woman and her genitals. The First Amendment didn't protect these …

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…Howard Stern isn't the devil exploiting the children or corrupting society. If Howard Stern is "mentally molest[ing]" children, so is Britney Spears, George Bush, Eminem, Rush Limbaugh, and Johnny Knoxville - one likes to pose nude on magazine covers, one has a drunk driving record, one raps about killing women, one is addicted to drugs, and one likes to eat feces. This is our democracy and we are going to have to tolerate it.