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This was the one venue I thought would
be completely immune from any sort of censorship,
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Supposedly, this isn't a censorship issue per se. Supposedly this suspension occured not because of what was said on that paticular show, but because they signed an agreement that they would not discuss it further on the air and XM felt that they broke that agreement.
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I just called a friend at XM. O&A have not been fired,
just suspended for 30 days.
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Of course, the recent radio firings have pretty much all started out as suspensions. There are some apparently promenent member of Wackbag who are claiming that per "very reliable" sources they have been fired from XM. Of course, it's unconfirmed, but the possibility is not outlandish either, especially with the pending merger.
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and I'm very
surprised that at least on Monday's show, Howard Stern didn't
even address the issue. This concerns his show as much as it
does the Opie and Anthony show
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Is it truly surprising? Howard doesn't care about anyone else (including when it comes to free speech. He basically admitted that when Sean Hannity asked him about the gag order he had placed on them when they were at WNEW) but himself. As long as this does not bite him in the ass, I'm sure he is delighted about what happened to Imus and what is happening to O&A
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That
show has its share of racist material and the frequent sprinkling
of the "N" word. All of it is done under the context of humor.
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And he gets away with it because his sidekick is black and she laughs at all the racist stuff.