XM radio is supposed to be a place where freedom of speech is allowed. I understand that this is a private business and the owners can choose to punish their employees accordingly. But you hire these people to say and do crazy things, and then you turn around and punish them for it. I do not get it. Firing Imus is having a serious ripple effect on others in the media. The funniest part about all of this is - YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO LISTEN TO ANY OF THEM. Hell XM you have to pay to listen to them. If I am a listener to these DJ's on XM - do I get my money back for a month? I paid to hear them, now I do not get to. I want my money back please.
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Yup, this is the price we pay for living in a economy of monolithic corporations. Any company that says they are 'exteme' or 'out-there' or have a particular agenda is only doing so as a marketting ploy, and will instantly whitewash anything they think could cost them money. This has always been particularly problematic in forums where content providers rely on sponsors and ads for their money, so they have to avoid offending those other giant corporations, rather than worrying about offending their actual listeners.
Judging by the listener reactions, maybe having a pay service like this will actually be what starts to buck this trend. Certainly HBO and Showtime can get away with more than cable because they're not beholden to advertisers. Of course those are providing one small part of the total television package; if buying a subscription to XM radio gets you all the channels, then they have to worry about Opie&Anthony offending customers who got the service to listen to a completel different channel, but were flipping the dial, heard this, and got offended.
I think the ultimate solution to this will be increased on-demand access to content and less all-inclusive subscription packages. 'Think about the children' doesn't apply if you have to have a credit card to access any content at all; as always, we just need a working form of micro-payments.
I just noticed this dumb ass statement:
Certainly HBO and Showtime can get away with more than cable because they're not beholden to advertisers.
These channels can get away with more cause they are not regulated by the FCC. And they like broadcast channels are beholden to consumers.
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