Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Actually, the most fascinating thing about the Janet Jackson affair - so to speak - and the FCC clamp down, is that it has turned Howard Stern, the country's leading "shock jock," into a virulent Bush hater. Stern has turned his program into a daily support the 1st Amendment And Send These Religious Wakos Back Where They Came From four hours. And his audience, and his influence, are enormous. Christie Todd Whitman makes no bones about the fact that Stern was responsible for her victory when she ran for NJ governor, and there are those who said that Stern's support was a great help to George Pataki in being elected Gov. of NY. If this is a close election, and Stern fans follow the leader, it could be they, rather than Rush "The Junkie" Limbaugh's ditto-heads who tip the scales, if for no other reason than that Limbaugh's audience is already committed to Bush, while Stern's contains many non-voters, and people without any real conviction. Fascinating. -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Adam Bridge Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 7:03 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Susan Sontag on Iraq Photos On 5/26/04 <elaine@chaos.wustl.edu (Elaine -HFB- Ashton)> thoughtfully wrote: > >Living outside the US, it is a bit more aggravating since everywhere >else in the world is getting a less filtered feed of photos and >commentary. I keep wondering how Janet Jackson's nipple raised 10 times >the furor and outrage than did these photos inside the US. > I hardly think that's an accurate statement. There is deep and abiding anger about the revelations and the photographs and it's having a substantial effect on public opinion. Janet Jackson's nipple is an indication more of a cultural frustration with control and danger than anything else. It has become a power struggle where the religious right can now have another arms race with the devil - this time in the form of MTV and shock jocks. I can relate. I was disgusted, not by the fact that we actually saw an almost bare breast during the Super Bowl but that it was so carefully contrived...exactly like politics almost everywhere. Adam Bridge _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information