[IP] CLEAR CHANNEL's Conspiracy

[Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne@warpspeed.com>
Reply-To: dewayne@warpspeed.com
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 11:52:13 -0800
To: Dewayne-Net Technology List <dewayne-net@warpspeed.com>
Subject: [Dewayne-Net] CLEAR CHANNEL's Conspiracy

[Note:  This item comes from reader Tom Williams.  DLH]

At 11:37 -0800 3/21/03, Tom Williams wrote:
>From: Tom Williams <tom@AirNetworking.com>
>To: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne@warpspeed.com>
>Subject: CLEAR CHANNEL's Conspiracy
>Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 11:37:09 -0800
>MIME-Version: 1.0
>
>>MEDIA GIANT'S RALLY SPONSORSHIP RAISES QUESTIONS
>>
>>  Clear Channel Communications, Inc., owner of
>>  more than 1200 radio stations
>>  nationwide, has sponsored several pro-war
>>  rallies in US cities, a move that
>>  has drawn criticism from legal scholars and media watchdogs.
>>
>>  [SOURCE: The Chicago Tribune, AUTHOR: Tim Jones]
>
>One of those events is being held this weekend in Richmond.
>Star billing goes to Glenn Beck, whose show is distributed
>by CC and who (as far as I can tell) originated the idea,
>more or less.  (Beck actually credits a 16-year-old girl
>with starting the thing; she invited him to speak at her
>rally, and he just ran with the idea after that.)
>
>I'm personally more bothered by CC's size than by
>their possible participation in patriotic gatherings
>(They *are* sorta Borg-like), but this got my curiosity
>going.  I have a call in to Richmond's Clear Channel
>station, hoping someone there will actually tell me
>if CC contributed any money to this (other than
>Glenn Beck's air time).  I'll let you know if they
>return the call, and if they provide any real
>information.
>
>At least according to Beck, these were never initiated
>by Clear Channel.  Beck also claims that when NPR did a
>telephone interview with him, that they decided not to
>run the story after he told them that Clear Channel was
>innocent of the allegation.
>
>But hey, I forgot, all the radio bias is right-wing,
>so that last sentence can't be true, right?

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