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
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>
> > 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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