Please Help Support Free Speech

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Originally Posted by spacemanspiff

"Shutting us down" would be a governmental thing. The government had nothing to do with this. It's an advertising thing. P&G, Sony, Nike, etc said "We don't want to advertise on your show if you let shock jocks say things that are going to upset our customers and MAKE THEM STOP GIVING US THEIR MONEY. If you continue to do it were going to STOP GIVING YOU MONEY."

What if MML decided to write "Don't visit this site, it's a piece of shit" on every free site description he wrote. If GG said "Cut that out, MML or no more boob hats for you", would that be censorship? No. GG has every right to run his site the way he sees fit, as does CBS.

CBS didn't say "you can't say that". They said "you can't say that using our broadcast equipment, and we're not going to pay you to say that". I think it's kind of chickenshit to hire a bunch of shock jocks for their controversy, then head for the hills the moment they cause a little, but the bottom line is their purpose in life is to make money, plain and simple.

Very well said and I agree

I don't think it's a freedom of speech issue either but they are making it one.