LA City Council hard at work: Close to passing resolution that curtails free speech on radio (racist, Hispanic)

[EdwardA]

So does this mean rap music will be banned in LA?

City Council Warns ‘Crack Ho’ Comments ‘Intolerable’, Calls For Diversity In Talk Radio « CBS Los Angeles

City Council members were one step closer on Wednesday to becoming the first in the nation to adopt a resolution condemning certain types of speech on public airwaves.

Councilmember Jan Perry introduced legislation this week that would call upon media companies to ensure “on-air hosts do not use and promote racist and sexist slurs” on radio and other broadcasts.
Members of Black Media Alliance, National Hispanic Media Coalition, Korean-American Bar Association, and American Indians in Film and Television were on hand to voice their support for the proposal.

The resolution — which was also supported by Councilmember Bernard Parks and Council President Herb Wesson — called attention to the recent uproar over comments by KFI 640 AM talk show hosts John Kobylt and Ken Chiampou.

[steelstress]

Originally Posted by EdwardA

So does this mean rap music will be banned in LA?

City Council Warns ‘Crack Ho’ Comments ‘Intolerable’, Calls For Diversity In Talk Radio « CBS Los Angeles

Eh... they're probably just wanting to find a way to curb John and Ken.

[Gurbie]

Originally Posted by steelstress

Eh... they're probably just wanting to find a way to curb John and Ken.

All the LA City Council is doing is giving those two idiots free publicity.

KFI is a business. When the John and Ken show starts COSTING the network money, instead of MAKING it, they'll get "curbed" so fast, their heads will spin.