3-26-2012
Leave it to a City Council in the state of California to pass a resolution aimed at eliminating free speech. Late last week the Los Angeles City Council, in a 13-2 vote, approved the resolution that calls on local TV and radio stations to limit racist and sexist comments in their airwaves. The politicians decided it was time to act after KFI's John Kobylt and Ken Chiampou called the late Whitney Houston a "crack ho." The duo were swiftly suspended by Clear Channel and ordered to go to sensitivity training.
The resolution is in no way enforceable. The council wanted to tell the community that these types of controversial comments is ?intolerable? and can potentially lead to ?an environment where negative comments can go unchecked and corporate guidelines and policies are no longer being enforced?. The motion urges ?the management of radio and television stations in Los Angeles to do everything in their power to ensure that their on-air hosts do not use and promote racist and sexist slurs over public airwaves in the City of Los Angeles?.
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