Saturday, October 08, 2005

"How do we get out of Iraq?"

"How do we get out of Iraq?"

Last year, WUNC rejected at least one on-air acknowledgement of a financial supporter on the grounds that the words violated the prohibition, according to the station, against any acknowledgement which expresses "the views of any person with respect to any matter of public importance of (sic) interest" (see the linked page)

Now comes the on-air acknowledgement of a group - the Orange Democratic Party - that has organized a program on the topic of "How do we get out of Iraq?". My own feeling is that this is a good thing for WUNC to be airing, but how in the world can one possibly classify these words as anything other than the "views of any person with respect to any matter of public importance or interest"? WUNC's explanation of how it came to this conclusion would, at least, be fascinating to read.

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