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The Rev. Al Sharpton is calling for a 90-day ban on radio and TV airplay for any performer who uses violence to settle scores or hype albums.
“There has to be a way to step in and regulate what’s going on with the airwaves and with violence,” Sharpton told the Daily News yesterday. “The airwaves are being used to romanticize urban violence.”
The activist minister plans to ask the Federal Communications Commission and the country’s major radio broadcasters to back his proposal.
His call follows last week’s shooting outside Hot 97 radio’s SoHo studios that apparently was sparked by a feud between rappers 50 Cent and The Game…Said Sharpton, “We may not be able to stop people from shooting, but we can stop people from profiting from the violence.”
nydailynews.com/news/local/story/287559p-246209c.html
“There has to be a way to step in and regulate what’s going on with the airwaves and with violence,” Sharpton told the Daily News yesterday. “The airwaves are being used to romanticize urban violence.”
The activist minister plans to ask the Federal Communications Commission and the country’s major radio broadcasters to back his proposal.
His call follows last week’s shooting outside Hot 97 radio’s SoHo studios that apparently was sparked by a feud between rappers 50 Cent and The Game…Said Sharpton, “We may not be able to stop people from shooting, but we can stop people from profiting from the violence.”
nydailynews.com/news/local/story/287559p-246209c.html