Creating a precedent
By George Richardson
1. When you finally realize that it does not benefit Danny Rivera and it does not benefit William Lantigua that a media censors the freedom of the communicator, you will understand my philosophy.
2. When you understand that only by defending the right of others to express themselves, you guarantee your own right of expression, you will begin to understand my philosophy.
3. When you look at your job, your car payment, the mortgage, your bank account, your social position, your religion or belief, your prizes and diplomas, your children, your own respect, you will notice that they are represented on paper. That clean or wrinkled paper, old or new REPRESENTS your voice, the foundation of the so-called REPRESENTATIVE Democracy and it is not by whim that it is called like that. Your first right in the USA is that and it is guaranteed by the Constitution. All your other rights come from that right.
4. IN THE CASE OF THE STATION 1490 INTERFERING IN THE PROGRAMMING ON NOVEMBER 6 AND 7; SHOULD NOT BE TOLERATED NOT JUST FOR BEING AN INJUSTICE, IT IS MY FIRM BELIEVE THAT IT SHOULD NOT BE TOLERATED FOR BEING BOTH ILLEGAL AND IGNORANT. That a few people pretend that this ignominy benefits them, deserves much less attention than the importance of the precedent that we are already creating to face or avoid that it happens again.
From this point on, I identify more with Altagracia Mayí’s idea of creating a precedent.
5. Why so much noise over only two days of closure? Some of you would say. This is “Communication 101”. The timing of the closing only aggravates the closing itself. Example: Donald Trump, the President of the United States, had his personal Twitter account closed for 11 minutes. Many were happy. Leaving joy aside and politics out; that is censorship. Period!
6. Another form of censorship: The Eagle-Tribune would interpret as a censure that a single person, suddenly bought all the copies of Monday’s newspaper and kept them, preventing the public from reading them.
7. It is not to be debated that some programs at 1490 have very low standard, indeed. Nor is it debated that certain programs are inclined to support one candidate more than another. The radio has minimal criteria and allows for that. But since we are not in a dictatorship, it is the listener, the user who decides who pays attention. If you understand that my intention is not to decide what or who you listen to, but that you decide whether or not you want to do it, then you will understand my philosophy particularly because I do not have a program at 1490 AM.
8. They say that freedom of the press only exists for those who own media. There are editors and publishers in the Merrimack Valley, who from time to time look the other way. They censor the news for unclear reasons. Sometimes they publish – and this is true – press releases and pictures that are painful to see. More than filling space, they are aware that the surest means of improving communication is practicing, professionalizing all of us and opening up more means of communications.
CHOOSE ANY OF THESE 3 OPTIONS SO THAT WCEC 1490 AM STATION LISTENS
• Option A) The FCC has a form on its website; print it and send it to: Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW, Washington, DC 20554.
• Option B) Write on a piece of paper or tape “No to Censorship 1490 AM” and stick it in your mouth. Stand on the sidewalk, on the street, in front of the 1490 sign or Eagle-Tribune and take several selfies with the sign behind you.
Take the photos and choose the best one, upload it online.
• Option C) Write a letter with 3 paragraphs to station 1490. The first paragraph should begin with “I have found out that…”; the second paragraph should say, “I believe that…”; and the third, “I am…”
https://www.fcc.gov/…/radio/broadcast-radio-license-renewal…
