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Submission + - Shock Jocks Testing Limits of Free Speech

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walnutmon

on Friday May 11, 2007 @12:35AM

walnutmon writes: "The New York based Opie and Anthony show has pushed the limits of even satalite radio this morning when a homeless guy, called by the pair "Homeless Charlie", began to rant about high profile women that he would like to... have relations with. He did this while Opie and Anthony pushed him to keep going, afterwords telling Charlie that he is welcome to come by and share his thoughts any time.

The story gained recognition, and became well known after it was linked on the Drudge Report. Check out the audio and judge for yourself.

Should action be taken against the shock jocks? Do you find this kind of talk offensive, or funny, or neither?"

Submission + - This Land is My Land: Rich Stake Their Claim

Submitted by

theodp

on Sunday April 29, 2007 @04:25AM

theodp writes: "What do you do with a $1 billion cigarette payday? If you're Brad Kelley, you go on a land shopping spree, buying hundreds of thousands of acres in Texas and another 60,0000 in Florida for your rhinos, pygmy hippos, gazelles, antelopes, wildebeests, impalas, and wart hogs. The WSJ reports that the rich are accumulating open spaces across the U.S., much as they have with vacation homes, automobiles and paintings in the past. Techies making the Top 100 Landowners List include Jeff Bezos (#27) and Tom Siebel (#66)."

Submission + - Sony Gets Bad Press from Grusome Publicity Stunt

Submitted by walnutmon on Sunday April 29, 2007 @04:22AM

walnutmon writes: Sony is suffering a backlash from a recent publicity stunt that seems to have been in bad taste.

In a time of increasing public sensitivity to video game violence, Sony has gone to the extreme by publishing pictures from a party featuring topless cocktail waitresses and, get this: a freshly decapitated goat.

From the article:

The corpse of the decapitated animal was the centerpiece of a party to celebrate the launch of the God Of War II game for the company's PlayStation 2 console.

Guests at the event were even invited to reach inside the goat's still-warm carcass to eat offal from its stomach.

Sickening images of the party have appeared in the company's official PlayStation magazine — but after being contacted by The Mail on Sunday, Sony issued an apology for the gruesome stunt and promised to recall the entire print run.

Sony has been no stranger to bad press in recent years, between a rootkit scandal and countless corporate mishaps, this latest debacle just begs the question: When are they going to learn that there is such thing as bad press?

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