Howard Stern Could Be Thorn In Bush's Side
By Michael Illions
Talon News
April 16, 2004
The self-proclaimed "King of all Media," Howard Stern, has gone on the offensive in his fight against the FCC and President Bush. The FCC recently fined Stern just under $500,000.
His web site, which was not often updated or even mentioned by Stern and his people, is now being used to target Stern's two biggest enemies, the FCC and President Bush and to a lesser extent, Clear Channel, who dropped Howard Stern after being fined by the FCC.
Redesigned and updated frequently, the Stern web site now features links to some of the more left-leaning Internet entities, such as the Nation, the Memory Hole, Slate, and Bush Watch.
This approach has hit a chord with Stern fans, as the web site received 8 million visitors over a 2 day period last week. With links to Rock the Vote, How to Register to Vote, and John Kerry's web site, Stern's fans are now becoming political activists, and that could be a problem for President Bush, come November.
Tom Taylor, editor of Inside Radio agrees.
"Stern can use it as a way to energize his fan base and turn them into activists," Taylor said. "It's almost as if the FCC crackdown has radicalized Stern in the old '60s political sense."
With nearly 8 million listeners and Howard Stern leading the way, what kind of factor could this anti-Bush tactic be?
"I think Stern will be a huge factor because he has tremendous credibility among millions of people who will vote, but fall into the undecided column," said Talkers magazine publisher Michael Harrison.
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