European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 15, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 1b the stars and stripes wet lasday april 15.1987 columns today s crossword adore acc regulations needed Tyand Kooney american re not More confused about anything irian they Are about whether they want More or leu help from the government. Sentimentally and conversationally americans object to the intrusion of government on their lives. It asked in i general Way whether they wanted More Orless government they d Alt say lest. From almost the beginning at broadcasting the american Public has been the beneficiary or More rather than less government the Federal communication commission compelled anyone who ran a radio or television station to provide a specified amount of Public interest programming to keep its License to Coin Money on its entertainment programs. Public inter est usually meant news. What issued from those rules was one of the most magnificent services Ever provided the people of an country by any government. The networks and Many local stations operated their news departments with journalistic standards that were As High at those of the Best newspapers. In a second even More improbable move the broadcasters themselves got together under an umbrella organization called the National association of broadcasters and wrote n code of their own that went even further than the Fig regulations. They set limits on the time thai could be devoted 10 commercials that were stricter than the fecs. Broadas lers had sense enough to know they better limit themselves or they d Kilt the Golden egg laying Goose. It was a kind of Miracle. Nowhere in the world has broadcast journalism been As Good or As free As in the United states. Even in countries that have a tree pros there is no comparably free broadcast journal ism. The Good times Are Over for television journalism. The beginning of its demise can be traced Back to 1979when Trie Justice department charged that the Nab code restrained fret Enterprise and forced broadcasters to abandon it. Then in 1981 a Nice Young Man with Strong Opin ions named Mark Fowler took Over As chairman of the acc i believe said Mark Fowler that when the government can gel out of the Way it ought Fowler removed every possible government restraint on broadcasting turning it Over to the free business Market to shift for itself. There Are no holds barred now and when business is left to its own devices Money drives out Quality. Money is driving he Quality out of broadcast journalism now Foster set out to dismantle the system that had made broadcast news As Good As it was for almost 50 years. A broadcasting business no longer has to present a minimum amount of Public service programming. It can rive the folks 24 hours of hard Rock without so much As an interruption to Tell its listeners that it training. The acc removed the limit it once had of a Maxi mum of 16 minutes of commercial time in one hour now the sky s the limit. In 19s1, Fowler said he Hod no reason to believe broadcasters would Stop present ing As much news if the acc dropped its regulations. Fowler has been proved wrong. Broadcasting is one Clear Case where we need a Little help from oar govern ment. To we Medit Yenfen getting out of the flesh Market by Joe Murray i be Given up eating the flesh of god s creatures for a month. Call it a religious Experiment. What i m trying to do is postpone meeting my maker. Just a few years ago i quit jogging after deciding thai try though i might. I could t outrun Middle age in any Case i be now decided it s Best that 1 eat no Wurst nor beef Bam Chicken fish in a word flesh so no More Chicken Fried flesh for me no double flesh cheeseburgers no flesh and eggs in the morning no flesh Almandine no Weib Kabob no flesh on no Spaghetti and flesh balls. Not that i be become a total vegetarian. 1 suppose i m something on the order of an egg etarian. Indeed my menu allows delicacies from the Dairy eggs milk and cheese Yogurt cottage cheese and Buttermilk. But i Don t want you to think i m becoming an anti flesh fanatic. It s not As of i m going to adopt a cow. Don t laugh according to an item reprinted from the vegetarian times there s exactly that kind of pro Gram under Way taking a bold stand against the Horri ble crimes being openly committed against our sacred Mother the Gita Nagari farm Community North of Harris Burg pa., was established by the Indian Saint you remember him. Don t you a a place of pilgrimage devoted to cow Protection and Agri culture Here s How you can help. The adopt a cow program win Benefit you in Many exciting ways. For 130 each month ii per Day for one year you receive a Beautiful 8-by-10 color photo of your adopted cow an impressive Gold certificate confining your Yeo Long membership sweets such As Burn Santesh and other delicious homemade milk products pure ghee clarified Bullet periodic news on your cow s Progress and a get acquainted vacation weekend completely free at our guest Lodge for the whole family. A wonderful Opportunity to visit with your the More i think about it a la Day investment might not be such a bad Deal suppose your cow came to an untimely end. You being its adopted Kin Here s no reason to suppose you could t claim the body. 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