Earl Croasmun -> All wrote:
 EC>>> Another good example of his weaseling of words!  Here, he
 EC>>> wants people to believe that "it" (singular) referred to
 EC>>> "death threats" (plural). Shearer's lawyer says Shearer got
 EC>>> death threats, but he does not say that they didn't start
 EC>>> for six days.

 EC>>> They started almost immediately after the Hardball broadcast.

 ~>>  When they started may be 30 seconds, or 6 days.

 EC> The actual time was already shown to be "a few minutes"
after Hardball went
 EC> off the air, which would be about 15 to 18 hours before Limbaugh went on
 EC> the air the next day.  Bob ignores the fact and goes wandering off into
 EC> irrelevance, hoping no one will notice that his earlier claim that the
 EC> threats began six days later is now in shreds.

Bobzo is reduced to quibbling that since Hardball doesn't fit his
definition of "broadcast" it had to be Limbaugh's comments ABOUT
Matthews' outing Shearer that motivated Buchanan. Of course, he can't show
any evidence that Buchanan even listened to Limbaugh.

He goes so far as to imply that broadcast requires one way communications -
that a HAM radio transmission would be broadcasting if your intended
recipient failed to answer. What he fails to include is that one way
broadcasting for the purpose of disseminating information meant for the
general public without allowing two way communication is what the Part 97
prohibits. The FCC refers to that as "broadcasting," but since
the FCC doesn't have the authority to define the word, it is not a good
defense for the Bobs.

Also, Bobzo's claim that the people who build and maintain cable
infrastructure aren't licensed so they don't know what
"broadcast" means is just silly. Since they work on FCC regulated
infrastructure, they are indeed licensed. Anyone who can read a dictionary
is able to see that Bobzo and Ackley are trying to make a distinction
without a difference.

Ed

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