THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, April 30, 1995 TAG: 9504280008
SECTION: COMMENTARY PAGE: J4 EDITION: FINAL
TYPE: Letter
LENGTH: Short : 29 lines
Federal law-enforcement officials want to interrogate a short-wave-radio artist about the tragedy in Oklahoma City.
Let's also consider the role of three hours of hate-radio broadcast daily across this country. Constant barrages against minorities, the Clinton administration and the U.S. attorney general amuse some listeners and vindicate others. Could it also inspire neo-Nazi white supremacists to act on their beliefs?
The First Amendment allows talk-show artists to make inflammatory statements. But we need the Federal Communications Commission to enforce the fairness doctrine to counter the dangerous hatred. And let's wean ourselves away from hate radio - it's not right, it's dangerous!
MELISSA AYRES, president
Tidewater Chapter
National Organization for Women
Norfolk, April 24, 1995 by CNB