On 10/29/97 7:38 AM, Brad Dolan (bdolan@USIT.NET) passed this wisdom:

"Michael Hays" is a new CBS series about a U.S. District Attorney. Last night's episode was about how a radio talk-show host incited a listener to kill a BATF agent and was brought to justice. DA convinced a jury that some things were "more important" than the first amendment.

No that was not the point made, in fact the show made a strong point in favor of the first amendment. They went after the shock-jock because he specifically incited a specific individiual with words which we he knew would have an immediate cause and effect result in getting this guy to go out and kill someone. There is a difference, and I personally thought they made the point well .... now the accused did try to hide behind the first amendment but that was not what the first amendment is all about. You have to pick yopur mountains to die on in those arenas and the shock-jocks cause would not have been one I would have touched were I a Constitutional lawyer. Brian B. Riley --> http://www.macconnect.com/~brianbr For PGP Keys <mailto:brianbr@together.net?subject=Get%20PGP%20Key> "Never ask what sort of computer a guy drives. If he's a Mac user, he'll tell you. If not, why embarrass him?" - Tom Clancy