NAB Gets Some Sound and Fury from Robbins

[Commentary] Tim Robbins startling speech to the National Association of Broadcasters was “bizarre and interesting,” not so much for its content as for its context -- the opening session of the NAB convention -- a time usually devoted to platitudes about how swell radio and TV are and how lucky America is to have them. According to Variety, about two-thirds of the packed ballroom rose to a standing ovation after Robbins' speech. Given his criticism of media and national playlists, he could have called on the government to fix things as many of his liberal buddies would have. Instead, he merely asked broadcasters to do the right thing. Nothing very radical about that. He’s just an actor and he did what actors do. He put on a show. The speech probably did NAB President David Rehr no good. He will appear out of control for offering the slot to Robbins and then trying to squash it after learning of the content.
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