Imagine, you are driving in your car, and you turn on the radio to an adult talk show station. After a few minutes of listening, the commentary is almost unbearable because the host uses profanity in nearly every sentence. This man with the vulgar vocabulary is Howard Stern, a man considered by many to be the biggest celebrity on the radio (Johnson et. al. 2). On the other hand, there are those who shun or criticize Howard Stern for his colorful and repulsive language. By definition shunning is intentionally avoiding someone or something mainly because their behavior is offensive. Howard Stern has been shunned and even fined for airing shows containing sex, profanity, and for saying things that offend some listeners such as having conversations about race and religion (Jarvis 4-6). Stern is not the only big name celebrity that is shunned because of their unacceptable behavior, Bono, the lead singer of the band U2, said “f---ing brilliant” during the 2003 Golden Globes, and when Janet Jackson had her shirt torn off of her on the 2004 Super Bowl Halftime show (3). Howard Stern has been intentionally avoided indirectly by losing some listeners because they do not find his shows to be their type of entertainment. Although Howard Stern may have millions of people who enjoy listening to his talk show, there are still some that refuse to listen to him because of his unpleasant topics and abundant use of profanity.
Because of Howard Stern’s wide variety of foul language, some people will choose not to listen to him. A major reason as to why people choose not to listen to Stern, is they might have young children and do not want them to be exposed to the adult rated subjects which contain a wide use of profanity (Boortz 2). Howard Stern’...
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