Imagine that you are driving 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 almost every sentence. This man with the vulgar vocabulary is Howard Stern, a man considered by many to be radio's greatest celebrity (Johnson et al. 2). On the other hand, there are those who avoid or criticize Howard Stern for his colorful and disgusting language. By definition, avoidance is intentionally avoiding someone or something primarily because their behavior is offensive. Howard Stern was banned and even fined for airing shows that contained sex, profanity, and making comments that were offensive to some listeners, such as having conversations about race and religion (Jarvis 4-6) . Stern isn't the only major celebrity who is shunned for his unacceptable behavior, Bono, lead singer of the band U2, declared "f---ing awesome" at the 2003 Golden Globes, and when Janet Jackson had her torn shirt. beside herself during the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show (3). Howard Stern has been intentionally shunned indirectly by losing some listeners because they don't find his shows to be their type of entertainment. Even though Howard Stern may have millions of people who enjoy listening to his talk show, there are still some who refuse to listen to it due to its unpleasant topics and abundant use of profanity. Because of Howard Stern's wide variety of foul language, some people will. chose not to listen to him. One of the main reasons people choose not to listen to Stern is that they may have young children and do not want them to be exposed to adult topics that contain extensive use of profanity (Boortz 2). Howard Stern'...... middle of paper ......itedBoortz, Neal. “Efforts to censor radio vulgarity are misguided. » Opposing views.John Woodward. San Diego. Greenhaven Press, 2005. LaGrange High School Library, LaGrange, Georgia. January 21, 2010. http://infotrac.galegroup.com.Jarvis, Jeff. "Can the FCC silence Howard?" Nation. Flight. 278 Issue 19. May 17, 2004.11-15. Academic research completed. LaGrange High School Library, LaGrange, Georgia. January 18, 2010. http://www.galileo.usg.edu.Johnson, Peter, et. al. "Radio's Bad Boy Bids Farewell to FCC Rules in $500 Million Deal." The United States Today. October 6, 2004. SIRS Issue Researcher LaGrange High School Library, LaGrange, GA. January 20, 2010. http://sks.sirs.com/.Reich, Howard. "Stern's Raunchy Debut Raises Questions About Anything-Goes Radio." Chicago Tribune. January 9, 2006: np SIRS researcher. LaGrange High School Library, LaGrange, Georgia. January 24, 2010. http://sks.sirs.com.