After the barrage of penis prank calls during C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal, “ Jim Romenesko urges C-SPAN to reconsider its policy of not placing live callers on a delay to filter out profanity.
In a statement to Romenesko:
C-SPAN has been televising call-in programs for more than 30 years now. In an average year, we might televise 38,000 calls, the overwhelming majority of which are respectful. Although it is unpleasant to hear the occasional prank caller make it to air, as a few have this week, we have thus far opted not to employ a delay in order to preserve the open nature of our town hall forum. We will continue to monitor the situation.
C-SPAN founder Brian Lamb has always been against the idea, but is now considering adding the caller delay.
