Michael Graham, We Hardly Knew Ya
According to WMAL, Graham said "Islam is a terrorist organization" 23 times on his July 25 program. On the same show, he also said repeatedly that "moderate Muslims are those who only want to kill Jews" and that "the problem is not extremism. The problem is Islam."
This, of course, led to this:
The protests led several advertisers to ask WMAL to stop airing their ads during Graham's weekday show, although the station says it didn't lose any advertisers amid the controversy.
Uh huh. This is a station in DC that plays the regular rightie silly boys, Rush and Hannity. And it's owned by a certain large mouse:
Officials at WMAL, which is owned by the Walt Disney Co., had initially declined to take disciplinary action against Graham, defending his comments as part of the overheated rhetoric of talk radio. But that stance began to change as complaints about Graham's remarks mounted...In 1999, Graham was fired from a Charlotte station for saying that the killing of athletes was a "minor benefit" of the Columbine shootings. He apologized the next day.
So, a Disney-owned radio station hires a guy who was fired for rediculous on-air remarks, probably because he was outrageous and would lead to good ratings. Then, when advertisers start to smarten up and realize that they do not want to be associated with rediculous statements, Disney doesn't smell as much money and tells him to shape up. He refuses, so they ship him out.
Much as it sounds like this guy is repugnant, this move was made purely for profit...or the potential for losing profit.
posted by jimboses @ 6:26 PM
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