The moronic hosts of GOP-connected radio station KSFO
Check out the story in Salon today. (I'm a subscriber, but you can read the story if you aren't by watching a short ad. And subscribe already! It's a great deal!)
The story below is from Joe Conason. Joe is an excellent writer and is number one on Spocko's list of all time great interviews on radio when he challenged Ed Klein on the Al Franken show.
http://s88172659.onlinehome.us/edkleininterviewonairamerica.wma
Here is the story from Salon: Read the rest there:
Electrocute Bill Keller! No, hang him!
The moronic hosts of GOP-connected radio station KSFO get big yuks calling for "traitors" in the press to be killed -- all brought to you by Disney.
By Joe Conason
July 14, 2006 While Melanie Morgan debates with Ann Coulter about whether the executive editor of the New York Times should be killed by gas chamber or firing squad, the institutional forces behind the San Francisco radio host deserve to share in the national spotlight now focused on her. Morgan's brand of authoritarian extremism is brought to her radio listeners every day courtesy of the Disney Corp., which owns KSFO-AM -- a station that functions as a mouthpiece and fundraising mechanism for the Republican Party.
[snip] (Check out the end of the story:)
While Morgan modestly bills herself as a fount of "intellect and wit," her brand of fascist vaudeville isn't universally admired. That could be why, according to a blogger and media activist who calls himself Spocko, several KSFO sponsors have canceled their commercials. Yet Morgan and her cronies, straining to keep up with Coulter, seem confident that Disney, ABC Radio and their advertisers love broadcasting the mock electrocution of a New York Times editor. Who cares about journalism or freedom of the press, or even standards of taste? There must be a lot of money to be made in jackboot radio.
Read the whole story at Salon.
And when you are done reading it, buy Joe's book.
The story below is from Joe Conason. Joe is an excellent writer and is number one on Spocko's list of all time great interviews on radio when he challenged Ed Klein on the Al Franken show.
http://s88172659.onlinehome.us/edkleininterviewonairamerica.wma
Here is the story from Salon: Read the rest there:
Electrocute Bill Keller! No, hang him!
The moronic hosts of GOP-connected radio station KSFO get big yuks calling for "traitors" in the press to be killed -- all brought to you by Disney.
By Joe Conason
July 14, 2006 While Melanie Morgan debates with Ann Coulter about whether the executive editor of the New York Times should be killed by gas chamber or firing squad, the institutional forces behind the San Francisco radio host deserve to share in the national spotlight now focused on her. Morgan's brand of authoritarian extremism is brought to her radio listeners every day courtesy of the Disney Corp., which owns KSFO-AM -- a station that functions as a mouthpiece and fundraising mechanism for the Republican Party.
[snip] (Check out the end of the story:)
While Morgan modestly bills herself as a fount of "intellect and wit," her brand of fascist vaudeville isn't universally admired. That could be why, according to a blogger and media activist who calls himself Spocko, several KSFO sponsors have canceled their commercials. Yet Morgan and her cronies, straining to keep up with Coulter, seem confident that Disney, ABC Radio and their advertisers love broadcasting the mock electrocution of a New York Times editor. Who cares about journalism or freedom of the press, or even standards of taste? There must be a lot of money to be made in jackboot radio.
Read the whole story at Salon.
And when you are done reading it, buy Joe's book.
17 Comments:
Boy, Spocko. I wander off and when I come back for a peek, I find you with sword in hand leading the charge from the barricades! And what are all these dead bodies piled up all over the place?!
Excellent and impressive work! I bow in your general direction!
Needless to say, btw, I've seen you referenced at First Draft and in comments about the blogosphere and had to come to see what the fuss was about.
Shows what one pissed off citizen and a blog can do!
I tip my hat to you sire. Excellent indeed. I am gonna try reading yuor site more often. later
Bravo!
I assume you've reminded Disney that eliminationist rhetoric doesn't really fit in with their wholesome family image? Is there any way to publicly shame them by hanging these freaks around their neck?
Nicely done, Spocko. I saw your comment on my blog from yesterday. Unfortunately, I can't read the full Salon article, since my adblocker seems to break Salon's day pass thingy. Nevertheless, I'm very impressed! Congratulations!
you go! got your back!
ellroon. I see you over at Atrios, lots of swearing there young lady!
And for the record, I don't want to kill anyone with a sword or gun. I perfer to use a word processor to persuade people.
Thanks everyone, I'll endeavor to keep it up. interrobang, I can send you the article or post it in a comment section if you want.
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Hey, Vulcan. I loved reading about you at Salon. Great job, dude. You're definitely making a difference in this world of hate we live in.
Hiya, Spocko!
If you're not careful you're gonna be famous. Keep up the good work.
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Hi, Spocko,
Thanks for scrubbing the other post, as it seems your unfriends have been here leaving coprolites in their wake.
Keep up the good work.
¡Viva Spocko!
¡Non te illigetimi carborundum!
¡so!
I think it's about time that KSFO changed their format, or at least their programming and content, again. Keep up the pressure. It happens with radio staions that lose money all the time.
The History of KTAB/KSFO
http://users.adams.net/~jfs/ksfo.htm
Nice work!
Keep 'em running...
Fine work yer doin' here oh son of Sarek! Looking to do a writeup on your noble battle here over at my joint maybe tomorrow, or whenever you (or El Gato Negro) get the list of advertisers pulled together.
Live long and...all that. :)
Is there a list of advertisers' email addresses somewhere?
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