On Fox, Morgan blamed Media Matters for apparent PBS ban
On the May 21 edition of Fox News' Hannity & Colmes, conservative radio host and Move America Forward chairman Melanie Morgan addressed a May 17 statement by Linda Winslow, executive producer of Public Broadcasting Service's The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, in response to viewer complaints regarding the discussion between Morgan and VoteVets.org chairman Jon Soltz on the May 8 edition of the NewsHour. Winslow wrote: "Since the program is produced live, we can't do much to eliminate rude guests from your television screen once the segment has begun; what we can do is guarantee you will never see that person on our program again." On Hannity, Morgan accused Media Matters for America -- which published a May 9 item on Morgan's NewsHour appearance -- of encouraging "their people" to call PBS and get her banned from the network. Morgan further stated: "I am demanding an apology from Linda Winslow, because this is a woman who clearly is lying about the situation." Morgan also asserted: "PBS has a blatant anti-conservative bias. They don't want to hear a proud pro-American, pro-troop point of view," adding, "I think that ... PBS should be ashamed of itself."
In introducing the segment, co-host Sean Hannity stated: "In an action that reeks of censorship, PBS' signature broadcast, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, effectively banned conservative radio host Melanie Morgan from any future appearances." Hannity was referring to Winslow's statement, which appeared in PBS ombudsman Michael Getler's column on May 17. In that column, Getler included numerous viewer letters regarding the May 8 NewsHour segment. Following is the full text of Winslow's statement:
Last night the NewsHour attempted to help our viewers understand why the members of Congress are having so much difficulty arriving at a decision regarding the way forward in Iraq. We believe the intensity of the pressure being exerted on Democrats and Republicans by the "wings" of their respective parties is having an impact on those who are looking for some sort of compromise position. We decided to let representatives of those wings explain their positions, hoping they would participate in a dialogue with us and each other. As our guests demonstrated, however, that was a forlorn hope and the result was a lot of heat, but very little light.
Since neither guest was in the studio with Judy Woodruff, there wasn't much she could do to prevent them from interrupting one another, short of saying -- as she did at least three times -- "please let him/her finish his/her point." The NewsHour style is to ask pointed questions politely; we expect our guests to subscribe to the same rules. Since the program is produced live, we can't do much to eliminate rude guests from your television screen once the segment has begun; what we can do is guarantee you will never see that person on our program again.
On Hannity, Morgan demanded an apology from Winslow, and said: "This is censorship, because PBS has a blatant anti-conservative bias. They don't want to hear a proud pro-American, pro-troop point of view. They've clearly demonstrated that in the past. And I think that ... PBS should be ashamed of itself." Hannity also referred to PBS as "left-leaning."
Morgan went on to say: "What this whole thing is, basically, is a bottom-line effort by Media Matters. ... [I]t's an effort [in which] they call their people and ask them to call PBS." In a May 9 item -- headlined "NewsHour hosted Melanie Morgan on Iraq war despite her history of misinformation and smears" -- Media Matters noted that PBS correspondent Judy Woodruff, who hosted the May 8 NewsHour segment featuring Morgan and Soltz, made no mention of Morgan's history of spreading false, misleading, and unsubstantiated claims regarding the Iraq war.
From the May 21 edition of Fox News' Hannity & Colmes:
HANNITY: And welcome back to Hannity & Colmes. I'm Sean Hannity.
In an action that reeks of censorship, PBS' signature broadcast, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, has effectively banned conservative radio host Melanie Morgan from any future appearances.
Now, citing Morgan's on-screen demeanor, the executive producer of the left-leaning news forum released the following statement. It said: "The NewsHour style is to ask pointed questions politely; we expect our guests to subscribe to the same rules. Since the program is produced live, we can't do much to eliminate rude guests from your television screen once the segment has begun. What we can do is guarantee [that] you will never see that person on our program again."
Joining us now -- radio talk show host, KSFO, San Francisco, Melanie Morgan.
First of all, Melanie, I would say this is a badge of honor for you on the one hand, but on the other hand, they're only silencing you -- and there was an interruptive liberal guest on the program. Why were you separated in that way?
MORGAN: Well, first of all let me just say that I thought it was a joke when I heard about this -- I had been out of town visiting relatives in Kansas City, Missouri, which is my hometown -- and when I heard about it from my relatives, I said, "Oh, that can't be true." And then I went to the blogosphere, and, oh my goodness, there was such a riot over -- and some of the filthiest language I've ever seen in delight.
Let me tell you this: Linda Winslow, who's the executive producer of The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, is either badly misinformed or outright lying -- because these are the facts: I was accused of being rude and interruptive. The guest who was on opposite me, who was with VoteVets.org, one of the far-left, funded organizations by George Soros, actually interrupted me for the very first time.
I did a word count on this.
HANNITY: Right.
MORGAN: We were interrupting four times -- we were interrupted four times equal on each side, and he was given 55 percent of the air time or 56 percent of the air time to my 44 percent.
HANNITY: Melanie, listen, you have been a guest on this program frequently. You are passionate in your views. You are always polite. You always allow other people to get their point of view across. I have never known you to say anything outrageous. I read the transcript. There's nothing outrageous here. I guess the question I have is: When we're talking about PBS, we're also talking about tax dollars. That's --
MORGAN: Yes.
HANNITY: -- we are funding PBS. So, it seems to me that --
MORGAN: But that's the thing that is the most outrageous.
HANNITY: -- if they're -- if they didn't like the segment -- if they didn't like the segment, it should apply to both guests here, but it's only applying to you. What do you plan to do about it?
MORGAN: That's absolutely -- well, I plan, and right now on your airways, I am demanding an apology from Linda Winslow, because this is a woman who clearly is lying about the situation. The producer contacted me six times before my appearance, and we discussed the fact that there might be interruptions. They asked me to put my boxing gloves on. They said they have no problem with a free-for-all discussion, because both activists are very passionate about my views.
COLMES: Hey, Melanie, this is going to shock you. This is Alan. I'm going to side with you. I really think they should allow rude, interruptive guests like yourself on PBS.
MORGAN: Well, you've never -- I agree, you know, because after all, Alan, there are a lot of people who don't like you for your rude, interruptive style, but --
COLMES: I know that to be true.
MORGAN: -- nobody on our side --
COLMES: I know that to be true.
MORGAN: -- has tried to silence you.
COLMES: Right. No, I agree.
MORGAN: And this is the thing that -- it's my taxpayer dollars that are being used to silence me, and this is what is happening: What this whole thing is, basically, is a bottom-line effort by Media Matters of America -- for America, pardon me -- it's an effort [in which] they call their people and ask them to call PBS. They received an onslaught of -
COLMES: Now, you're blaming Media Matters. PBS got a lot of negative reaction to your appearance. They have a right as an organization to say, "Look, this is a guest that doesn't work for our audience. We're not going to put the guest on again." They have a right to say that. I think you have a right to get on --
MORGAN: This is censorship.
COLMES: -- and be combative, and by the same token, once they invited you on.
MORGAN: This is censorship, because PBS has a blatant anti-conservative bias. They don't want to hear a proud pro-American, pro-troop point of view. They've clearly demonstrated that in the past. And I think that --
COLMES: Well, the other side is pro-troop, too. Your co-guest --
MORGAN: -- PBS should be ashamed of itself.
COLMES: You know, you keep -- by the way, you kept saying like you're the pro-troop, you're the pro-American. You actually said we'll be engaged as those on the left -- the anti-American, anti-war side -- as if those on my side are somehow anti-American or anti-war.
Your co-guest, Jon Soltz, was a troop -- was the troops. He's just as American, just as patriotic, and just as loving of his country and the troops as you are, and you should not suggest otherwise. You're entitled to, but you shouldn't.
MORGAN: This is a young man who served his country, and we're grateful for his service. But let me tell you, he is working for a partisan organization that clearly has a political agenda --
COLMES: As are you. As are you.
MORGAN: -- in the gotcha game for 2008.
COLMES: As are you.
MORGAN: Yeah, but he's doing it under the color of the troops.
HANNITY: All right. Melanie, it's always good to see you. That's a badge of honor. We're going to continue to follow the story, considering it's our tax money, and we appreciate you being on.
Hey coligen lips, want some cheese with that whine? It's called the free market, you got dumped!
Her lips kind of give her a fish face. Sort of like Billy Bass.
Heaven forbid the public be denied her inane banter.
and again, this is not a free speech issue, its the free market deciding
Actually, it isn't the free market in this particular case. PBS receives tax payer money from the government, and the government has the authority to regulate it and ensure that it is fair and balanced. PBS is currently a left wing organization with a clear anti-conservative bias, and the government should either step in and force them to become fair and balanced, or they should take away all of the federal funds that they give to PBS. It isn't a free market issue because of the fact that PBS receives money from the government.
I saw the Newshour clip with Morgan and Scholtz. They were both rude, both unresponsive, and both contributed to the "heat" without providing even a single wattage of light. Bad metaphor, but you get the picture. I'd even go so far as to say Morgan was the least offensive of the two, but marginally so and its a dubious distinction. Having said that, it's not clear to me that the Newshour producer's statement wasn't meant to apply to both guests. She never singled Morgan out by name and noted that Woodruff repeatedly asked both guests to let the other finish without interruption. I'm thinking the Newshour folks just found the whole segment to be unworthy of them and both guests not up to its standards.
oops. That was supposed to be "Soltz", not Scholtz.
Pure unadulterated BS. PBS is not a leftwing organization except by your biased view. To you its either total conformity to the rightwing agenda or they are leftwing. Its garbage. How long was McLaughlin group on PBS he is basically a moderate-right curmudgeon with no realy journalistic chops. There is a Wall Street week show, and McNiel Lehrer for YEARS was the most balanced news show on TV. You seem to think things become true because you SAY they are its garbage.
Typical "conservative" nowadays.
Morgan was rude, dismissive and condescending towards a *REAL* veteran, this is why PBS got the complaints.
But of course, to Morgan, the "pro-war but I won't enlist" rabble-rouser, "It's not MY fault, it's those liberals!"
Morgan is in her fifties. She's kind of old to enlist.
How convenient.
but not too old for porn. That's what the internet is for...
I love it when the right wingnutz fall back on "taxpayer dollars" supporting PBS. What is the percentage of their funding that comes from the Federal government? Less than 20%?
And what about my tax dollars that supported a washed-up former oil industry lobbyist sitting in the White House marking up "scientific" reports to spin them in the Administration's direction? Do I get to object to that?
Newz, they shouldn't get 20%. They shouldn't get a dime.
Yeah, Haliburton needs all the money they can get. ;)
They should be taxpayer supported here is why. The deal we made with the broadcast media was they perform a public service THEN they could make their bonanza of cash from OUR resource. The media didnt like that deal so PBS was born so THEY could perform the public service aspect of that deal. Someone OUGHT to put things on the air that appeal to something other than the lowest common denominater.Something other than domination by the business community. Business advertising ought not to be the ONLY avenue to viewership.
N, this source (one that our winger friends will find highly credible) said in 2005 PBS received less than 15% of its funds from the fed. govt.
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/8/9/100111.shtml
oops, "less than" should have been "only." Sorry.
And - Sheer Insanity "read the transacript." That's a good way to figure out who got interrupted! Why not watch the video instead and actually SEE it?
Another wild eyed wingnut on the way to the unemployment line to take advantage of those awful entitlement programs the godless liberals provide LOL
Censor: an official with the power to examine literature, mail, etc and remove or prohibit anything considered obscene, objectionable, etc.
Yep they sure did censor you. There is no question that you are both obscene and objectionable!
she must have thought she was on faux, where screaming jingoistic know nothings rule the airwaves.
If it's the "free market," then PBS shouldn't receive any government funding. Fair is fair.
I actually don't totally agree with Ms. Morgan's view. She hasn't come to terms with the fact that the war has been a failure and that there are many conservatives who are displeased with Bush on this issue. However, if it's true that the other guest interrupted her as many times as she interrupted him and even got more air time, he should be banned from appearing on PBS as well. Once again, fair is fair. This just goes to show that PBS has a blatant left wing bias.
PBS and NPR are supported by the PUBLIC. I donate to NPR every year. The PUBLIC tax dollars are also used in part to provide this wonderful programming.
The services and programming they provide goes well beyond "news & politics". The do programs on theater, music, history, etc. NPR and PBS have every right to hold their guests to a higher standard because that is what, we the PUBLIC donaters expect.
PBS & NPR don't work for the government they work for the PUBLIC. They cater to their supporters and show programming of a much higher caliber than the MSM.
Once again, if it's funded by the government, then it's not the "free market." You can't have it both ways.
According to Ms. Morgan, she was encouraged to be rude. This smells of liberal bias. Of course, the solution to this is to eliminate all government funding of PBS. I don't care what kind of quality programming PBS has. It should truly run on a free market like every other station.
Once again you are missing the point. NPR and PBS show programming of a higher caliber. We the DONATERS do not want to see tacky, sensationalist, rude people who add nothing to the discourse, if we wanted that we'd be watching cable news.
I'll tell you what why don't you get out your wallet and start donating to this great service PBS & NPR provide and then and only then do you have the right to say who and what should be on.
I'd like to explain this to you clearly so that perhaps you will understand. PBS & NPR don't have commercials instead they depend upon their audience to DONATE to keep it going. Therefore free-market in this case is dictated by the donaters who replace the advertises in this senario.
As for the public tax money that is also used that is the same as the government giving tax money to fund art, museums, research etc. The government has no say over what NPR or PBS broadcasts only the PUBLIC does hence the name.
It's similar to the people who come to this site EVERYDAY and post "why is this here" but they never donate to the service they use everyday. Instead they are here to try and destroy what other have built with their dollars. You guys do the same thing with NPR and PBS never listen, never donate but wanna tell them who and what should be shown.
I emplore you to take some time and check out all the great progamming and donate because they do indeed listen to feedback from their donors.
Are you not aware that corporations and foundations, along with individual donors, provide a significant amount of PBS', and local affiliates', funding?
http://www.pbs.org/aboutpbs/aboutpbs_sponsorship.html
http://www.pbs.org/producers/funding.html
So, yes, PBS DOES have to be concerned about the "market". If it alienates its audience and donors by providing poor programming, it will lose them.
If you have numbers that show the exact proportion of government funding, I'd be interested.
"If it's true that the other guest interrupted her and if he did receive more airtime" and then "PBS has a left wing bias"
Boy first you were not sure if what she said was true but one thing you do know is PBS has a left wing bias. Brilliant thinking!
I don't buy into the "left-wing" bias stuff either. But if, as I suggested earlier, the so-called "ban" is meant to apply to both guests, does that poke holes in the "bias" argument?
I'm getting a little tired of the right-wing v. left-wing media bias debate anyway. Let's face it, for generations, journalism attracted more liberals than conservatives. I'm not sure why and I'm not sure it mattered. Anymore than it matters that for the same period, the banking industry tended to attract political conservatives. It's just the nature of certain industries. And newsgathering is, by its nature, subjective. What is news? What is important about any news story? Of all the stories to choose from, which are the most important? These are all judgments that are likely to be affected by one's own values. To which I say, so what? We can recognize bias when we see it and filter the facts through our own lenses. People -- in particular, Americans (or anyone who enjoys a free press) -- have been doing it for years. Bias is not bad. It just is.
But now we have news organizations that have an agenda, not just biases. And there's a big difference. The Newshour may have a bias. So what? Faux News has a political agenda, and that makes it less a news source and more a propaganda machine. Let's keep the two straight.
Morgan is also pro abortion (first two trimesters) and pro gay. I've never really liked her, to be honest. I live in San Francisco and used to listen to her morning show with Lee and Vic, but I don't anymore. There was a TV movie about her in Australia too, referring to her past gambling problem, which she has overcome.
Hear that? It's the sound of nobody caring. When will you stop playing your Liberals vs Conservatives game?
"Morgan is also pro abortion... and pro gay."
You mean she actually WANTS people to have abortions and WANTS them to be gay?
I was thinking the same thing. Who is "pro-abortion"? I don't know anyone like that.
I think that is some sort of wingnut political correctness.
What is anti-choice? The labels cut both ways.
No one here used Anti-Choice, What's your point?
You can't have it both ways WeinyPrez
Either hatemongers like Savage get a free pass with the free market or PBS gets no say in who it gives air to...govt funding isn't the issue
Yes, government funding is the issue. An organization that is funded by the government shouldn't have a bias. When President Michael Savage eliminates government funding of PBS, then PBS can live by the free market.
EPA the conservative movement on enviromental issues...you want more slapnuts?
Conservative bias has been the W admin specialty, or are you not watching Gonzalesgate? and now WeinerPrez wants to level the playing field LOL
Honest question, I listen to savage sometimes too but for me it's just to hear a loon rant so I gotta ask you Is he nuts or just making money ?
PBS & NPR are the best things our tax dollars have ever created. For you to want to destroy something so wonderful because they don't slant politics enough to the right for your liking is obscene and ignorant.
IMO NPR slants slightly to the right, but I still listen and donate because the quality of programming is of such high quality.
PBS gives us children's educational programming, arts, history, culture and yet you are so ignorant you want to yank it's funding. I weep for you and your small small mind.
So, PBS shouldn't have a bias. Does that mean conservatives MUST be included in their programming, no matter how jerky they behave on the air?
Please point me to the Liberal media, I'm so sick of this right wing hackery but it seems to be all there is out there
Melanie continues to spew lies and hate. She is irrelevant.
I'm done with this board.
Ladies and Gentlemen....Elvis has left the building
,,,and may he rest in peace like the real Elvis.
Lynn blatant liberal lies! I once worked at the Burger King where they saw Elvis.
The King Lives!! (just joking)
I went to the link to the transcript because I hadn't actually seen the show.To be honest , Morgan didn't seem to be interrupting that much, she just had nothing to say."Pro=troops, Pro-America, wah wah wah"
I think it was actually polite of the station to say the reason was her rudeness (a badge of honor to Hannity and. I'm sure, Morgan) rather than her dullness.
As the manager for the Savage for President campaign, I ask that you please keep us informed if he carries the vote for President of his Condo association. I understand that in his last attempt, he lost to someone he described as an OLD, Rat-Mouthed, ungodly, stinkin' non-Christian vermin. Just because he only got your vote, that is no way to talk about his own mother.
Baaaa Bye!
I'm glad your finally realized that repeating the same talking points over and over might work on some folks, but other people actually want to have a discussion.
...and may he rest in peace like the real Elvis.
Seesh, and Glenn Beck complained about Clinton's voice...
I remember when Morgan and her co-hosts complained about the photo MMFA used for her audio clips. To be honest, Faux Noise really isn't that much more flattering.
And speaking of whom, why does she have to go there with her sob story? Is CNN not right-wing enough for her?
if PBS is government-funded, there wouldn't be a liberal bias. If anything they are the most fair and unbiased news organization. These asses who come on here to squack that right-wing mantra are sheep. think critically and fairly, you come in here and have nothing intelligent to say just the same crap we've all heard before.
Badge of honor. LOL. She wouldn't last a freaking day on the streets of Baghdad.
hey, you guys, the response by PBS actually implied that both of them may have been rude. It didn't take sides. Obviously, Morgan is a hideous beast, but don't fuel the cries of censorship by the laquered types of Hannity...she was not singled out and Newshour remains a craven husk of a newschannle
Poor Melanie Morgan was dumped by PBS. Smart move for PBS. Who would want this nagging woman on the air in the first place? Sean, if you feel bad about her ousting, why don't you hire her? She can be your personal assistant. But then again, Fox News lower employees will be forced to deal with her daily nagging and whining. Never mind.
What Melanie And SavageForPrez want is the "cold war" Pravda. That is what you get when you have a Gov't that imposes it view in exchange for funding. Well guys, you have that. It is called Fox.
Melanie's whining amounts to nothing more than a childish "he hit me back" moment, which is typical for a neo-con. The VoteVet rep did nothing more than call "Melanine" out when she mis-represented his organization.
And stop with the Soros diatribe. It is old and doesn't compare to the stranglehold Murdock has on the Media.
So many strawmen, so little time.
Predictions for Summer 2007:
1. We are beginning to see a move by the right wing to once again cut all funding to PBS.
2. Bush Inc. will use the money saved to create a special relief fund to help right wing pundits who are victims of liberal bias.
3. To everyone's surprise the Iraq war will continue to go badly and more young men and women will die.
4. Dr. Weiner will announce he is running for President (because he can't run under a false name), this message is greeted with thunderous applause from a crowd of 2 (WeinerforPres and Dr. Weiner himself, his wife at first laughs believing it is a joke)
"I had been out of town visiting relatives in Kansas City, Missouri, which is my hometown. . . "
Yet another reason for me to not like that city. I've been there a number of times and the only nice thing I can say is at least it's not St. Louis.
"MORGAN: This is censorship, because PBS has a blatant anti-conservative bias. They don't want to hear a proud pro-American, pro-troop point of view. They've clearly demonstrated that in the past. And I think that --"
"MORGAN: Yeah, but he's doing it under the color of the troops."
So, Melanie, its okay for you to push your agenda under the color of the troops (being pro-troop), but not okay for your polar opposite to do the same thing? Does the word hypocracy mean anything to you? What am I saying? Of course it doesn't.
Actually, the word is "hypocrisy".
On the other hand, your spelling does seem pretty apt relative to our current Administration.
New entry for the Oxford English Dictionary: HYPOCRACY. (n) Rule of, or by, hypocrites. (Neologism from "hypocrisy" and "-cracy").
I think the collagen in her lips has affected her brain, When I saw the clip the first thing I focused on were her lips and then her rude behavior.
Will collagen do that if it's injected too much? Yes very snarky and intended to be such.
I saw that episode, and Melanie was shrill, jingoistic, insulting, and talking over people. This was the behavior of a bratty five year old.
Try to imagine Sam Kennison delivering a eulogy.
Melanie also needs to get a clue, censorship is by GOVERNMENT, not private entities. Of course she's probably for the former.
Why is she all bend out of shape? Because she wasn't asked back? PBS was reacting to the complaints they received regarding her appearance. It's been said (not in an offical capacity) that for every complaint a station receives, there are 1000 others who don't write/call in with their complaints. I think PBS and CPB (Corpoation for Public Broadcasting) are a great thing for media (tv & radio). They aren't beholden to any stockholders or advertising sponsors. I think they're shows are the most informative and well produced. Where else are you going to find a "media company" that receives gov't funding that does stories that are critical of said gov't (administrations/agencies/policies/etc...) Melanie Morgan is a spokeswoman for irrevalency.
PBC Leadership
Patricia de Stacy Harrison - President and Chief Executive Officer (she had served as Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs since October 2, 2001 and as Acting Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs.)
Michael Levy - Senior Vice President, Corporate and Public Affairs (comes from the U.S. Department of State, previously was Co-Chairman of the Republican National Committee)
Tim Isgitt - Vice President, Government Affairs (Most recently, he was Special Advisor to the Undersecretary of State for Public Affairs and Public Diplomacy)
After reading the threads, and seeing the arguments drift into whether the show is government funded or partially funded, or viewer funded.....the same words kept popping up in the commentss....."dumped" buy the show, "censored", kicked off, etc.Readers got caught up in the "trigger word" that Hannity and Melanie used, but that's not not what happened to her. She appeared on the show. It was broadcast. Her appearance wasn't edited out or censored. She isn't a regular on the show, so she wasn't kicked off. She wasn't a host with a contract, so she wasn't dumped. She was apparently a one time guest. Censored, no. Banned from a return visit, not invited back, yes. She is being treated just like other guests who offend viewers, hosts, or sponsos.Like everyone else who appears on talk shows, there is NO guarantee that you will ever be invited back....many aren't. (How many guests offend Hannity, Rush, O'Reilly, etc. and aren't invited back?) Unless you are a "hot guest" on the talk show market, a bad hair day could keep you from a return visit. That's not censorship. It makes NO difference if this is a government funded show, viewer funded, or sponsor funded.Viewers may write thousands of letters saying a guest is stupid, a bore, obnoxious, or offensive. A comedian may not be invited back to a late night show, because viewers say the comedian is simply not funny, or was too offensive. I imagine there are hundreds, if not thousands, of people who would love to be invited on PBS, and but will never be invited on, let alone invited back. Linda Winslow responded to the letters of viewers. These people watch, and or, monetarily support the show. More than one writer stated that they turn to NewsHour to escape the shouting heads on the 24-hour news networks. Her response not only addresses Ms. Morgan's "shouting heads" behavior, it also puts future guests on notice that PBS and their viewers expect guests to follow a certain decorum on Newshour.
Sorry about the LONG paragraph....I HAD separations in the preview window, but when I posted this they disapeared.
Oops...."By", not "buy" and I am sure a number of other are in errors in my post. I have not posted in ages, and am rusty.
Well said. Beautiful, accurate, spot on.
Excellent analysis you are 100% correct
Hannity says he has never hear Morgan say anything inappropriate...take a look at the thousands of Blogs AND other links to Hate Talk KSFO Radio - Someone at KSFO has been doing it for 10+ years. Morgan and Lee are the latest. I got involved when I heard them this month spew racist, homophobic words and ridicule a person for their speech deficiency. Today Morgan said the Immigration problem needed to be dealt with "by any means necessary". Every time they get called on their behavior they do the dance of Free Speech or try to divert the focus. THERE IS NO ROOM ANYWHERE ON THIS GLOBE FOR HATE SPEECH. How did this go 10+ years??!! Morgan and Lee need to appear on Oprah with Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton,Imus, Center for Nonviolent Communication, Vision Force, and Nancy Pelosi. They need to heal their hate and racism or be fired. KSFO radio should be required by law to reveal to potential advertisers that the Morning Show is about hate.
Note to Melanie Morgan and Sean Hannity: PBS trains its newscasters to be both polite and professional. That means little things like allowing a person to complete a sentance without interrupting them.
No Melanie. PBS wasn't censoring you. Their viewers responded by saying you were rude. PBS actively responded by deciding your rudeness won't end up on our PBS airwaves ever again.
Mind your manners next time.