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Media Matters - ABC Radio Networks http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/abc_radio_networks This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: ABC Radio Networks en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America Imus corrected Dietl's slur against Arabs: "It's, uh, 'camel humpers' " http://mediamatters.org/items/200805120005 On Imus in the Morning, Richard "Bo" Dietl asked: "Why doesn't Fredo [President Bush] get on his Air Force One, fly over to Riyadh, get those little hamel humpers over there, sit 'em down, and say, 'Look, we got our F-16s --' " Don Imus interrupted Dietl and said: "It's, uh, 'camel humpers.' " http://mediamatters.org/items/200805120005 Mon, 12 May 2008 20:00:48 EST Russert noted media's lack of scrutiny of McCain over Hagee, other issues, but not Russert's own McCain "grace period" on Hagee http://mediamatters.org/items/200805070002 Discussing a column by Frank Rich about media coverage of controversial comments made by televangelist John Hagee, who has endorsed Sen. John McCain, and those made by Sen. Barack Obama's former pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, NBC Washington bureau chief Tim Russert said on Imus in the Morning: "I don't think -- the Hagee thing, McCain has not been questioned ... scrutinized about that." But Russert ignored his own role in the lack of scrutiny, not mentioning Hagee once on Meet the Press since his endorsement. Russert also said "You know, if there was video of Hagee, it makes all the difference in the world." But there is audio of Hagee stating that Hurricane Katrina was "the judgment of God against the city of New Orleans" for its "level of sin" and audio of his defending those comments. http://mediamatters.org/items/200805070002 Wed, 7 May 2008 12:11:22 EST Right-wing radio hosts suggested "damn good" Ayers question to Stephanopoulos day before Dem debate http://mediamatters.org/items/200804170010 During the April 16 debate, George Stephanopoulos asked Sen. Barack Obama to explain his "relationship" with former Weather Underground Organization member William Ayers and to "explain to Democrats why it won't be a problem." The previous day, Stephanopoulos appeared on The Sean Hannity Show and New York radio station WOR's The Steve Malzberg Show, where both Hannity and Malzberg suggested to Stephanopoulos that he ask Obama about Ayers. http://mediamatters.org/items/200804170010 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:13:31 EST Imus: Obama is "almost a bigger pussy than" Clinton http://mediamatters.org/items/200804170006 On Imus in the Morning, while discussing the April 16 Democratic debate, Don Imus said, "I thought Senator [Barack] Obama was on the defensive most of the night. But they're both sissy boys or sissy girls, or whatever. Because they talk big when they're out on the campaign trail, wolfing on each other." Charles McCord interjected, "But then," and Imus continued: "And then when they show up at the debate, they fold up like a couple of cheap lawn chairs. I mean, I don't understand that. And he's almost a bigger pussy than she is." http://mediamatters.org/items/200804170006 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:37:19 EST Imus: Clinton's election to Senate due to "her fat, stupid husband ... getting BJs ... in the Oval Office" http://mediamatters.org/items/200803070009 On Imus in the Morning, Don Imus asserted that Sen. Hillary Clinton won her campaign for a U.S. Senate seat due to "a sympathy vote," adding, "She came here, everybody felt sorry for her 'cause her fat ..." At that point, Alan Colmes interjected, asking, "[W]hy did she get re-elected?" Imus continued: "'Cause her fat, stupid husband was getting BJs from the poor little intern there in the Oval Office." http://mediamatters.org/items/200803070009 Fri, 7 Mar 2008 17:44:17 EST Fox News contributor Dietl on Imus: "It looks like the pilgrimage in to Mecca, the amount of 'Aba Dabba Doos' that are coming in from Canada in to the United States" http://mediamatters.org/items/200802120011 On Imus in the Morning, Richard "Bo" Dietl said he was "pissed off" because the FBI is expending too many resources prosecuting mob criminals while ignoring the northern border of the United States: "Now, what bothers me is our borders up near Canada are opened up. It looks like the pilgrimage in to Mecca, the amount of 'Aba Dabba Doos' that are coming in from Canada in to the United States. ... We should take some of our great FBI agents and station them up there so they can make some oberservationtations [sic] about these guys, Al Swawahiwi [sic] and all his brothers and cousins coming through there." http://mediamatters.org/items/200802120011 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 20:31:08 EST Imus regular on claim that Clinton was "first black president": "I thought it was because he'd had an affinity for fat white women" http://mediamatters.org/items/200801240002 On Imus in the Morning, during a discussion of Toni Morrison's 1998 statement that former President Bill Clinton was "our first black president," comedian and impersonator Rob Bartlett interjected, "I thought it was because he'd had an affinity for fat white women." http://mediamatters.org/items/200801240002 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 13:41:27 EST Imus and Carlson invoke Chavez to smear Dem presidential candidates http://mediamatters.org/items/200801220009 While discussing Hillary Clinton with fellow radio host Jay Severin, Don Imus asked, "Well, why do we think that we -- I mean, why don't we just select [Venezuelan President] Hugo Chavez, then, if we want some rabid nut? I mean, why do we think that that's a face we want to put on America?" Severin answered: "I think you've got that, that's pretty much it. With Hillary Clinton you've got Hugo Chavez in a dress, and about the same size." Separately, discussing John Edwards' performance in the Nevada caucus, MSNBC's Tucker Carlson asserted, "It turns out that Hugo Chavez and his ideas are still not that popular in this country, liberal as it's become. That's the lesson I take away." http://mediamatters.org/items/200801220009 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 19:39:04 EST Citing "our friend Drudge," Levin reported "John Edwards love child scandal" http://mediamatters.org/items/200712190013 On his radio show, Mark Levin said, "I see on the home page of our friend Drudge -- the Drudge Report -- 'Developing, National Enquirer: John Edwards love child scandal.' " After asserting that "[s]he definitely looks pregnant," Levin added, "Now, I don't know if this is true or not." http://mediamatters.org/items/200712190013 Wed, 19 Dec 2007 18:57:13 EST On Hannity's radio show, Willey contradicted her book's account of whether Shearer was said to have "ironclad" alibi http://mediamatters.org/items/200711090002 On Sean Hannity's radio show, Kathleen Willey said the FBI checked out the alibi of the person she claims "harmed or killed" her cat and "threatened [her] children" two days before her deposition in the Paula Jones sexual harassment case, but that the FBI found the alibi "not so much ironclad as uncheckable." But in her forthcoming book, Willey states that "FBI investigators looked into it thoroughly" and "[o]n the one hand, I was told that [suspect Cody] Shearer had an 'airtight' and 'ironclad' alibi, but another source told me that it was 'uncheckable.' " Media outlets have reported Shearer's statements that he has documents proving he was in California at the time Willey claims she was confronted by the "jogger." http://mediamatters.org/items/200711090002 Thu, 8 Nov 2007 20:10:59 EST So where is Sean Hannity's flag lapel pin? http://mediamatters.org/items/200710050012 Discussing an interview in which Sen. Barack Obama said he had stopped wearing a flag pin on his lapel during the lead-up to the Iraq war, Sean Hannity said on his radio show: "[W]hy do we wear pins? Because our country was under attack." He continued: "And to politicize once again the war to this extent. Well, who cares about the war? Are you proud of your country?" Yet while criticizing Obama for not wearing a flag pin, Hannity himself has not worn an American flag lapel pin on a number of recent occasions. http://mediamatters.org/items/200710050012 Fri, 5 Oct 2007 18:26:35 EST From cleavage to "cackle"? Media find new focus in coverage of Hillary Clinton http://mediamatters.org/items/200710040003 http://mediamatters.org/items/200710040003 Wed, 3 Oct 2007 21:29:04 EST Hannity asserted Clinton health-care proposal is "exactly what she was proposing in '93" http://mediamatters.org/items/200709210001 Sean Hannity claimed that Sen. Hillary Clinton's new health-care plan is "basically repackaging her old proposal with new rhetoric ... in the hopes that we'll be dumb and we'll buy the new rhetoric," and that "in the end, it's going to be exactly what she was proposing in '93." Hannity suggested that a September 17 New York Times article reported that Clinton is falsely claiming that her new plan is different from the plan she proposed in 1993. In fact, the article reported that "[a] variety of health policy analysts ... said the change between Clinton 1 and Clinton 2 was striking." http://mediamatters.org/items/200709210001 Thu, 20 Sep 2007 20:06:14 EST Mark Levin reports role in Giuliani attack on Clinton http://mediamatters.org/items/200709180001 http://mediamatters.org/items/200709180001 Mon, 17 Sep 2007 20:01:43 EST After suggesting Vince Foster was murdered, Hannity praised caller who accused Clinton of multiple rapes http://mediamatters.org/items/200708170003 While discussing Sen. Hillary Clinton's newest campaign ad, Sean Hannity agreed with a caller who argued that "Monica Lewinsky and all those other women that Bill Clinton raped were invisible to her." Hannity replied, "I wish I'd thought of that." http://mediamatters.org/items/200708170003 Thu, 16 Aug 2007 20:10:02 EST