Radio host scolded over Obama coverage (The ObamaChrist!)

WND ^ | October 18, 2008 | Chelsea Schilling

[GOPGuide]

KDKA-AM 1020 host Kevin Miller was silenced when executive producer P.J. Kumanchik read a CBS statement accusing Miller of being unfairly biased against Obama.

"We want to apologize to listeners who have found your show offensive," Kumanchik said to Miller on the air.

Kumanchik referenced phone calls and e-mails from listeners who criticized Miller for his statements about Obama. In a move considered by some to encourage "fairness," he also offered Obama a three-hour spot on the Pittsburgh, Penn., station in place of Miller's regularly scheduled noon to 3 p.m. program.

The executive producer of the CBS affiliate said Miller, a Marconi Award nominee and former Army Reserve journalist, had featured guests who were not objective when reporting information about Obama. Miller had recently conducted an Oct. 9 interview with "The Obama Nation" author and WND senior staff reporter Jerome Corsi about his investigation of Obama's connections to opposition leader Raila Odinga in Kenya. He called Corsi "a true patriot" upon his return from detention by Kenyan immigration authorities.

[TAdams8591]

"The on-air incident occurred in the wake of a campaign coverage study that revealed the "big three" networks – ABC, NBC and CBS – have routinely favored Obama in their election coverage. Findings released by the Center for Media and Public Affairs at George Mason University show 61 percent of the networks' reports aired between Aug. 23 and Sept. 30 cast the Democratic Party candidate in a favorable light – leaving Sen. John McCain with only 39 percent of positive coverage"

As I see it, it is as Rush has been saying for years, Conservative Talk radio is equal time (or an attempt at equal time.) They would just like conservatives to shut up and go away. Look what they did to an average normal guy, Joe the Plumber, to divert attention away from what Joe's question to Obama revealed about him.

[Montanabound]

That’s right. It is too easy to believe, unfortunately.

[AndyTheBear]

The indoctrinators own the grade schools. They own the high schools. They own the universities. They own the main stream media. They own Hollywood.

Talk Radio is out of their control. They competed fairly...they got creamed. Now they will agitate until they own it unfairly.

Fascists.

[taxesareforever]

Ah, the tolerant are so intolerant.

[Gondring]

This is outrageous!

When I first heard this I thought it was a bad joke.

You wouldn't be the first to refer to WND that way.

[TXBlair]

This is a STUNT guys.. my Gawd, folks are gullible.

Sheesh, who can blame us, though? This stunt is not so far-fetched and difficult to believe is true given all the tactics we've heard are being used by Oburqa's campaign and knowing what's in store for us if he wins. It's scary that so many of us fell for it. Unfortunately, the stunt just rings true.

[Lawdoc]

I had thought it a stunt too, but then the coverage in WND led me to think it is true (after all wouldn’t WND check their sources before putting this out?).

I have now reconsidered my premise. It looks like a PR stunt, but given the amazingly biased coverage in the media it seemed plausible.

[TXBlair]

Yeah, post #14 provides a link that all but confirms that this was a stunt. However, this is all a sad commentary on the blurring of the line between present reality and the potential danger of our future. It’s frightening that it’s become so hard to tell the difference between fact and fiction!

[kellynla]

I don’t live in the area but I did email KDKA and voiced my outrage.

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