Posted on 04/24/2002 5:50:47 AM PDT by Vigilant1
By JOHN ENDERS
The Associated Press
4/24/02 3:23 AM
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Church, community and political groups in Oregon and Washington are demanding an end to what they call 'hate radio' and have called on a station owned by billionaire Paul Allen to drop talk show host Michael Savage.
Savage, whose home base is KSFO in San Francisco, is syndicated on more than 350 radio stations nationwide. He is featured on KXL radio in Portland during the key afternoon drive-time slot, 4-7 p.m.
"The content is an unbroken stream of hate and chauvinism directed against women, people of color, liberals, immigrants and in particular people of Middle Eastern heritage and people of the Muslim faith. We condemn this message of hate..." said Tom Nelson, spokesman for the Coalition Against Hate Radio.
The coalition consists of the Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon, the Interfaith Councils of Greater Seattle and Greater Portland, the Islamic Societies of Southwest Washington and Portland, the Multnomah County Democratic Party, the Muslim Educational Trust, Oregon Friends of the Middle East, Jews for Global Justice, the Catholic Archdiocese of Portland, Centro Cultural and several other churches and groups.
It planned a 10 a.m. Wednesday news conference in Portland. KXL broadcasts news, talk, weather and traffic 24 hours a day to an audience from northern Oregon to southern Washington.
Tim McNamara, the station's general manager, said he had received seven letters of complaint about Savage's show, five of them identically worded. By contrast, he said, he received "hundreds" of letters supporting the station's decision to air the show.
"I have absolutely zero advertiser resistance," he said.
McNamara also said he offered Savage's critics airtime on his station, but they declined.
KXL, founded in 1926, is among billionaire Paul Allen's holdings. Allen also owns the Portland Trail Blazers basketball team, the Seattle Seahawks and the Rose Garden in Portland.
"The message that KXL is sending to communities of color, immigrants, and in particular to all people of Middle Eastern ancestry and to Muslims, is that you are not wanted in this country, that you have no value and that you should not expect any respect here," said Mona Goode, spokeswoman for the newly formed Coalition Against Hate Radio.
"That is a message that we must actively and vocally oppose," Goode said.
Members of the coalition said they will ask corporate advertisers to withhold their support from KXL until the station drops Savage.
"We're going to engage with the corporations that advertise on the radio station and appeal to their sense of corporate responsibility," Goode said.
"In a sense, Michael Savage has done us a favor. He's kind of united the coalition in and of himself," she said.
Michael Nank, a spokesman for Vulcan Inc., Allen's Seattle-based holding company, said Tuesday that Savage's views are his alone, and do not represent the station or its corporate owners.
Other than that, he said, "KXL is the broadcaster, and any day-to-day decisions are addressed by the station there."
Absolutely, totally false.
Here are the facts, if you're interested:
I've never heard Savage, but I'm guessing that this statement is patently untrue. I suspect his views on "Choice" & sexual discrimination, affirmative action, illegal immigration, Islamic militants, and homicide bombers don't jibe with the far lefties who happen to tune in at exactly the moment he mentions them. As far as the liberals go, the unbroken stream of hatred is certainly warranted! :^)
Typical liberal, long on talk and short on fact.
Sorry, Liberals. Even people that you don't like can exercise their Right to Free Speech!
As I have been posting today in various places on the Le Pen smears, we need to stand fast against the war of smear and innuendo that greets anyone who opposes the Leftist push for an undifferentiated humanity. We may not all agree among ourselves on all issues. It would not be likely that those devoted to the Conservative tradition would. There are, after all, many Conservative traditions. But we all have a common stake in not being manipulated by the Leftist hatemongers who accuse everyone else of being what they (the Left) in fact are.
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"Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah" said Mona Goode, spokeswoman for the newly formed Coalition Against Hate Radio.
| Group | % of electorate | % voting Republican | % voting Democrat |
| Jews | 4% | 17% | 81% |
| Protestants | 54% | 55% | 43% |
| Roman Catholics | 27% | 46% | 50% |
| Other religions; primarily Muslim | 5% | 33% | 54% |
| No religious affiliation | 9% | 28% | 61% |
I'm in the process of forming the Coalition Against The Coalition Against Hate Radio.
As you can see from the study I cited, observant, practicing Catholics tend to vote Republican.
Mormons lead all other denominations, voting 88% for Bush and only 12% for Gore. Actually, it embarasses me that 12% would vote for a blatant socialist (as opposed to a latent socialist) like Gore. I guess that 12% has somehow missed the doctrine about freedom, about voting for only those who are honest (how many times DID he lie during the election), and against the evils of socialism/communism.
Actually, they think like the "progressivist revolutionaries" they actually are (as are the Islamicist fundies, for that matter). They will not rest until the world can be "perfected" according to the requirements of their deranged view of reality.
That is, just as Karl Marx insisted, there can be no hold-outs against the "truths" of their Second Reality; no questions are permitted that might contradict the Received Wisdom; all resisters are to be classified as the "enemy" and given no quarter.
There is no "diversity," unless it be according to their definition. I.e., there is no "diversity" to be recognized in intelligent, rational, and logically-consistent viewpoints informed by experience, reason, and history. All that is "moot." The will to power is everything now.
Sigh. These people are so tiresome.... All my best -- bb.
Scratch a liberal and you get this kind of thing: 
Notice how willing they are to try to shut someone up? Notice how willing are most left wing people to silence their opposition?
This should surprise no one, of course.
Be Seeing You,
Chris
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