It may be true that CAIR never contacted WMAL and specifically requested that Grandy be fired. You cowards were so frightened of CAIR after the Michael Graham situation that they might not have had to contact you. You told Mrs Fred to can it out of fear that CAIR might be annoyed, and in honor a man like Fred, who knows the truth and supports his brave wife, could not possibly allow her to be silenced. Bad enough he tolerated the dismissal of Andy Parks, but to dump this woman for warning about radical Islam—no. Of course he had to resign. Any loving husband would.
We heard about the “loud” conversation emanating from the station manager’s office. We’re sure that if Fred said quietly, “I would like to resign,” and Boden said, “Sure thing, pal,” that transaction wouldn’t have required shouting.
We don’t believe you. No one does.
Some discussion on radio-info.com:
http://boards.radio-info.com/smf/index.php?topic=186182.msg1637746#msg1637746
some comments from that:
Firebird: The morning show was never the same after WMAL fired Andy Parks.
jseville: My email to them:
Done with being bossed around by CAIR. Fred Grandy is a great american. Firing him is an attack on me and free speech. It’s disgusting. I have turned of WMAL forever or until he is reinstated. I thought about doing so when Michael Graham was termintated. But now I must do it based on principle—it was not a fluke that WMAL does not support the majority of Americans that believe in free speech.
SallyE: I understand there will be a protest outside the WMAL studio on Wed. morning at 10 a.m. WMAL was very careful to say that Grandy had not been pressured to tone down his comments about radical Islam. But it is my understanding that his wife was told not to come back. He was then put in a position where he almost had to resign. Mrs. Fred was starting to talk about radical Islamists who are in our government. She has done a lot of research and I found her comments interesting and provocative. The last time she was on she said that if she didn’t come back (on March 4) it would mean that CAIR had gotten to WMAL. Guess she was right.