Posted on 09/18/2004 7:17:57 PM PDT by not_apathetic_anymore
SEATTLE - A radio talk-show host said Saturday he has been fired for criticizing CBS newsman Dan Rather's handling of challenges to the authenticity of memos about President Bush's National Guard service.
"On the talk show that I host, or hosted, I said I felt Rather should either retire or be forced out over this," said Brian Maloney, whose weekly "The Brian Maloney Show" aired for three years on KIRO-AM Radio, a CBS affiliate here.
Maloney says he made that statement on his Sept. 12 program. He was fired Friday, he said.
"What they have expressed is essentially that my show went in a direction they're not comfortable with," Maloney said.
KIRO Radio's general manager, Ken Berry, did not return a call seeking comment. A staff member at the station said Berry would not comment because it is a personnel matter.
Rather cited the memos, purportedly written by Bush's late squadron commander, in a Sept. 8 "60 Minutes II" segment. The memos indicated the commander was pressured to "sugar coat" Bush's performance and that Bush ignored an order to take a physical.
Several document experts have said the memos look suspiciously like they were written on a computer, not a 1970s-era typewriter. Rather said Sept. 10 that there was no definitive evidence of forgery.
On Wednesday, the network said it would work harder to address concerns about the memos.
Maloney said he had felt free to comment on the controversy and on Rather.
"I really felt he was taking the network's credibility down with him," Maloney said in a telephone interview.
"Talk-show hosts have generally had a lot of independence in these kinds of issues," he said. "Nobody's ever said, 'You can't criticize CBS News.'"
KIRO Radio is affiliated with CBS but owned by Entercom, a national radio broadcasting company based in Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
Seattle's Commissars will not allow these Thought-Crimes!
It's not an infringement on free speech unless the govt does it; otherwise it's just the right of the employer to present the message he wishes.
Read about the idiot in Seattle that mortgaged his home and placed a financial burden on his family to retrieve a statue of the father of the Soviet Union. Idiot in Seattle
I have plans for that statue. Stay tuned.
My My, can't speak out against the Mighty Dan.
Exactly, and they harp that conservatives will rip people freedom from them.
http://forums.ibsys.com/ViewTopics.cfm?sitekey=sea&Forum=669
Here is KIRO's message board where you can tell 'em what you think. Make sure you call 'em on Monday too.
KIRO lets hear you say there is no bias in the media. Kind of gets stuck in the roof of your mouth like peanut butter doesn't it?
YOU SHOULD SEE BOOKSTORES IN NY CITY ..Clinton and anti Bush books all over ..Swift Boat ??? Hidden away .I got a smirk when I asked for one in Boarders.
Tsk. I'm shocked. I thought CBS was in the free speech business!
The first casualty of Rather-Gate. Somehow, I don't think this will help their image.
Well, I hope some conservative talk radio station, or one that tolerates a conservative point of view on some of its programs, picks up the slack here and offers this guy a job. We've got to take care of our own, especially when they get shafted bigtime by the likes of CBS and its affiliates.
If someone with radio talk show connections sees this, and can do something, or can hook this man up with potential employment from a conservative point of view, I hope you act upon this suggestion. We need as many honest and forthright conservative voices out there on the airwaves as we can get.
To Hell with KIRO.
Maloney was pretty conservative...was always surprised when I would be scanning stations and find him on KIRO....
Also, I guess now is not the time to mention the Soviet Submarine docked in Seattle... nor should I mention the local Pravda office...
This does show how bigoted and intolerant the left really is. They do not believe there should be any dissent with their positions. If you disagree with them, they will shut you down, or gag you.
What do you think about finding a halloween mask or just a large pic of Kerry's face and putting it on the statue?
I had never seen your FR page before, I love your sign about the fire season.
i dont shop in borders anymore ...but i do go in and move some books around hehe...
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