Obama campaign confronts WGN radio (calls host 'right-wing hatchet man')

SwampPolitics.com ^ | 8/28/08 | John McCormick and Steve Schmadeke

[SilvieWaldorfMD]

"WGN radio is giving right-wing hatchet man Stanley Kurtz a forum to air his baseless, fear-mongering terrorist smears," Obama's campaign wrote in an e-mail to supporters. "He's currently scheduled to spend a solid two-hour block from 9:00 to 11:00 p.m. pushing lies, distortions, and manipulations about Barack and University of Illinois professor William Ayers."

[SilvieWaldorfMD]

Welcome to the Obama "Presidency"............

[SilvieWaldorfMD]

Of interest — Talk Radio related.

Next up on the ‘chopping block’ — Hannity, Rush, Levin, Chris Plante, etc. etc.

[OpusatFR]

They don’t seem to get the fact that a government spokesman cannot go after the media.

That is called CENSORSHIP.

Saying you don’t like it is one thing. Saying you are going to shut talk down is government interference.

[scooby321]

Their must be something there to make this much of it.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

It’s interesting that the Obama campaign would rather have its followers hound a radio station than put a spokesperson on to rebut the charges.

And it ain’t censorship until Obama complains to the FCC.

[jwalsh07]

Any public actor seeking to limit political speech in any manner is censorship. That’s the definition of the word.

[TeleStraightShooter]

I listened in for a bit of the WGN broadcast; Lol, the self-righteous BHO-bots were a hoot! The joke was on them, they thought people were taking the seriously.

[lowbridge]

Here is what the obama campaign told their supporters what to do:

http://my.barackobama.com/page/s/WGNstandards

Here is a story of what happened:

http://media.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZmRhYmE3NzFlMTljNTdmZGQ3MjhkYTVjNzdmMjVhMzE=

Here is a podcast of the show:

http://wgnradio.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=44075&Itemid=467

[Vision Thing]

While Chrissy Matthews is feeling a chill running up and down his leg, uh-bama must be feeling the chill wind blowing in this nation.

[Vicki]

Kiss freedom of speech goodbye if Obama becomes President.

[rexgrossmansonlyfan]

They are also up in arms because WGN is airing the Cubs game tonight instead of the speech.

[jdfromny]

I don’t think Bush ever threatened leftists during his campaigns or presidency. Even when the NY Times exposed secret information about the methods the feds were using to watch terrorists move their money he didn’t go after them.

You “liberals” reading out there, are you ALL really just a bunch of commie robots? Wake up!!!

[Charles Henrickson]

CUBS WIN! 8th-inning 5-run rally beats Phils, 6-4! That's the big news of the night.

Now what's this about something going on in Denver?