Posted on 09/30/2004 10:51:41 AM PDT by crazyres
This morning on the 950KPRC Pat Grey Show, Pat Grey and Ken Charles contacted Gene Green and asked him retract and apologize for what he said in that letter he sent. The reason was that he admitted that he took out of context what was said from both Michael Savage and Rush Limbaugh. He had not listen to all the show and he was only going by an AP report he had. He also admitted to saying that if Rush and Michel would have been talking about Bush, that is what Pat Grey was referring to on the 2 examples Gene wrote on the letter, he wouldn’t have written any letter! Talk about being a bigot bipartisan! One more thing, he sent the letter to every body but Ken Charles. First he said he mailed it, then he said he faxed it, and then he said he e-mailed it and according to Ken, that never happened. I kind of get the feeling that John Kerry has made a strong impression in him (Flip-Flop!)
By the way, you can listen to talk radio 950 KPRC at HTTP://www.950KPRC.com. This station carries Pat Grey, Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Chris Baker, Michel Savage and others... They are real good commentators!
********** Dear Mr. Charles:
I was shocked to learn of your actions and read your comments in an Associated Press article “KPRC Gives Rather's Radio Show the Boot” filed September 28, 2004. Apparently, KPRC makes programming decisions based on a political agenda, rather than on ratings or broadcasting standards.
The CBS television news organization and Dan Rather made a huge mistake by airing a story based on faulty documents from an unreliable source. The CBS story was wrong, it was presented wrongly, and the network took too long to set the record straight. However, CBS has spent a considerable amount of airtime correcting that mistake and apologizing for their error, which apparently resulted from the sloppy work and the competitive nature of the news business, rather than by a political agenda.
Removing one radio show for one acknowledge mistake by its host while continuing to run shows of commentators who often make inaccurate and unverified statements reveals a double standard. I believe KPRC should hold Mr. Rather and all others to the same standards. The failure to do so strongly suggests KPRC has no broadcasting standards of accuracy and only a political agenda. Here is a sampling of just a few inaccurate, uncorrected statements from other KPRC commentators to illustrate my point.
From Michael Savage’s “Savage Nation”:
1. Sen. John Kerry has given “some intelligence to Osama bin Laden.” 9/17/04. 2. The Democratic Party is “ethnic minorities and women and immigrants.” 7/28/04
From Rush Limbaugh’s “The Rush Limbaugh Show”
1. “[W]e spend over two times on education already, what we spend on defense.” 6/30/04 2. “There aren't families living on the minimum wage” 4/29/04
I strongly support the free speech rights of Mr. Savage, Mr. Limbaugh, and your station as a whole, but the above statements are completely inaccurate. Sen. Kerry has never given intelligence to Bin Laden. As a white, native Texan male, I can testify that the Democratic Party is diverse and open to all Americans, and is not based on race or gender. Furthermore, the federal government spends fully 14 times less on education than we do on defense, and millions of American families do, in fact, live off the minimum wage. How does KPRC justify Mr. Rather’s punishment, while ignoring repeated inaccuracies by other hosts?
Please make a commitment to your listeners that KPRC has standards of accuracy and they are enforced for all broadcasters. If KPRC can make such a commitment, then there is no justification for removing Mr. Rather’s radio show. However, if KPRC makes no such commitment, then at least listeners should be forewarned.
Sincerely,
Gene Green Member of Congress GG:dw
Hmmm!
That was Mean Gene Green
The Dancing Machine?
I'm sorry I wasn't listening when Green called in. It must have been priceless.
I find this not hard, but impossible to believe. Lets see the numbers.
and millions of American families do, in fact, live off the minimum wage.
A local man in the Raleigh area put out a challenge several years ago. He owned his own business and his challenge was this. If any person could come forward and show that they were a family of four and living on minimum wage he would give them a job with a salary of $65,000 a year.
No one has come forward to claim the job.
Who is the dumber Houston area congressperson: Gene Green or Shelia Jackson Lee?
Strangely enough...The Federal Government is permitted by the Constitution to spend money on defense...
Exactly...Rather's "mistake" was just as likely to smear Kerry. It was pure chance that it happened to smear Bush...
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Exactly...Rather's "mistake" was just as likely to smear Kerry. It was pure chance that it happened to smear Bush...
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Jon Matthews was a great friend of Gene Green saying he voted the wishes of constituency.
Your link goes to KPRC-TV, not KPRC-950.
HTTP://www.950KPRC.com
Rush’s statement was that “WE” (obviously meaning the taxpayers) spend more on education than on defense, which is true. Notice in the response, he qualifies the statement by saying that the ‘federal government’ spends more on defense than education. Yes, more FEDERAL dollars go towards defense, while schools are funded primarily from local taxes, but the bottom line is that ultimately ALL of the money comes from you and I, the taxpayers. Rush’s statement is correct. WE spend more on education than defense. Lefties always try to differentiate between federal, state, and local revenues, as if all the money coming from a different source.
It was hilarious. Green called at 8:16; I pulled into my parking space at 8:18; and I listened until 8:45. That was some amazing backtracking there!
That's Bull $hit! At that income level, they get the Earned Income Credit, which max's out at over $4,000 - tax free.
When Grey was reading the letter around 7:15 he was ridiculing everything in the letter, including the grammar. Then he really laid into Green before getting the idea of getting him on the phone.
I should have turned on the radio when I arrived at the office, darn it.
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