Anti-Talk Radio Campaigns Emerge Across America

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In the wake of highly- publicized smear campaigns against Bill O'Reilly and Rush Limbaugh, left- wing talk radio foes across the country have been inspired to mount their own campaigns against the medium.

Suddenly, the floodgates have opened, while somewhere out there a beaming George Soros must be feeling his money has been well- spent. Can they succeed in eliminating viewpoints contrary to their own?

While that isn't yet clear, these self- appointed censors are certainly feeling emboldened.

Here's a tally of the latest moves against talk radio (if you know of others, send an email to address at the bottom of this site, we will update the list later):


In Reno, KOH-AM 780 afternoon host Bill Manders was targeted by a protest featuring hundreds of illegal aliens and pro- illegal activists. One news account put the total at as many as 2000 marchers. According to organizers, Manders was singled out for his "racist" viewpoints. As Northern Nevada's largest radio station, KOH's conservative programming has long irritated area leftists.

From the Reno Gazette- Journal:

Protesters head to KOH studios

GERALDA MILLER
RENO GAZETTE-JOURNAL
Posted: 10/3/2007


A group of around 2,000 marchers turned the corner from Kietzke Lane onto Plumb Lane at 12:40 Wednesday on their way to studios KOH AM-780.

About 70 people standing in front of the Little Flower Church joined the marchers as Reno police officers on motorcyles kept an eye on the proceedings.

The protesters planned to pause in from the radio studios to express their opposition to radio talk show host Bill Manders, who they perceive as being racist. KOH news director Rick Worthington said the station’s official position is “no comment.”

Calls for comment were left for Manders but not returned.

Marchers were carrying American flags. Manders’s supporters were clustered in front of the radio station offices and were also carrying American flags. Several cars cruising past the marchers also waved American flags and tooted their horns in support of the marchers.

Reno's KOLO TV-8 says the roots of the protest are in recent illegal alien raids by federal law enforcement officials:

Less than a week after the ICE raid on 11 McDonald's restaurants, emotions are still running high.

"This isn't just about what happened on Thursday. It's about discrimination. We want to do things right but the government isn't letting these people. They're not criminals. They want to do things right," said Maria Chavarin, protestor.

Demonstrators covered their mouths in tape, and handcuffed their children...to support illegal immigrants, who they say are forced to hide in our community.

"We're showing the government that if they want us to be quiet and they want us to leave, they're just attacking us. It's a silent march. I'm not going to talk the rest of the day. Starting now? Right now."

But their message was anything but silent...and their boycott quickly became an attack on the English-speaking media. Protestors told us Gilbert Cortez, an outspoken Latino activist, told them not to do interviews...and only to answer questions in Spanish.

Since talk radio has not been a target of these groups locally in the past, can it be a coincidence this occurred just as the anti- Rush and O'Reilly fervor hit its peak?


In Cincinnati, local Islamists have stepped up verbal attacks against mega- talker WLW-AM and talker Bill Cunningham. Now, they're demanding the station reprimand him for daring to lampoon the promises Islamofascists make to their gullible homicide bombers.

As with most Islam- related talk radio flaps, the group behind the anger is the Council on American- Islamic Relations (CAIR). According to the Cincinnati Enquirer, WLW has also been targeted by Hispanic activists recently:

The Cincinnati office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations' Ohio chapter called Tuesday for WLW-AM (700) to reprimand talk show host Bill Cunningham for what they call anti-Islamic remarks he made on the air Monday.

"The great war of this generation's time is the war against Islamic fascists," Cunningham said. "... They do not live for life, they live for death. Only through death can they believe they can be with those 72 virgins in heaven and have sex with children for eternity, which is the goal of that religion."

Such remarks "can only serve to promote the kind of anti-Muslim hatred and bigotry that have such a negative impact on our society and on our nation's international image," said Karen Dabdoub, executive director of the Cincinnati office of CAIR.

Contacted Tuesday, Cunningham said: "One of the tenets of Islam is that if you die a martyr, you get to spend eternity in heaven with 72 virgins. I said, 'That's pretty sick. If that's the goal, I don't want to be there. That's not my concept of heaven.' "

Cunningham said he got no calls about the remarks on Monday, "so I moved on to the Bengals."

Darryl Parks, WLW operations director, could not be reached for comment.

Cunningham recently had to apologize for claiming the Reds' Adam Dunn was drunk while playing in a game. The station also was involved in a controversy over a billboard and a radio spot that resulted in a boycott of advertisers by the Hispanic community.

Finally, in a move that has already generated headlines, Marin County- based syndicated talker Michael Savage has been condemned by the kooky San Francisco Board of Supervisors. The credibility- challenged supes were criticizing him for comments made clear back in July. Glad they still found time to bust people for removing chalk marks from their own vehicles:

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors gave initial approval Tuesday to raise the penalty for motorists caught removing chalk marks from the tires of their vehicles while parked on time-restricted city streets.

If ultimately adopted, the fine for doing so would increase to $100 across the board. Currently, the penalty is $50 for a first infraction, $75 for a second infraction and $100 for anything after that.

In another action, the supervisors unanimously approved a resolution condemning radio personality Michael Savage for comments he made in a July 5 broadcast about students who fasted in support of immigration reform.

Savage said, in part, "Let them fast until they starve to death; then that solves the problem." The supervisors condemned the comments as "symbolic of hatred and racism."

As newly- emboldened, would- be censors emerge from the woodwork, expect talk radio to soon come under fire in many other places. Count on it.


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