Have you heard about this?
Government officials are reviewing a skit which aired on the network Monday evening -- a skit featuring an apparent gunshot warning to the president!
The announcer: "A spoiled child is telling us our Social Security isn't safe anymore, so he is going to fix it for us. Well, here's your answer, you ungrateful whelp: [audio sound of 4 gunshots being fired.] Just try it, you little bastard. [audio of gun being cocked]."
The audio production at the center of the controversy aired during opening minutes of The Randi Rhodes Show.
"What is with all the killing?" Rhodes said, laughing, after the clip aired.
You probably have not heard about it since Air America's ratings are so abysmal and the Main Stream Media has been largely silent, something they weren't a scant few years ago:
Ten years ago, on April 24, 1995, with the Oklahoma City bombing still echoing in the news, President Clinton denounced "promoters of paranoia" on the "airwaves." Peter Jennings relayed: "Clinton did not say so specifically but he clearly had the words of many ultra-conservative talk radio hosts in mind. All you have to do is listen to some of them to hear how they react to those with whom they do not agree." The network newscasters demonized talk radio as "democracy run amok." Tom Brokaw said Clinton appeared to aim at "talk radio programs that cater to the far right of the political spectrum" and that talk had "achieved a machine gun reputation in recent years." Who's betting they'll ignore Randi Rhodes tonight?
I think that's a pretty solid bet.
You?
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Posted by: Jay | Thursday, April 28, 2005 at 08:37 PM