I’m sure many of you are familiar with the brouhaha that’s been going on about controversial ABC Radio affiliate station KSFO, (obviously, based in San Francisco) which has been losing advertisers in the wake of a flood of internet audio files that have highlighted the program's content. And just in case you haven’t been following this… KSFO regularly insults Muslims and promotes torture among many other inflammatory comments it makes on a daily basis. Now it appears the station's hosts believe that "craven little time buyers at an advertising agency someplace who have no guts whatsoever" are responsible for the loss of ads. Mmmm, couldn’t have anything to do with the racist and outrageous content these “custodians of journalistic integrity” put out on a daily basis I suppose? During a special live call-in session the station aired Friday afternoon to address host Melanie Morgan's morning drive-time team's controversial comments over the past couple of years, Morgan's blame didn't stop at media planners. She also pointed the finger at liberal bloggers, and "Trekkies" (because the blogger who began pointing out KSFO's questionable content to advertisers is called Spocko). Morgan claims that all but one of the departed advertisers has come back, but hasn’t identified them. Four confirmed advertisers have departed: Visa, MasterCard, Federal Express and the Michigan Economic Development Corporation. You would think that by now, people in the public eye, particularly those that make a living at it, would realize they can no longer hide… You mess up, you get found out… And if you’re a fascist, you deserve it.
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Well hush my mouth... And please do it before someone else does!
It's about free speech... I am glad to hear nearly all of the advertisers have returned.
Posted by: Zebra | January 20, 2007 9:24 AM | Permalink to Comment