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sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-02-07 09:03 PM
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Talk show comments anger Muslims in Cincinnati
http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071002/NEWS01/310020029


The Cincinnati office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations’ Ohio chapter Tuesday called for WLW-AM to reprimand talk show host Bill Cunningham for 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.”

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.

Cunningham, 59, will debut a nationally syndicated show at 10 p.m. Sunday (Oct 7) on WLW-AM, replacing Internet journalist Matt Drudge on 325 stations from New York to Los Angeles.

“Live on Sunday Night with Bill Cunningham” will be syndicated by Premiere Radio Networks. Clear Channel owns WLW-AM and Premiere.

Cunningham’s “Voice of the Common Man” will be syndicated nationally on 325 stations beginning Friday.

Darryl Parks, WLW-AM operations director, could not be reached for comment.
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Great job douchebag.


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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-02-07 09:09 PM
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1. I'm guessing a lot of Mean Jean Schmidt's voters listen to Cunningham's show.
Real, real scary stuff.
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sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-02-07 09:10 PM
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2. You bet your sweet ass they do
And they're racist as hell.
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-02-07 09:11 PM
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3. who decides what actually meets the criteria for hate speech? Isn't there some
point that if it incites people to violence it is indeed hate speech?
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sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-02-07 09:50 PM
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4. But this kind of nonsense is protected whether we like it or not
Ironicly though in Cincinnati they're always trying to outlaw porn though by any means possible, even if that means having a captain kangaroo court which is what happens and always gets overturned on appeal.
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muntrv Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-02-07 10:28 PM
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5. Clear Channel owns the station? How shocking!!
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sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-03-07 12:40 AM
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6. I know, they own all the stations in my state
Therefore, no AAR stations because of what happened in 2006.
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sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-03-07 12:47 PM
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7. Kick
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LeftishBrit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-03-07 01:59 PM
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8. WOW
'have sex with children for eternity' - I have NEVER heard that one before. What a vile, bigoted thing to say!
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sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-03-07 08:49 PM
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9. That's why he's being syndicated
You see when you do crazy racist shit for Clear Channel you work your ay up through the food chain.
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