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Brian Copeland COP-out hypocracy

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mred

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I remember kgo talkshow host Brian Copeland doing an hour on wbap (texas) host Mark Davis, who, in Copeland's words: "dumped his wheel-chair bound wife for a rodeo beauty contest winner." He thought that the Bay Area was interested in the supposed failings of a Texas talk show host. Now Copeland says the Ward situation "won't be a topic on this show...because he doesn't know anything more than you (the audiance) knows". Did he know more about Davis's situation? What a hypocrite.

Also, I wonder if Gene Burns will do an hour on how age of consent laws should be repealed, or something to that effect, as he has done in the past.

Does anyone remember Duane Garrett???
 
mred said:
I remember kgo talkshow host Brian Copeland doing an hour on wbap (texas) host Mark Davis [....]
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Life isn't fair, is it?

If you don't know the difference between friends and public figures, then perhaps you don't have any friends. Friends rally around their brethren and try to protect them from harm. Apparently Bernie Ward is well-respected by most of the folks who work for KGO, and they are rallying around him. This is to be expected, and I see nothing wrong with it.

There are public figures I'll dish, but if any of those folks should become a friend of mine, they're suddenly off-limits. There are people I simply will not say bad things about due to friendship. It appears that Brian and Bernie are very friendly. I don't blame Brian for not talking about him. Plus, management apparently has told their hosts not to talk about the issue.

So, I guess you need to go get your tittilation elsewhere.
 
McMartin preschool type ring at SF Station???

Seems KGO people are defensive. I hope the FBI investigates. Maybe Citadel should cut its loses and fire everyone at the station and just do syndicated stuff? KGO is due for a major change.
 
Mred, who's opened up 2 additional threads on Bernie Ward said: "Seems KGO people are defensive. I hope the FBI investigates. Maybe Citadel should cut its loses and fire everyone at the station and just do syndicated stuff? KGO is due for a major change."

I guess 2+2 does equal 5 now. Because of Bernie's Ward's indictment, KGO should fire all its top rated talk hosts, and Citadel should just plug in syndicated programming like all the other cheapskate talk stations with 1.0 ratings?

Somebody else suggested (hopefully tongue-in-cheek) that because of all of this, KTRB's day is coming?

Even if KGO management is circling the wagons and the other hosts are protecting their friend, they should be investigated by the FBI? Mred: are you suggesting that the other hosts are guilty by association and must be down-loading kiddie-porn too, or that they should be investigated for loyalty to their friend??

The comments here really are getting hysterical, and I DON'T mean in a funny way.

I DO remember the Duane Garrett scandal, and I don't remember hearing any of the other hosts saying anything to rationalize the mistakes their friend made. The circumstances were a little different - Garrett committed suicide, and it was only after his suicide that the details of his crimes came out. It was already over when everybody found out. His friends at KGO loved and cared about him, and were grieving. They also expressed disillusionment and dismay about his crimes. I think they acted totally appropriately in a difficult time.

By the way - I watched ABC 7's coverage of the Bernie Ward story when the news first broke. They ended the story with a disclaimer distancing themselves from KGO radio by reminding viewers the 2 stations were now under separate ownership. Watch out, people - it's all going to get a lot uglier.
 
mred said:
Seems KGO people are defensive. I hope the FBI investigates. Maybe Citadel should cut its loses and fire everyone at the station and just do syndicated stuff? KGO is due for a major change.
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It sounds like your not living in reality M-Red. What's your problem? What do you expect KGO to do,
24 hour coverage of the story? Wait until all the facts are known and then make your judgement.
The problem lies in you intellectual dishonesty, if this were for instance Rush or Hannity, me thinks you wouldn't press quite so hard, this early on. If Ward is guilty, than he deserves punishment, you are so partisan and hateful that have attacked the station for no good reason.
 
Yeah, they're really due for a change. How many consecutive #1 books? How big is that monster cume? You might make some adjustments, but you don't buy then blow up a #1 station and giant money machine. It's the broadcasting BUSINESS. If not talking about B. Ward protects their investment and stream of income best, you can bet that's what they'll do.
 
Seems KGO people are defensive. I hope the FBI investigates. Maybe Citadel should cut its loses and fire everyone at the station and just do syndicated stuff? KGO is due for a major change.
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I have a question: do you at least like Dr. Bill? ;D

They ended the story with a disclaimer distancing themselves from KGO radio by reminding viewers the 2 stations were now under separate ownership. Watch out, people - it's all going to get a lot uglier.
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I noticed that too. I think that was more a matter of KGO-TV going over the top in trying to cover their butts. Personally, I think they could have done without that as it made them look silly. If they we so 'separate' now, why does Cheryl Jennings stop by in KGO radio's afternoon news all the time? Why do KGO-TV weathermen fill in on KGO radio all the time? Like I said, they could have done without saying that.
 
"I noticed that too. I think that was more a matter of KGO-TV going over the top in trying to cover their butts. Personally, I think they could have done without that as it made them look silly. If they we so 'separate' now, why does Cheryl Jennings stop by in KGO radio's afternoon news all the time? Why do KGO-TV weathermen fill in on KGO radio all the time? Like I said, they could have done without saying that."

Not arguing with your point, Mike Woods - I agree. As far as I know, KGO radio (and KSFO) for that matter are still in the same 900 Front St building as "ABC 7." And I believe Disney retains some financial interest in their former ABC radio properties, don't they?

But naturally - your weatherman remark reminded me of a story: In the 80s, Joel Bartlett was the fill-in weather guy at KGO at the same time he was the primary meterologist on KPIX 5. When they introduced Joel on KGO, they would actually mention KPIX and give Eyewitness News a free plug. Ronn Owens mentioned one day that meteorologist Pete Giddings of KGO-TV had been asked to do the fill in job, but declined - so they gladly gave the job to Bartlett, and enjoyed needling Giddings by openly plugging his competition.
 
Heavy censorship continues at KGO over the Ward Kiddie Porn Ring melt-down. I heard Cristine Crafty hang up on a guy that start talking about US attorneys. Ward should be water boarded to find out the truth, but he would get stuck in the bathroom on most corporate jets used to extremely render suspects.
 
"Ward should be water boarded to find out the truth, but he would get stuck in the bathroom on most corporate jets used to extremely render suspects."

I made a comment in another Ward thread - saying that it was scary how many people posting were automatically assuming Bernie's guilt - before any trial - and that it was Salem Witch Trial stuff. Mred, unless you're joking, you're the scariest one of the bunch.

I'm also wondering what "extremely render suspects" means.
 
mred said:
Heavy censorship continues at KGO over the Ward Kiddie Porn Ring melt-down.
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Please allow me to point out that "censorship" is a very specific thing. It refers to a government's banning of speech. The government has not banned any talk about Bernie Ward on KGO or elsewhere. So, you're wrong about censorship.

KGO has chosen not to talk about Bernie Ward. This does not prevent any other media outlet from talking about him. The fact that nobody else has done so after the initial news blast a few weeks ago shows that there is very little story there, at least at the moment.

So, chill out and wait until there is some news...
 
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