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FINNERAN ON WRKO....BUDDY CIANCI ON WPRO.....?

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Casablanca

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If soon to be convicted felon Thomas Finneran ends up not in a federal prison but as a morning talk show host on WRKO does that mean that Buddy Cianci will get a gig again on talk radio in Providence when he is released from prison.

Who knew Julie Khan would become a gun moll ;)
 
I heard Buddy's sidekick will be fellow Rhode Islander Richard Hatch.
 
Julie Kahn is nothing but an accessory to a felony if she hire Finneran.

Howie Carr implies it is a done deal.

Callers tell him on the air to "Walk".
 
Yes more than a couple callers today said they won't listen to WRKO if Finneran is hired but I've read
that Julie feels he'll be a good host. Finneran is paying for his transgressions with the loss of
various things, including his pension, etc., and perhaps Kahn feels people will forgive him eventually.
 
but Casablanca has a point - why should Finneran, pleading to serious misconduct, be rewarded as Blute was with a job that a hard-working radio personality deserves?

Where the hell are the "Higher Standards" demanded of these politicians and public figures.

You know, we can have low standards if we choose, being unelected constituents! There's a certain responsibility, obligation, and level of accountability that, when not maintained, deserves serious scrutiny.

If Julie's standards are low enough to hire Finneran she should be removed from WRKO, Boston's SPORTS II station.
 
Finneran did little more than try to do a little 'advantage play' in the election. Morally wrong? More than likely. Big deal? Not really. Against the law? Yes. He got caught, and as Nixon taught us, getting caught is the only real crime in Government. Finneran was slapped on the wrist, kicked in the wallet and now he's moving on. I think he'll make an interesting host. Talk about an insider.

As to the 'job that a hard-working radio personality deserves', where are these people? There is a dirth of talent on-air (and off) in Boston. If all people who committed felonies (convicted or not) were kept off the radio, what a empty place that would be. Sonny Jo White jumps to the top of mind, and I sir, for one, would not want to live in a world without "Jackie Lucky" :-*
 
Finneran is a typical bigot of his heritage.
He was drawing redistricting lines to prevent Blacks and minorities from getting elected to the Legislature in the Dorchester/ Milton area which just happened to be this Hibernian's district....hmmmmmmm?

An now, Julie "The Executioner" Khan, want to hire this bigot on WRKO.

If they do WRKO will be more hypocritical than ever. They rant about "illegal aliens" as howie carr plays the Mexican Hat Dance in the background while they hire and put a convicted FELON behind one of its mics.

I expect that former minicing kevin white press hack and now PR hack for WRKO will have his minions ... or even "Himself" posting here attacking all those who think hiring a convicted FELON and BIGOT to host his own radio show is wrong.

Wonder if there are any FCC "serving the community in the public interest" regulations that would preclude WRKO from hiring a convicted FELON or that when WRKO's license is up for renewal would affect that renewal.
 
As to the 'job that a hard-working radio personality deserves', where are these people?
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WRKO has dismissed them out of hand.

I think he'll make an interesting host.
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Why? What to talk about besides politics? How many sacred cows to protect when another host would be all over a Beacon Hill scandal?
 
Unlike a lot of the folks on that use this board, Finneran is not a one-trick pony that can only spout off about a single subject. He's been around and has his opinions. I don't think, or hope atleast, we'll hear too many "What's you favorite cookie?" shows from him.

I would love to see [EDIT] call Finneran a bigot to his face, or anyone's face for that matter. [EDIT] knows he'll never have to back his words up.

By the way, the FCC doesn't actually care who Julie Kahn would hire to put behind the mic. of a 'public trust', Pollyanna.


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Finneran is not a one-trick pony that can only spout off about a single subject.
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There's really no evidence he's anything but a aged, crooked political hack. Not a 25-54 kind of host.
 
I like Eileen McNamara - and she's a Herman's Hermits/Peter Noone fan!

EILEEN MCNAMARA
Finneran's fatal flaw

http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/01/07/finnerans_fatal_flaw/

Nothing but his own hubris had landed the former speaker of the Massachusetts House in a federal courtroom where his guilty plea on Friday to the crime of obstruction of justice laid waste to a political career and laid bare the folly of the arrogance of power.
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Julie & Jason would best be advised regarding "the arrogance of power"
 
Casablanca said:
Finneran is a typical bigot of his heritage.
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Would you care to expand on that remark? How do you mean, exactly, "of his heritage?"

How would his alleged bigotry disqualify him from being a talk show host? He certainly wouldn't be the first.

'RKO could do a lot worse than to hire someone who people will listen to, even if they despise the guy. Same people who said they hated Howard Stern, but listened to everything he said.
 
Casablanca said:
Julie Kahn is nothing but an accessory to a felony if she hire Finneran.
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I assume you will now expend the same degree of energy and rancor to get convicted felons G. Gordon Liddy and Oliver North as well as admitted drug-abuser Rush Limbaugh excised from talk radio as well. Are their syndicators accessories to felonies too? Do you intend to be honest and consistent about this, or are you going to follow in Brian Maloney's hypocritical footsteps?
 
If I were in charge I would have fired all three - Liddy, North and Limbaugh. Of course, Liddy is so out of control he would have tried to kills me... come to think of it Olie would have tried too and Rush would have spiked my drink with Oxycontin... Three nice fellas, huh? Well, maybe Tommy Finneran would have only tried to bribe me. And my bank account number is 878 98909..... ;)




dumber than a box of hair said:
Casablanca said:
Julie Kahn is nothing but an accessory to a felony if she hire Finneran.
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I assume you will now expend the same degree of energy and rancor to get convicted felons G. Gordon Liddy and Oliver North as well as admitted drug-abuser Rush Limbaugh excised from talk radio as well. Are their syndicators accessories to felonies too? Do you intend to be honest and consistent about this, or are you going to follow in Brian Maloney's hypocritical footsteps?
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