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Investigation Requested Into Armed Forces Radio

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Senators Dorgan, Stabenow, and Harkin are calling for an investigation into the debacle over Armed Forces Radio refusing to air The Ed Schultz Show. Schultz's management sent copies of an agreement they claim to have with AFN back in September to add the show effective this past Monday, but on the morning of the show's debut, Allison Barber called the producer of the show and told him the show would not air because Larry DiRita, her boss, was out of the country and could not approve it.

That came as news to DiRita, who claims to not be involved in the program decision in question, and now new questions are being raised after at least one senator was told by the DoD that Barber went beyond her duty assignment in calling the producer in the first place.

Now around a dozen senators sent a letter to Donald Rumsfeld complaining about the sudden turnaround, especially after AFN indicated it had expanded its conservative show lineup with James Dobson from Focus on the Family.

Limbaugh for his part is demanding additional air time for his show if Schultz gets an hour a day on AFN.

Schultz believes this all comes on the heels of the criticism of Barber last week for her staged video-op. Limbaugh sees this as an opportunity to wrestle additional hours for his own show. AFN could always rethink the wisdom of having any political talk shows on its network, but in the end, it's likely Schultz will get his hour.

Senate Letter: http://www.bigeddieradio.com/EdInTheNews/more.asp?ID=61
 
> Schultz believes this all comes on the heels of the criticism of Barber last
> week for her staged video-op.

He can believe it all he wants but that doesn't make it so; and government investigations are p.r. events, not genuine fact finding missions. Even if it's true, that would not make it illegal as far as I know. There are a lot of talk show hosts who do not get time on AFR. <P ID="signature">______________
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Ed had a chance to air more of his concerns about this issue on Countdown.

video link follows in QT/WMV and you can grab it via Bittorrent:

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2005/10/19.html#a5453


> Senators Dorgan, Stabenow, and Harkin are calling for an
> investigation into the debacle over Armed Forces Radio
> refusing to air The Ed Schultz Show. Schultz's management
> sent copies of an agreement they claim to have with AFN back
> in September to add the show effective this past Monday, but
> on the morning of the show's debut, Allison Barber called
> the producer of the show and told him the show would not air
> because Larry DiRita, her boss, was out of the country and
> could not approve it.
>
> That came as news to DiRita, who claims to not be involved
> in the program decision in question, and now new questions
> are being raised after at least one senator was told by the
> DoD that Barber went beyond her duty assignment in calling
> the producer in the first place.
>
> Now around a dozen senators sent a letter to Donald Rumsfeld
> complaining about the sudden turnaround, especially after
> AFN indicated it had expanded its conservative show lineup
> with James Dobson from Focus on the Family.
>
> Limbaugh for his part is demanding additional air time for
> his show if Schultz gets an hour a day on AFN.
>
> Schultz believes this all comes on the heels of the
> criticism of Barber last week for her staged video-op.
> Limbaugh sees this as an opportunity to wrestle additional
> hours for his own show. AFN could always rethink the wisdom
> of having any political talk shows on its network, but in
> the end, it's likely Schultz will get his hour.
>
> Senate Letter:
> http://www.bigeddieradio.com/EdInTheNews/more.asp?ID=61
>
 
Coincidence: I think not!

Doesn't anybody else find it interesting that the same person who produces Bush's Iraq Infomercial is also involved in making programming decisions for AFN. And the boss of the person who produced Bush's Infomercial has the final say on what the troops get to see and hear.

Conclusion: AFN is part of the military's PR office. Always has been, always will be. Not only will the AFN not air programming contrary to the military line, the won't air anything the brass doesn't like. They also will kill anything the host country doesn't like either.

You all should check and see what songs are banned from AFN's playlists.

Then click here:
http://www.blockbuster.com/search/P...han=sub&order=asc&skipPaginationList=true&x=0
 
Fox agreed to have Big Eddie on

> > Schultz believes this all comes on the heels of the
> criticism of Barber last
> > week for her staged video-op.
>
> He can believe it all he wants but that doesn't make it so;
> and government investigations are p.r. events, not genuine
> fact finding missions. Even if it's true, that would not
> make it illegal as far as I know. There are a lot of talk
> show hosts who do not get time on AFR.
>

10-20-05 Eddie was scheduled to appear on Bill's show. However, the offer was pulled at the last minute as told to Schultz because of hurricane coverage. Bill's producers said they will make room sometime next week. Barber needs to step up to the plate and explain the 6 in the morning phone call, eight hours before the scheduled broadcast. Supposedly, she's out-of-country and not available for any further comment.

This story is not out-of-the news cycle. Schultz's fault is not getting a written contract. However, when someone sends you an email they are going to do something, you tend to believe them.<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by mobile-exradiodj on 10/21/05 04:10 PM.</FONT></P>
 
Re: Fox agreed to have Big Eddie on

> 10-20-05 Eddie was scheduled to appear on Bill's show.
> However, the offer was pulled at the last minute as told to
> Schultz because of hurricane coverage. Bill's producers
> said they will make room sometime next week. Barber needs
> to step up to the plate and explain the 6 in the morning
> phone, eight hours before the scheduled broadcast.
> Supposedly, she's out-of-country and not available for any
> further comment.

"Barber needs to step up to the plate and explain:

But that has already been done and the explanation is in the letter from the Senators: "A Pentagon spokesman said that Mr. Levy (Manny Levy, Chief of the Radio Division ) "got ahead of the process," and that no decision had been made in a review of which programming to add to the network.

Now what happens? Make Barber submit to a mindreader? Subpoena emails? I am not naive enough to think that the suspicions of retaliation are without foundation but proving it will be near impossible. If true, then what? It's not criminal. It requires no proof at all to ascertain that Schultz' timing was stupid.<P ID="signature">______________
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Re: Coincidence: I think not!

>
> You all should check and see what songs are banned from
> AFN's playlists.

Would you post such a list, please.<P ID="signature">______________
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Re: Fox agreed to have Big Eddie on

> Now what happens?

Press conference from Washington, D.C. on Thursday. Several lawmakers involved with a letter to Rumy. General Wes Clark has even set-up a website demanding action by November 1st.

The overzealous employee explaination isn't flying with these people. Barber could set-up and say due to lack of stations carrying the show and poor audience reaction to his show it's not deemed "interesting or quality enough" for AFN to air. Straight talk to the heartland is logical rather than the blame game approach she used.
 
Re: Fox agreed to have Big Eddie on

> > Now what happens?
>
> Press conference from Washington, D.C. on Thursday. Several
> lawmakers involved with a letter to Rumy. General Wes Clark
> has even set-up a website demanding action by November 1st.
>
>
> The overzealous employee explaination isn't flying with
> these people. Barber could set-up and say due to lack of
> stations carrying the show and poor audience reaction to his
> show it's not deemed "interesting or quality enough" for AFN
> to air. Straight talk to the heartland is logical rather
> than the blame game approach she used.
>

Boy, between this and getting involved with steroids in baseball, this Congress is quite the overachiever.<P ID="signature">______________
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