Lee Rodgers: No Watermelon For Al Sharpton?

[BossRadioDJ]

Excerpted from Media Matters (http://mediamatters.org/items/200704040009):

On the April 4 broadcast of San Francisco radio station KSFO's Morning Show, while discussing the "rise" of Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) as a presidential candidate, co-host Melanie Morgan claimed, "You know, there's nobody more disturbed than [Rev.] Al Sharpton" over Obama's popularity.

Morgan then told co-host Lee Rodgers: "Do you remember when he was on that rolling fast for peace with Cindy Sheehan ... and I went on television and offered him ... a loaf of bread? He did not like that, Lee. ... [H]e did not like that at all."

Rodgers replied: "Well, thank God you didn't offer him watermelon."

They just say stuff like that to stir the pot, right? They couldn't be that stupid in real life.

Could they?

 

[RadioJunkieMike]

Does it matter? Either way they're making money.

For example, it has been discussed endlessly whether people like Michael WeinerSavage really "believe" what they say, or if it's an act aimed at appealing to a particular (lucrative) demo, or if they're just plain crazy. To which my response is, what differerence does it make what the reasons are? They're pandering to a perceived base and -- very often, anyway -- promoting hate. Would the fact that they "don't really mean it" make it all better if, say, one of their wacko listeners committed a violent act?

Of course, a certain percentage of what Morgan/Rodgers, Limbaugh,or WeinerSavage do *is* defensible as "satire". But sometimes satire, like patriotism, is the last refuge of a scoundrel.