Randi: discouraged from discussing voting

[GregD]

I think more than a few of us have wondered, and now it is official.

Randi just said the words:
"I've been discouraged from talking about voting"

So there we have it - a lockdown at AAR. WTF?

[Catherine Vincent]

1. Did she say it was from the higher ups?

This is such BULLSHIT!

[Andy_Stephenson]

2. It is coming from

Clear Channel. She told me herself.

[nostamj]

9. clear channel? NOW we understand

why CC starting broadcasting AAR. how else to control the content?

:grr::nuke::grr::nuke::grr::nuke::grr::nuke::grr::nuke:

[Andy_Stephenson]

11. Yes...

that is why you now hear AAR on Clear Channel Stations.

[deutsey]

18. Listen to Pacifica radio

It's not perfect, but they're the best left media outlet we have.

Pacifica stations also broadcast the Conyers' Ohio forum today.

www.pacifica.org

[K-W]

23. AAR doesnt belong to Clear Channel

It just carries thier programming. Assuming AAR hasnt sold out, this is not a problem, and if AAR has sold out, it is the last of our problems.

[deutsey]

26. That's fine by me. I didn't say anything about Clear Channel.

My plug is for Pacifica stations, especially www.kpfa.org and www.wbai.org, in my opinion.

[K-W]

27. Just wanted to clarify for readers.

That so far AAR has not been implicated in anything at all.

[deutsey]

29. That's what I figured, but sometimes you never know.

:hi:

[Name removed]

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[The Backlash Cometh]

34. Well, as a public service, she should remind us every 15

minutes that Clear Channel doesn't want her talking about voter irregularities. Maybe she should give us a name so we can find out why?

[Timebound]

4. The HELL?

*fumes*

[K-W]

6. She didnt specify.

If she was being quieted by AAR, this is an issue.

If not, it isnt an issue at all.

[hiley]

3. I walked

out of the room and missed it. Could you tell me a little more ?

[emulatorloo]

5. Somebody call her and ask her about it. . .Who pressured her EOM

[Walt Starr]

7. Self-delete

Not so sure this post isn't a hoax, she's been talking about it since the poster first posted this.

[K-W]

32. Heres what actually happened.

Randi said she was discouraged by someone. She didnt say who. It could have been anyone. Clearly whoever it was doesnt have the power to make her.

[marc_the_dem]

8. wow

The death of Democracy...

[Maat]

13. What good is it to have liberal radio...

if the hosts are discouraged from discussing highly relevant issue and criticizing the administration too vehemently? I was against them having a relationship with Clear Channel, and this is a perfect illustration of why.

I get it on Sirius, and, to my knowledge, the hosts were not pressured from speaking freely.

This is so frustrating for me.

[K-W]

17. Overeact much?

Of couse she has been discouraged. YOu didnt know that there were people in this country who dont support voting rights?

[crispini]

10. We need more details, somebody call her! n/t

[Gloria]

12. The problem is that Air America is carried on CC stations!!

Which means, Air America has no independent voice at all! Not to mention Randi's "home" CC station in Florida....

Where is Soros when you need him?? The FCC recently put on auction a couple of hundred FM stations mostly in the West and South....why isn't some liberal with deep pockets gobbling them up before they fall into the hands of more RW preachers and hate radio programmers????

[Maat]

15. You know...we could really use his help here.

Soros, where are you? Is there freedom of expression left in this country or not?

[funkybutt]

20. Do you have info on this auction?

I'm in the South and would be very interested in knowing. New Orleans has a petition going to try to pick up an AAR station. I'd love to know more about this!

[K-W]

22. Randi wasnt censored.

Just discouraged.

Im still looking for the big problem here.

[Pachamama]

37. Could it have anything to do with BBV & controversial Bev Harris?

Just a guess...I can't imagine anyone shutting up Randi...

[caledesi]

14. One word: PRAVDA! nt

[nostamj]

16. well... she is TALKING about it ANYWAY!

go Randi!

[CatWoman]

25. BOOM

:D

[intheflow]

19. AAR Exec. Prod. Steven Rosenfeld was at the Judiciary forum today.

Listen to his testimony about OH voting problems here: http://www.cspan.org/Search/basic.asp?BasicQueryText=Voting&SortBy=date He spoke for about 3 minutes about 49 minutes into the video.

He didn't mention anything about a ban, but just the fact AAR is at the forum indicates that AAR is hip to what's happening but perhaps doesn't think the election can be overturned because people actually couldn't vote.

[K-W]

24. Seriously.

Nothing even remotely negative about AAR has happened. But look at the feeding frenzy to trash them.

[Catherine Vincent]

28. Well, I'm listening to her now and she's talking about it.

Good for her!

[n2mark]

30. I don't know where

I read or heard this but ARR's lawyer is one of many looking into the voting fraud issue. Could it be because of this she can't say anything? I can't believe Randi being muzzled by anyone without making a huge issue out of it.

[K-W]

31. She isnt being muzzled.

Clearly the people who discouraged her didnt have the coercive power to muzzle her.

They just discouraged her.

[GregD]

33. OK, I have more on this

I'm going to allow my source to remain anonymous, but this is from someone I consider reliable.

I was told that "Clear Channel complained that if she continued talking about voting issues, they were going to replace her voice with someone that sounds a lot like Rush L..."

[CatWoman]

35. Fuck Clear Channel

[K-W]

36. I cant wait until that trust gets busted.

I will sit back and watch with a bowl of popcorn.

[ArkDem]

38. The BFEE controls all!