Mike Malloy - what is the story - anyone know?

[twilight]

Hi, :hi:

I listened to Mike Malloy the past few nights and he more or less insinuated that he wasn't going to be on the air much longer on the show before last Wed.

I have noted he is now censoring himself. He used to say on every show, "Have I said how much I hate these people yet tonight?"

When he was on Wed. night he said, "Have I said how much these people irritate me?"

Is Mike Malloy being dumped? Does anyone know? I hope not!!!

:dem:

[Closer]

1. OH NO!

God, I hope not! If he's being censored on IEAmerica Radio, then we really ARE fucked.

I wish he'd get his on cable TV show. He was great on CNN a few weeks back.

Anybody else heard anything?

[twilight]

3. what Mike said ...

Mike said that some religious person was all p/o'd at him for saying what he always has said about religious groups. I am thinking this is what led to his now censored program.

Has anyone listened this past week before Thanksgiving? I hope he isn't going to go off the air! He is the only person I can relate to other than those of you on the DU!!!

If anyone knows anything please post here and keep this thread kicked please!

:kick:

[eleny]

6. He said that the woman who got ticked...

took his show off her station. But the station was going all-music a week later anyway. He said he thought she was just sticking it to him a week early.

Earlier in the week, I do recall him saying that he wasn't too sure if he would be on the air for much longer, given the political climate of the nation. A sort of general pessimism.

He said something about the new liberal network. That it wasn't going to be the network he thought it would be. That's a little confusing since Franken was on the Randi Roades program recently and talked about a new liberal network. But perhaps that Randi program was a repeat due to the holiday this week. Maybe the idea of the network has fallen apart since Franken's appearance.

Maybe people are discussing all this on the forum at his web site?

[Trek234]

30. Do you know what day?

Do you know what day he said this on his show? (about the relgious person being upset)

[twilight]

39. I believe it was on Monday the 24th of Nov.

He also briefly mentioned it again on his last show on Wednesday before Thanksgiving.

I hope we aren't losing this precious jewel of a man!

:kick:

[pistoff democrat]

2. I hadn't heard anything at all, so

I just e-mailed him.

Sure hope he answers...if he does, I'll post it here.

If you're interested, pls bookmark this thread!

[twilight]

4. I have it bookmarked ...

Will hope for any sort of answers to be found as MIKE MALLOY RULES!!!!

:kick:

[twilight]

5. have two email addresses

The one at aol.com is rejecting the messages; the one at earthlink.net I haven't tried because it is apparently only working when he is on the air.

Two email addressess I have are:

[e-mail]
[e-mail]

:kick:

[pistoff democrat]

10. Here's a 3rd for his producer:

[e-mail]

I have not received an answer from the one at aol, but it also hasn't kicked back to me.

If we hear nothing, we could call, I suppose. I gotta feeling we're going to have to wait until Monday and bug the producer...but, what do I know?

[benburch]

7. I have no first-hand information...

... but yes, it does sound like he is saying his goodbyes.

I just dispatched a note to him asking what's up. If things are in flux, though, it is unlikely that he can say anything whatsoever.

-Ben

[Fixated]

8. .....

Maybe he was warned....if he was destined to be canceled he'd be even less PC.

[GreenPartyVoter]

9. I haven't listened to him since they

moved him to the 9pm slot and dumped Peter Werbe.


I miss having Mike and Peter back-to-back. Hope they don't drop Mike too.

[Ksec]

11. Anyone read "Foul Ball?" or hear about it on Democracy Now?

The media companies are quietly taking over the countrys media outlets and pushing their RW agendas. Newspapers radio and TV are all involved. Malloys story needs investigated. Id bet good money, that up the food chain theres some cigar smokin RWer pushing to get Malloy fired for his liberal veiws .

[loudsue]

12. ROFLMAO!!! ....well, you think??

<snip>"The media companies are quietly taking over the countrys media outlets and pushing their RW agendas. Newspapers radio and TV are all involved."

They're not doing it that "quietly", Ksec. They're right there "in your face" with it 24/7, and have let everyone know they don't intend to lighten up.

That's why Congress just tried to stiffle any further mergers for the time-being....the (few) media companies already have a monopoly on the propaganda we mistake in the USA for "news".

:kick:

[Ksec]

13. Relax loudsue, it wasnt that funny

Not everyone is as educated as you are.

[loudsue]

25. Sorry, Ksec.....

Really...you're right...it sounded pretty snotty. But when I read your post...and RE-read your post, it sounded like you were a newbie...but you had all those posts racked up by your name...so I knew you weren't a newbie.

You just sounded ...innocent...and what you wrote just sounded funny at the time.

I apologize :pals:

Sue

[Ksec]

34. Im a relative newbie to alot thats going on in this country

Im learning as I go and theres alot Im just starting to understand. Ive been pretty naieve up until this point in my life. Anyway no big deal. Lets be best buds :)

[durutti]

19. Well, duh.

They've been only been doing it for the past 20 years or so.

The same thing happened to Hightower.

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[Myra]

28. *Anyway*, back to the very important story Ksec was trying to discuss...

Yeah, I saw Jim Bouton on Bill Moyers the other night.
That's the show you saw, right Ksec?
He was telling an all too familiar story about the
horrors of media consolidation, and he wrote a book
about it called "Foul Ball." (He's an ex major league
baseball player who wrote an earler book: "Ball Four.")

He had to publish this book with his own bucks after
the corporate powers that be told him he had to remove
anything critical of GE or they wouldn't publish.
Hero that he is, he told them to stuff it and now he's
selling it from his website.

Please spread the word and buy this book!
Wouldn't it make a great holiday present?!
Here's his website:

http://www.velocitynyc.com/ballfour/

It's the kind of shit that's going on all over Amerika,
but not every city has a Jim Bouton to spread the word.

For those who haven't seen this episode of NOW, it's
really worth catching.
Here's the transcript:
http://www.pbs.org/now/transcript/transcript_bouton.html

In fact Moyers whole show was on the dangers of media consolidation,
and he made these remarks:

"I am often asked why, as a journalist, I keep coming back to the story of media and democracy — how newspapers, radio stations, television and cable are being swallowed up by huge conglomerates.

One answer comes from the former Yankee pitching star, Jim Bouton, who told me in an interview this week exactly what can happen when there's only one newspaper in a town and it's owned by a media conglomerate far from home.
...
So, yes, I keep coming back to the subject of media conglomeration because it can take the oxygen out of democracy. The founders of this country believed a free and rambunctious press was essential to the protection of our freedoms. They couldn't envision the rise of giant megamedia conglomerates whose interests converge with state power to produce a conspiracy against the people. I think they would be aghast at how this union of media and government has produced the very kind of imperial power against which they rebelled. So, yes, media conglomeration has become a beat for my colleagues and me. We think this is the most important story of all, the one that determines what other stories get told - and how."

http://www.pbs.org/now/commentary/moyers28.html

[Ksec]

35. Thanks Myra

Im jealous of your writing abilities, very eloquent and thorough. Anyhow, I did listen to that interveiw a while ago with Bouton and Moyers. It opened my eyes to whats going on in this country. Very scary stuff indeed. To think a guy in Colorada is influencing a small newspaper in Massachusetts to rip apart Bouton is really foul.

[pistoff democrat]

14. A Glimmer of Hope

Please don't forget that Al Franken and other liberals are trying to start a left-of-the-dial radio network...keep on the lookout for start-up date...yes, I know it will be a while off. But, how great when it happens!

[durutti]

20. I'm skeptical.

I'm extremely skeptical of this "liberal radio network" idea. I have a feeling it will never get off the ground.

[Eric J in MN]

22. they have said they want the liberal radio network to start January 2004

So we'll find out soon if it starts on schedule.

[pistoff democrat]

29. It could really help

with the election, doncha think?

Plus, it's only fair (and balanced...heh heh heh)!

[Ksec]

23. Well Duh

[burr]

24. liberals considered rush a fat joke as well...

and yet, I have serious doubts that conservatives would have won the House and Senate in 1994 without his show.

When you have nothing to lose, it doesn't hurt to take some chances!

[Gloria]

15. I came in on his remarks late and panicked...

If it was regarding his comments about religion, then maybe something IS ups, because, if I'm not mistaken, Werbe was yanked for some comments on religion...
and Werbe was always "tamer" than Malloy in the sense that he would tend to present the other side's view before launching into his own commentary from the left side.

Malloy was pressured out of Chicago, even though he had top ratings. He has always had to watch himself on IEAmericaRadio...language, etc.

IEAmerica is run by a union...maybe union people are getting a bit nervous.

Malloy apparently was supposed to be invovled with original "liberal radio" plans...but they never really got it started and now there are new guys running it...including the guy formerly with AOL. This crew has picked up with Ed Schultz and I've gathered from previous comments that Malloy is "unimpressed." Schultz has not been a raving liberal until recently, as far as I can tell. In fact, his show is supposed to have a more centrist leaning.

I am wondering if Malloy has been dropped as a potential host by this new group....I'm also wondering if he is approaching burnout from the sheer frustration of it all....

[pearl]

17. My hope is

that he is being tapped for a bigger project. I went to his going
away party when he got dumped at WLS. A bunch of folks were talking
about going down to the building where WLS is. Dumping as many M & M s
for Mike Malloy (get it) Gawd, I miss him on the am or fm dial. I can't consistantly get it on line.

Maybe a campaign to get him back on in a major market, syndicated or
something.

[burr]

16. What has happened to ie???

What can we do...except give them hell for considering this?

It seems bizarre that this would happen to an internet radio station, which needs as many experienced professionals on the air as they can find. IE America will destroy themselves if they do this, because Mike Malloy listeners are now their only real audience since they dumped Peter Werbe.

[benburch]

41. Here is what is up with ir America

They are losing about a million dollars a year.

This explains everything.

Any rich people here with business acumen want to own a radio network?

-Ben

[Ilsa]

18. Thanks for starting the thread...

I've been picking up on an attitude of doom and gloom for the last few weeks also. He talks like he only has a handful of listeners, which isn't true, but about how liberal talk show hosts are easily canned. He also sounded burned out a couple of times over the last week. He hasn't sounded like he's on fire like he did a month ago.

I've only listened for a few months, but I"d really miss MM if his show was pulled.

[DemNoir]

26. Keep in mind

The surgery he had just a short time ago may still be a problem.

[Gloria]

31. Good catch...he's had some major dental surgery only a couple of

weeks ago; he's not young (pushing 60 or around 60 if I recall); and if I"m not mistaken, his younger wife is pregnant. Am I correct?? Did I hear it right that he's approaching fatherhood again?????

It all sounds pretty tiring to me....that dental thing he went through isn't easy....

[Ilsa]

32. I thought he said they were trying...

to have a baby. I never heard that it was a done deal.

But you're right about the dental thing. Originally, he thought he'd only be out a few days, but ended up staying out a week.

[Gloria]

33. Thanks for the correction about the baby...I wasn't sure exactly

heard it in a fleeting moment....

[Ilsa]

36. Of course, Monday they'll probably

announce she's two months pregnant or something! Make a "liar" outta me!

I hope it goes well. Dealing with fertility stuff can be exasperating and expensive, to minimize it.

[eablair3]

37. keep us posted

I think Malloy is one of the best, if not the best one out there. I like Werbe, too.

I did hear part of MM's commnets on religion, and they seemed pretty tame and ACCURATE to me. The part I heard was how he didn't have a problem with religion by those who truly followed it. I think he mentioned Jimmy Carter, although I make take issue with that based on some past actions of Carter. But the point was that many religious types or Christian types don't actually follow Chirst's teachings or words.

I'd be interested in being kept up to date on MM. Thanks.

[Bushfire]

38. Why isn't anyone asking Guy James or TBTM

about what they might now?

[twilight]

40. kick!

:dem: :kick: