GLAAD Angry About Westboro Radio Deal (Given nationally syndicated show not to picket funeral)

[WillParkinson]

GLAAD Angry About Westboro Radio Deal

The Westboro Baptist Church has agreed not to picket the funeral of the federal judge murdered in Saturday's massacre in Arizona. In return, a nationally syndicated radio show will give Westboro airtime to broadcast their repulsive message. GLAAD wants the deal called off.

This week Westboro has reacted to the tragedy in Tucson with messages like "God Sent the Shooter." Giving airtime to this malicious group is like negotiating with terrorists. Except in this case, Westboro is being incentivized by being provided with an outlet to broadcast their hate to thousands of others. While countless radio stations and media outlets around the country are properly paying tribute to the fallen and taking a serious look at the tragedy in Tucson, KXXT-AM and CFNY-FM have decided to renege on their responsibility as broadcasters by rewarding one of the most anti-American groups in the country. Make your voice heard. Tell KXXT-AM and CFNY-FM that rewarding hateful behavior doesn’t work and demand that they immediately rescind their offer of airtime to the Westboro Baptist Church.

http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2011/01/glaad-angry-about-westboro-radio-deal.html

[SidDithers]

1. Whatever is broadcast from CFNY (The Edge 102.1) in Toronto...

Is not going to find much of a receptive audience. CFNY, though they haven't really called themselves that in probably 15 years, is Toronto's indie rock/ new music station. It's listeners are mostly young and overwhelmingly liberal. I suspect reaction is going to be mostly "who the fuck are these idiots, and where's the latest from Linkin Park?"

Sid

[digitaln3rd]

2. Exactly.

I'm surprised - I listen to the station a lot while I work. I don't even know what they're going to do with them, aside from maybe a gag on the morning show. I can't see it as being a very sympathetic outlet.

[Bluenorthwest]

3. Seems the owners, who know their market, expect no adverse

reaction from this broadcast, they seem to think it will not harm their business in any way. So the sort of liberal who will listen and shrug it off is the kind I'm sick of, because in the end, they are just like conservatives.
This is wrong.
http://canada.justice.gc.ca/eng/pi/rs/rep-rap/1995/wd95_11-dt95_11/p3_5.html
http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc3=&id=109456
Anti Gay hate crimes doubled in Canada in 2008-
http://www.vancouversun.com/life/Hate+crimes+against+gays+doubled+Canada/3155968/story.html

2009 attack on Chris Skinner-http://www.xtra.ca/public/National/Gay_man_murdered_in_downtown_Toronto-7665.aspx

[pschoeb]

4. KXXT-AM is a Christian Station in Phoenix

So that sucks, but I guess we should just ignore that