*Rant: WaPo Misses Boat On Media Stories*- 3/9 -
Even though the Washington Post had a Paul Farhi-authored piece on its
website yesterday afternoon, I could not find anything in my print
Washington Post this morning on that NPR exec who slammed conservatives
in a sting from a bunch of righty activists posing as represenatives of
a Muslim education fund. The Post's web piece attracted more than 600
comments as of early Wednesday, but the Huffington Post's piece had more
than 3,700. You've got to wonder if the Post is missing the boat on a
number of media stories lately. Why not put the NPR sting story in the
print paper? And, why, last week, so little coverage - two sentences in
a gossip column - about the stormy resignation of the morning host of a
major DC radio station, WMAL, after allegations of pressure from Islamic
groups. On Tony Kornheiser's WTEM radio show earlier this week, a
discussion about corruption charges regarding DC's mayor soon turned to
the topic of why so many DC political stories are now broken by City
Paper and other local media outlets that are not the Washington Post.
Maybe something for that new Post ombudsman to ponder. More _Rants_
<http://www.dcrtv.com/rant.html>. Update: I'm told that the print Post
did run the NPR piece on page A2 in later Wednesday editions, but not in
the edition delivered to western Fairfax County.....
*Mrs. Fred On Hubby's MAL Resignation*- 3/8 - Catherine Mann, aka "Mrs.
Fred," presents her side at _dailycaller.com_
<http://www.dailycaller.com/2011/03/07/the-muzzling-of-mrs-fred/>. Her
husband, morning show host Fred Grandy, resigned from Citadel news
talker WMAL last week after he was told by management to take his wife
off the show. In her Friday appearances she often talked about radical
Muslim topics. In her piece, Mann refers to her "dismissal" even though
she was not an employee of the station. WMAL has since changed the name
of the show from "The Grandy Group" to "The Morning Majority." Update:
We're told that, while Mann was not an employee of WMAL, she did receive
payments from the station for her appearances.....
*Hayworth Replaces Grandy This Week On 630*- 3/7 - Former Arizona
Representative JD Hayworth will be filling-in for the departed Fred
Grandy all week on Citadel news talker WMAL (630 AM). As you've probably
heard, Grandy resigned last week after station management asked him to
take his wife, who appeared each Friday to trumpet anti-radical Muslim
causes - including her claim regarding the alleged expansion of Shariah
Law across the USA - off his morning show. He refused - and quit. Bryan
Nehman will continue to co-host as the station seeks a permanent
replacement for Grandy.....
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