[Wpfw-lsb] Fwd: [dc--radio-coop] hate tv

[Luzette King]

Ray,

Thank you very much but I think WPFW is just one aspect
of mobilising doe political action.   What is the plan
of action presented to WPFW?

We should take a leaf out of Billy Ray's book.  Billy
Ray had an issue about the threat of independent taxi
drivers losing their livelihoods and he got moving.  He
formulated a plan of action and only used the airwaves
of WPFW to mobilize the taxi drivers for a DC Council
hearing.  I think WPFW did a very good job and such was
the response there was not enough seats to accomodate
the taxi drivers in the hall: over 250 turned up.  

This e-mail should have been informing us about a plan
of action for an event in the community to discuss how
best to deal with this matter.  I thought it
instructive to include this website which in some ways
describe the system with which I am most accustomed. 
This racist man, Kilroy, was removed instantly from the
BBC after his racist remarks.  
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/3388607.stm 

So rather than taking pot shots at WPFW use it as a
means to mobilise the community.  I anxiously await
information on what is being done in the community to
deal with MSNBC and their racists workers.

Luzette


On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 18:14:05 EST, AltExp at aol.com wrote:

Folks,
I hope this issue is taken up by us.
Ray W.
 
In a message dated 11/20/2004 8:04:32 AM Eastern
Standard Time, 
hakooom at hotmail.com writes:


  i couldn't believe this, CAIRand American Muslims for 
  Jerusalem would be glad to talk to reporters about
this, the problem is 
  no one at wpfw probably even cares. i relay this
information in hopes that may 
  be it will help some grasp the importance of mediums
like wpfw to the arab 
  comunitee.
   
  PALESTINIANS CALLED ‘FILTHY ANIMALS’ ON MSNBC’S 
  ‘IMUS’Muslims urged to demand apology for hate-filled
remarks
   
  Imus’ November 12th program in which he and his 
  on-aircolleagues engaged in the following discussion
about live coverage 
  ofPalestinian President Yasser Arafat’s funeral:DON
IMUS: They’re 
  (the Palestinians) eating dirt and that fat pig wife
of his isliving in 
  Paris.COLLEAGUE: They’re all brainwashed, though.
That’s what it is. 
  And they’restupid, to begin with, but they’re
brainwashed now. Stinking 
  animals. They oughtto drop the bomb right there, kill
‘em all right 
  now
IMUS: Well, the problem is we have (reporter)
Andrea (Mitchell) 
  there; we don’twant anything to happen to
her.COLLEAGUE: Oh, she’s 
  got to get out. Andrea, get out and then drop the
bomb andkill 
  everybody
COLLEAGUE: Look at this. Animals. Animals!
  AMJ joined CAIR today in demanding an apology from 
  MSNBC.(WASHINGTON, D.C., 11/18/04) – CAIR today
called on American 
  Muslims and otherpeople of conscience to contact the
MSNBC cable 
  television network to demand anapology for comments
made on its “Imus in 
  the Morning” program that referred toPalestinians as
“filthy animals” and 
  suggested that they all be killed.The Council on
American-Islamic 
  Relations also asked that the program’s host,Don
Imus, be reprimanded for 
  failing to challenge his colleagues’
inflammatoryremarks. 
  In a letter to MSNBC President Neal Shapiro, CAIR
stated: “We 
  are firmdefenders of the First Amendment, but these
hate-filled and racist 
  remarks canonly serve to legitimize anti-Muslim and
anti-Arab bigotry in 
  our society andcould lead to further discrimination
against members of the 
  Islamic andArab-American communities.” (CAIR also
filed a complaint with 
  the FCC because“Imus in the Morning” is a
nationally-syndicated radio 
  program.)This is not the first time Imus has been
involved in a 
  controversy overanti-Arab and Islamophobic remarks.
As early as 1985, he 
  was forced to apologizefor referring to Arabs as
“goat-humping weasels.” 
  (Sunday Mail, 4/21/85) He hasalso been criticized for
using the derogatory 
  term “raghead.” (Accuracy inMedia) In a reference to
the crash of an 
  Iranian airliner earlier this year thatkilled 43
passengers, Imus said, 
  “When I hear stories like that, I think whocares.” He
then stated: “Too 
  bad it wasn't full of Saudi Arabians.”
(NationalIranian American 
  Council)Earlier this year, CAIR announced a campaign
designed to 
  counter hate speech ontalk radio. The campaign,
called “Hate Hurts 
  America,” is based on the premisethat the increasing
attacks on Islam by 
  talk show hosts harm the United Statesby creating a
downward spiral of 
  interfaith mistrust and hostility. As part ofthat
campaign, Muslims were 
  given step-by-step instructions on how to
monitorlocal and syndicated 
  radio programs, report anti-Muslim hate, file
FCCcomplaints, and contact 
  advertisers to register their concerns.SEE:
   http://www.cair-net.org/hatehurtsamerica/Reports 
  of anti-Muslim hate may be filed
at:http://www.cair-net.org/hatehurtsamerica/hatewatch.aspTo 
  learn “How to Challenge Anti-Muslim Hate on the
Radio,” go
to:http://www.cair-net.org/hatehurtsamerica/hatehurtsamerica.asp?page=challengeradio

 

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