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| Asner’s wife says Ed treated unfairly by RW press |
| 2004-06-05 |
| The wife of Hollywood actor and liberal activist Ed Asner addressed the conference, denouncing conservative talk radio in general and radio host Sean Hannity in particular. Cindy Asner told the audience during a question-and-answer session that she feels betrayed by some conservative talk radio hosts. Asner described how liberals have been lured in as guests on conservative programs only to have the hosts later turn on them and distort their comments. Hannity should know that those tactics are the intellectual property of 60 Minutes. "[The host] turns around and knifes you in the back," Asner said. Asner specifically singled out Hannity as not treating her husband fairly. "Ed goes on the air and then [afterward Hannity] invites the audience in and criticizes everything he says and then turns it completely around and before you know it, is all over the air with some impossible lie which is really detrimental to us," Asner said. After the panel discussion ended, Asner told CNSNews.com that all her husband desires is a "fair hearing" on Hannity’s program. "You want to be able to say your full say, not be interrupted, not have your mike turned down and then when you go off the air you don’t want them to badger you," Asner said. Asner said she has voiced her complaints about what she considers to be her husband’s mistreatment directly to Hannity and she said the radio talk show host "denies it." Asner could not readily explain the appeal or the success of conservative talk radio. "It’s not just a simple matter, it is a highly complex issue," she said. She also dismissed the notion of a "liberal bias" in the media. "It’s an absolute fallacy because they have to answer to their corporate bosses and they are all owned by corporations and the corporations are not liberals," she said. |
| Posted by:Super Hose |
| #4 So he attacks, gets his words shoved down his throat and his ass kicked, and he whines -- then he wants sympathy? And he puts his wife out front to mouth his weasling and whimpering? LOL! What a Wimp! Sean Hannity is hardcore & dogmatic, but he tells it like it is - bluntly. |
| Posted by: .com 2004-06-05 2:27:35 PM |
| #3 'Interesting' in that Cindy Asner failed to mention a specific example of a 'distorted comment', which roughly translates to 'it hurts to get kicked in the nuts'. Here's some duct tape for your mouth, honey... |
| Posted by: Raj 2004-06-05 2:23:04 PM |
| #2 Gee, Ed. That's awful. Eight months after you tell talk show host Mike Gallegher "Hannity is next!", Hannity ambushes you. Other quote from that very interniew: ''Hannity's next,'' said Asner. ''We're going after him just like we went after Limbaugh. And you saw what happened to Rush this week, right?'' Or: Question: ...But if you had the chance to play the biographical story of a historical figure you respected most over your lifetime, who would it be?" "I think Joe Stalin was a guy that was hugely misunderstood," said Asner. "And to this day, I don't think I have ever seen an adequate job done of telling the story of Joe Stalin, so I guess my answer would have to be Joe Stalin." Ed, you're nothing but a leftist, leftover tampon. It's time for you to grow up, shut up and go into exile somewhere you will be respected. |
| Posted by: badanov 2004-06-05 2:18:12 PM |
| #1 Oh waaaah!.....Pussy. |
| Posted by: whitecollar redneck 2004-06-05 2:05:19 PM |