On July 25th, the Council on American-Islamic Relations demanded that I be “punished” for my on-air statements regarding Islam and its tragic connections to terrorism. Three days later, 630 WMAL and ABC Radio suspended me without pay for comments deemed “hate radio” by CAIR.
CAIR immediately announced that my punishment was insufficient and demanded I be fired. ABC Radio and 630 WMAL have now complied. I have now been fired for making the specific comments CAIR deemed “offensive,” and for refusing to retract those statements in a management-mandated, on-air apology….I refused. And for that refusal, I have been fired. (Source)
I support Michael Graham but disagree with the implication that his First Amendment rights were violated. The amendment protects citizens from government suppression of speech. It’s a “debate” I’ve had with people who actually thought they had a right to comment on this blog. Sounds ridiculous, doesn’t it? Most got it, but some were too dimwitted to grasp the concept.
ABC Radio is a private entity and within its rights to fire Graham for “cause,” however it’s stipulated in the employment contract. I do think ABC’s actions are un-American and cowardly. To capitulate to this group, especially an Islamic organization, while we’re in the middle of a war with Islamofascists, is detestable.
Imagine it’s 1941 or thereabouts, and a CAIR-like group of Americans of German descent dared to control “anti-German” speech like this. What would have happened to the group? I’ll have much more to say on Graham’s firing later.
Others blogging: Radio Equalizer, HCS’s and Gen’s Place, Booker Rising, Tel-Chai Nation…
Related post: Radio Talk Show Host Michael Graham Suspended
Also see Graham’s web site.
Update: Paul Mirengoff:
It seems to me that WMAL unwisely has knuckled under to pressure exerted by a group, members of which have themselves been linked to terrorism, and whose top officials reportedly have expressed the desire that Islam be the “highest authority” in of the United States.
Well, what do you know? The professor agrees with me.
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