San Francisco's CBS affiliate and the Chronicle have seen the 'blogswarm' over Spocko's fight against the hate-filled bigots on right-wing radio station KSFO. The coverage has been mostly fair to favorable of Spocko's quest to stop the endless stream of hate and bigotry that spews from the mouths of their 'personalities' such as Melanie Morgan.
CBS 5 did a wonderful story on Tuesday, here's their print story and the YouTube:
The SF Chronicle article states mainly the facts, though there is something interesting towards the bottom. Apparently the pressure is being felt by KSFO, so much so that they will interrupt their regularly scheduled programming tomorrow at 3pm EST to hold a 'town hall' to discuss what's going on. It might be to complain about losing advertisers or be more substantive. Based on what is emitted at the station in the past, I remain skeptical to how this will all play out. You can fire certain people but if the message of hate stays the same it won't make a difference.
KSFO's Program Director Ken Berry had this to say in the Chronicle:
In a statement Wednesday, KSFO program director Ken Berry said, "Many of the remarks attributed to KSFO on the Internet are old, lacking context and, in some cases, outright lies. When our hosts have stepped over the line, they have apologized and have been reprimanded."
Berry declined to specify Wednesday which remarks were old or lies or who was reprimanded. Instead, at noon Friday, KSFO will pre-empt regular programming to allow four KSFO personalities cited in Spocko's e-mails to answer questions on-air about the controversy from the public, bloggers and media. "I don't tell people what to say, but I do think there will be some mea culpas there," Berry said.
So you know, this will probably just be a half-ass PR event to quell anything in the community that may take them down.
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