to restrict Free Speech.

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David Freddoso attempted to appear on Milt Rosenberg’s WGN radio show
last night, and just as when Stanley Kurtz tried to talk on the same
show, the Barack Obama campaign organized a disruption of the show.
The campaign sent out an e-mail to supporters in the area sliming
Freddoso as an “extreme” hate monger, a “smear merchant”, and
attempted to silence him despite Rosenberg having an Obama surrogate
on the show:

"Chicago radio station WGN-AM is again coming under attack from the
presidential campaign of Sen. Barack Obama for offering airtime to a
controversial author.

It is the second time in recent weeks the station has been the target
of an “Obama Action Wire” alert to supporters of the Illinois
Democrat. …"

The Tribune-owned station was flooded with calls and e-mails about an
hour before an Aug. 27 interview with Stanley Kurtz, a conservative
writer who examined Obama’s ties to former 1960s radical William
Ayers.

A WGN producer said Monday night’s response was about the same as when
Kurtz was on the station.

Here’s the “Obama Action Wire” in its entirety:

"The author of the latest anti-Barack hit book is appearing on WGN
Radio in the Chicagoland market tonight, and your help is urgently
needed to make sure his baseless lies don’t gain credibility.
David Freddoso has made a career off dishonest, extreme hate
mongering, even calling legislation to protect people from hate crimes
the “Thought Police.”

And WGN apparently thinks this card-carrying member of the right-wing
smear machine needs a bigger platform for his lies and smears about
Barack Obama — on the public airwaves.

Freddoso will be on WGN tonight from 9:00 to 11:00 to promote his new
attack book against Barack.

Tell WGN that by providing Freddoso with airtime, they are
legitimizing baseless attacks from a smear merchant and lowering the
standards of political discourse.

Call into the “Extension 720? show with Milt Rosenberg at (312)
591-7200
(Show airs from 9:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. tonight)
Then report back on your call at
http://my.barackobama.com/WGNstandards

A couple weeks ago, we asked you to call into Rosenberg’s radio show
when he hosted unapologetic smear artist Stanley Kurtz’ incoherent
rantings about Barack and William Ayers.

And you responded. Rosenberg’s producer said the flood of calls and
emails the show received was the biggest response ever for something
like this.

Calling will only take a minute, and it will make a huge difference if
we show that our grassroots movement can go toe-to-toe with their
media smear machine.

Confront Freddoso tonight before this goes any further:
http://my.barackobama.com/WGNstandards

Please forward this email to everyone you know who can make a call
tonight.

Keep fighting the good fight,

Obama Action Wire"

Who is Freddoso, anyway? David Freddoso had the temerity to commit
actual journalism in investigating Barack Obama’s record in public
life. That resulted in his book, The Case Against Barack Obama, which
has apparently angered The One to the point where he believes Freddoso
shouldn’t get a chance to speak in public. Like with Kurtz, who
committed the sin of journalism in attempting to get the records of
the Chicago Annenberg Challenge released, Obama has spewed invective
at Freddoso for daring to dissent in print.

Where is the rest of the media on this? It’s the second time in three
weeks that the campaign itself has organized a brute squad to
intimidate journalists into silence. This kind of insane, hysterical
reaction to criticism is apparently what we can expect from an Obama
administration, and the rest of the media seems content to allow it.

Hope. Change. Nuance.

Hero In A Half Shell wrote:
to restrict Free Speech.

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David Freddoso attempted to appear on Milt Rosenberg’s WGN radio show
last night, and just as when Stanley Kurtz tried to talk on the same
show, the Barack Obama campaign organized a disruption of the show.
The campaign sent out an e-mail to supporters in the area sliming
Freddoso as an “extreme” hate monger, a “smear merchant”, and
attempted to silence him despite Rosenberg having an Obama surrogate
on the show.


Good deal. Glad to see at least some of the right-wing slime mongers are
getting the treatment they so richly deserve. Freddoso is nothing more
than a lying hack who works for the "new" National Review, the
publication founded by Bill Buckley, Jr. When Buckley was actively
involved in the magazine, it was a publication of the responsible,
thinking conservative movement. That movement, and NR, have long been dead.

On Sep 17, 6:55 am, A Boater wrote:
Hero In A Half Shell wrote:

to restrict Free Speech.

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David Freddoso attempted to appear on Milt Rosenberg’s WGN radio show
last night, and just as when Stanley Kurtz tried to talk on the same
show, the Barack Obama campaign organized a disruption of the show.
The campaign sent out an e-mail to supporters in the area sliming
Freddoso as an “extreme” hate monger, a “smear merchant”, and
attempted to silence him despite Rosenberg having an Obama surrogate
on the show.

Good deal. Glad to see at least some of the right-wing slime mongers are
getting the treatment they so richly deserve. Freddoso is nothing more
than a lying hack who works for the "new" National Review, the
publication founded by Bill Buckley, Jr. When Buckley was actively
involved in the magazine, it was a publication of the responsible,
thinking conservative movement. That movement, and NR, have long been dead.

At least Harry admits to wanting censorship. Most libs really hate
freedom of expression unless it is some expression they agree with.