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Asnerâs wife says Ed treated unfairly by RW press
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 Hannityâs 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 donât want them to badger you," Asner said. Asner said she has voiced her complaints about what she considers to be her husbandâs 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. "Itâs 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. "Itâs 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 2004-06-05 |
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