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Fairness Doctrine? Obama Camp Hangs Up on Colorado AM Radio Host. Twice.

by wesley | 2:52 pm, September 15, 2008 | 3 Comments

 

Both Palin and Obama were shaking hands and kissing babies in Colorado today, so the 600 AM KCOL Morning Show attempted to contact both the McCain Camp and the Obama Camp to provide them the opportunity to communicate each candidate’s message in this Colorado leg of their campaign tours. 

Host Brad Jones speaks with Bill Riggs, spokesman for the RNC, about Governor Palin’s visit to Colorado and he states her talks today will discuss “her record of reform and shaking things up in Alaska” and “she’s going to be citing actual results.”  However, after trying to reach the Obama Colorado Press line all morning long and not having any of his calls returned, at the end of the final hour of the morning show, Brad calls them on air. 

First they put Brad on hold.  And then they Hung up on him.  Jennifer from the Obama Camp quickly called KCOL back and was unwilling to discuss Obama’s message to Colorado on the air.  She stated  “unfortunately we weren’t able to locate any of our surrogates today with Senator Obama being here in Grand Junction and in Pueblo” and she apologized that she wasn’t able to provide someone to speak on the air this morning.  When Brad asked her if the Obama Camp planned to let KCOL know that they didn’t have an available spokesman today, you guessed it, she hung up on him.  Again.  Tough crowd, Brad.  You made your best effort to let them get their message out. 

How is the traditional media supposed to do their job (well, what used to be their job) of providing a balanced perspective if some campaigns refuse to talk to them?

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  1.   Hot Air » Blog Archive » The Silence of the Lemmings
      September 16th, 2008 @ 12:52 pm

    [...] Obama’s campaign seems determined to cultivate a hostile relationship with potential critics, real and imagined.  After complaining loudly that talk radio doesn’t [...]

  2.   Heading Right! » Free Speech For Me But Not For Thee
      September 17th, 2008 @ 4:47 pm

    [...] to be just the beginning of the Barackian reign of terror.  Or so I am forced to conclude from the reaction of his campaign to a request from talk radio host Brad Jones of KCOL to provide program…: Host Brad Jones speaks with Bill Riggs, spokesman for the RNC, about Governor Palin’s visit to [...]

  3.   Michael
      September 18th, 2008 @ 11:00 pm

    Michelle Obama just blogged about her husband’s equal pay talk.
    Reporters have been trying to reach her ever since, because CBS reports her husband and Messiah pays His female employees 70 to 80 cents on the dollar for the same work, while McCain pays over a dollar. McCain also has 5 times as many female employees!
    Obama’s a SEXIST and a HYPOCRITE!
    LOL!

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