ABC Radio Fires Talk Show Host Michael Graham
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Washington, D.C. (AHN) - Michael Graham, the popular radio talk show host from Washington, D.C. has been fired by the ABC Radio Networks for comments linking Islam and terrorism.
Graham was broadcasting his program from WMAL until a few weeks ago when the Islamic organization Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) put pressure on the network to fire Graham after he made an analogy of the Boy Scouts compared to an Islam saying:
"If the Boy Scouts of America had 1,000 scout troops, and 10 of them practiced suicide bombings, then the BSA would be considered a terrorist organization," Graham says. "If the BSA refused to kick out those 10 troops, that would make the case even stronger. If people defending terror repeatedly turned to the Boy Scout handbook and found language that justified and defended murder and the scoutmasters in charge simply said 'Could be' the Boy Scouts would have driven out of America long ago."
Graham issued the following response to World Net Daily: "It appears that ABC Radio has caved to an organization that condemns talk radio hosts like me, but has never condemned Hamas, Hezbollah, and one that wouldn't specifically condemn al-Qaida for three months after 9-11.As a fan of talk radio, I find it absolutely outrageous that pressure from a special interest group like CAIR can result in the abandonment of free speech and open discourse on a talk radio show. As a conservative talk host whose job is to have an open, honest conversation each day with my listeners, I believe caving to this pressure is a disaster."
