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Hoyer criticizes Bachmann for downplaying Tea Party invectives

By Andy Birkey | 04.13.10 | 4:03 pm

Minnesota figured big in a press conference with House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., on Tuesday. The senior lawmaker called out Minnesota radio host Chris Baker of KTLK and Rep. Michele Bachmann for statements they made at last week’s campaign…

Bachmann: If health reform passes, Americans could sue

By Andy Birkey | 03.15.10 | 3:18 pm

bachmanngodamericaRep. Michele Bachmann appeared on the air with talk radio host Chris Baker on Friday to speak out against health care reform. Bachmann said that if the House used the “self-executing route” to pass the Senate version…

Bachmann: ‘Imperial’ Obama and his czars are ‘destroying capitalism’

By Paul Schmelzer | 06.12.09 | 10:07 am

Referring to the 6th District Republican as a “lightning rod for leftist hate,” KTLK’s Chris Baker welcomed Michele Bachmann to his radio show Thursday morning. She accused Barack Obama of using the bank bailout fund as his “slush fund,” said…

The craziest interview in American politics? Michele Bachmann

By Andy Birkey | 02.18.09 | 10:54 pm

So says MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann. He spent seven minutes fact-checking Republican U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann’s recent interview with KTLK’s Chris Baker. Olbermann pulls in Chris Hayes from The Nation to add some analysis to the…

Bachmann’s statements on stimulus raise a few eyebrows

By Andy Birkey | 02.17.09 | 2:05 pm

Rep. Michele Bachmann’s ranting has the blog world buzzing yet again this week. In an appearance with KTLK’s Chris Baker, the Minnesota Republican said, “We’re running out of rich people in this country.” She said she thinks Obama will lower the “rich” threshold to couples making $65,000 a year. The Washington Monthly’s Steve Benen went through her comments line by line and found some false, albeit interesting, ideas held by Minnesota’s most conservative member of Congress.

Shock-jock Baker: Media to blame in murder of transgender person

By Paul Schmelzer | 11.19.08 | 11:29 am

KTLK radio’s Chris Baker followed up his Nov. 14 comments about a transgender person being a “mutilated lesbian” with a tirade in which he blames the media — and transgender people themselves — for the murder of Latiesha Green in Syracuse, New York. He says “a majority of the blame does not lie with” the killer, but with the media who “enable people who need serious psychological counseling.” Now activists from Soulforce Q are trying to get on Baker’s show to discuss the issues.

KTLK’s Baker calls transgender man ‘mutilated lesbian’

By Paul Schmelzer | 11.17.08 | 11:56 am

The day before protests nationally and locally against Proposition 8, the California constitutional amendment that bans gay marriage, right-wing radio host Chris Baker took to the airwaves to call a transgender man a “mutilated lesbian.”

KTLK’s Baker: Obama’s a ‘little bitch’ who ‘won’t stand up to a smoking hot chick,’ Palin

By Paul Schmelzer | 10.07.08 | 3:04 pm

Chris Baker (still) desperately wants you to notice him, and apparently it’s working. Frequently featured at MnIndy, the rightwing KTLK radio host was also included in MSNBC’s “Worst Person in the World” segment yesterday for…

Beavis, Butthead and Baker: KTLK hosts opine on Palin’s hotness, panty lines

By Paul Schmelzer | 10.07.08 | 11:29 am


Remember Beavis and Butthead? With their voices in mind, read this exchange about Sarah Palin between KTLK’s Chris Baker and Langdon Perry, broadcast Oct. 3 on the public airwaves during Baker’s radio show:

KTLK host Chris Baker: ‘I’m not that excited about women voting’

By Paul Demko | 10.03.08 | 10:20 am

Chris Baker desperately wants attention. It’s rather sad and pathetic. So we probably shouldn’t do him the favor. But given that Baker somehow commands four hours of air time each weekday in the Twin Cities market, it’s worth…