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Ellison: Juan Williams ‘dishonored his legacy’ with remark about Muslims

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By Andy Birkey | 10.25.10 | 6:30 am

Rep. Keith Ellison weighed in late last week on the controversy surrounding the firing of National Public Radio’s Juan Williams after he told Fox’s Bill O’Reilly that he gets “worried” and “nervous” when he sees people in Muslim garb get on an airplane. Williams dishonored his own legacy, especially his work on the “Eyes on the Prize” documentary on the civil rights era, Ellison said, calling Williams’ remarks “ugly” and “bigoted.”

MSNBC takes on Bachmann, Palin

By Andy Birkey | 04.08.10 | 11:59 am

Immediately following yesterday’s rally with Rep. Michele Bachmann and Sarah Palin, two MSNBC hosts targeted the conservative duo. Minnesota-based host Ed Schultz brought on Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak and Bachmann’s opponent,…

AM 950 mostly unaffected by Air America’s demise

By Chris Steller | 01.21.10 | 4:53 pm

AM 950, Minnesota’s progressive talk radio station, won’t be impacted by national distributor Air America filing Chapter 7 bankruptcy Thursday. Only one weekday show and a handful of weekend programs come to KTNF-AM via Air America.

Can Ed Schultz follow Al Franken’s footsteps from radio to Senate?

By Chris Steller | 01.06.10 | 10:25 am

Al Franken paved the way. Has progressive talk radio become the Democratic Party’s new farm league for the U.S. Senate? Maybe so, if the chatter about Ed Schultz running to replace North Dakota’s retiring Byron Dorgan turns out to…

Walz on Quist terrorism comments: ‘Poisonous, spiteful, incredibly distasteful’

By Andy Birkey | 01.06.10 | 8:34 am

Rep. Tim Walz appeared on the Ed Schultz Show on MSNBC Tuesday night to respond to opponent Allen Quist’s comments that the “battle” against Democrats is bigger than fighting terrorism. Walz called the comments “poisonous, spiteful [and] incredibly distasteful,” and said “it poisons the dialogue” over public policy differences.

National media watch local Bachmann watchers

By Chris Steller | 11.30.09 | 9:57 am

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Politico features DumpBachmann as a standout “hater” site, and Ed Schultz chews over City Pages’ Michele Bachmann issue on his MSNBC show.

Bachmann ‘hearing voices’ other than God’s, says top Dem

By Chris Steller | 09.02.09 | 1:38 pm

U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann’s talk of stopping health care reform by fasting, praying and wrist-slitting has prompted not only lefty pundits but a top Democratic colleague to question what’s going on between her ears. Jim Oberstar, chairman of…

Ellison on Bachmann imam flap: ‘Psycho talk’

By Andy Birkey | 04.16.09 | 8:01 pm

bachmann2Rep. Keith Ellison responded to a statement made by Rep. Michele Bachmann last week, when she said the so-called “flying imams” visited Minneapolis in 2006 to attend his election victory…

In Air America radio interview, Franken sees himself in Senate seat soon

By Chris Steller | 02.20.09 | 1:16 pm

Al Franken returns this weekend to Air America, the politically progressive national network on which he hosted a radio program before launching his campaign for U.S. Senate, in an interview with Air America president Mark Green on the show “7 Days in…