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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.

Audio: New radio ad casts Bush, Coleman as ‘peas in a pod’

By Paul Schmelzer | 04.17.08 | 10:40 am

As we’ve said before, McCain = Bush is sure to be a recurring equation used by Democrats and their supporters in the run-up to November, but a new radio campaign by Americans…

Par, The Patriot and Happy White Males

By Paul Schmelzer | 08.10.07 | 7:23 am

On The Patriot’s ratings slump: The new Arbitron ratings for local radio are out, and The Rake’s Brian Lambert notes that “deep wing nut radio, WWTC AM 1280, aka, ‘Patriot’ lost about half its

Media Monitor: May 8

By Paul Schmelzer | 05.08.07 | 8:26 am

“Not a smart move.” That’s what the president of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists said yesterday morning of the Star Tribune’s plan to get columnists to switch to reporting. Mike Argento, also a columnist for the York Daily…