Ted Nugent, "Mainstream" Racism, Fox and the Connecticut Hubbub

[Songbird]

JRC's (or DFM, or whatever the company's alphabet title is these days) Connecticut-cluster publisher Matt DeRienzo writes an editorial July 19 urging a local hole to un-invite Nugent, which didn't sit too well and generated feedback galore (311 comments): http://www.nhregister.com/articles/2013/07/19/opinion/doc51e9827f5056a328273080.txt

Then Matt writes an editorial the other day linking Nugent and the KKK/racism to Fox: http://nhregister.com/articles/2013/07/29/opinion/doc51f70217192fd096312627.txt#comment-982916621

That didn't sit too well, either, so today Matt writes a mea culpa but O'Reilly ran with it and planned to have a spirited debate tonight: http://www.nhregister.com/articles/2013/07/31/opinion/doc51f995cc3a333682375150.txt

 

[AtticusFinch]

On a local note, I'm surprised a hipsterish locale like Toad's Place would be interested in a guy like Nugent...

 

[Bob_Jelloneck]

Sheesh, if I were still alive, Ted would be playing a private party for my backyard barbecue.

 

[Smallpotatoes]

Wasn't Nugent supposed to be in jail or dead by now?

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Wasn't Nugent supposed to be in jail or dead by now?

Point, Smallpotatoes.

 

[Songbird]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/01/new-haven-register-bill-oreilly-fox-news-kkk_n_3688703.html

 

[BYH]

Matt DeRienzo is more offensive to journalism than Ted Nugent is to everything.

 

[dooley_womack1]

Hey, beej, welcome back! I guess I'll be handing my posting crown back to you in a couple months.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

DeRienzo was the guy who complained to Romanesko about his criticism over the word "****s" in a headline. He's the one who whined that they hadn't cut copy editor jobs, they merely had given them a lot more work, so it wasn't management's fault.

http://jimromenesko.com/2012/05/23/****s-happens-in-downsized-newsrooms/

 

[Armchair_QB]

Why the **** does this matter anywhere outside of Connecticut?

 

[Songbird]

Well, it brought BYH back (do I win a prize?), and it's actually an interesting story and ... wait, what was the question again?

 

[Humungus]

[SIZE=1em]http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2013/08/01/mark-reardon-rocker-ted-nugent-2/[/SIZE]

Responding to his critics during an August 1 interviewwith Mark Reardon on NewsRadio 1120 KMOX, Nugent said he was "like a black Jew in Nuremburg 1938 and the Brownshirts can't stand me. So I'll just keep derailing their trains, shall we say."[/bold]

[SIZE=1em]yes, that's what it's like.[/SIZE]

 

[YankeeFan]

Well, it brought BYH back (do I win a prize?), and it's actually an interesting story and ... wait, what was the question again?

Fantasy football brought him back:

http://www.sportsjournalists.com/forum/posts/3645960/

 

[Songbird]

He came for fantasy football but stayed for the chance to hate DeRienzo. Win-Win for him.

 

[BYH]

Why the **** does this matter anywhere outside of Connecticut?

Because Connecticut matters more than the other 49 states combined, DUH.

 

[Armchair_QB]

Why the **** does this matter anywhere outside of Connecticut?

Because Connecticut matters more than the other 49 states combined, DUH.

Oh yeah, I forgot.

And welcome back, assclown. ;D

 

[dooley_womack1]

Well, it brought BYH back (do I win a prize?), and it's actually an interesting story and ... wait, what was the question again?

Fantasy football brought him back:

http://www.sportsjournalists.com/forum/posts/3645960/

Nobody gives a **** about his fantasy team.

 

[Smallpotatoes]

https://soundcloud.com/mike-in-raleigh/bat-****-crazy