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All I mean is that the station, as a whole, does not seem to embrace the board like some of the guys at 1000 do. Obviously, MJH get a lot of love here and they return it on air by mentioning the board and it's members on the air, and even adapted the popular "Ask Mac" threads to become a live segment on the show.
The overwhelming majority of Score talk on here is critical and "negative," which may be why this sort of incident has gotten so insanely ridiculous.
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I have not been a Score listener or a member of this board long enough to determine which is the chicken and which is the egg. All I know is that, despite the fact that the two entities cannot seem to get along at all, I support both WSCR and score670.com. I listen to the station every day and post here everyday.
I do not know the laws about slander and libel. I also do not know the whole backstory of this, because I do not listen to North under any cirumstance, and I do not monitor the section of his forum devoted to his show very closely.
I have listened to more than enough Pappy in my life, though. Not just on the radio, but at work, in stores, on the street and in bars. Pappy is the stereotypical embodyment of the macho biggot whom I try to avoid everyday of my life. I have no interest in what these people have to say. The only reason I harbor any extra resentment or distaste for Mike North is because he does not just speak from a bar stool, but has 50,000 watts of broadcast power to spew his ignorant thoughts and beliefs.
In my experience, the only way to deal with people like Mike North is to just completely ignore them and not get rankled by their comments. While he is entitled to his opinion and completely free to state it, you have to understand that the main reason he says such stupid things is exactly to garner a reaction like this. It is a type of "shock radio" where he intentionally crosses the line and pushes the envelope. Half of the listeners will agree with him and love it but half of the listeners will disagree and fight him on it, and it is that 50% who sign his paycheck for him.
While I agree with the people who want to put an end to his discussion of race relations, sexuality, politics and anything other than sports, I just do not think the way to do it is by fighting. It is bear-baiting. He has the advantage, as he has made a living being "controversial" and he is willing to go much farther than he needs to to prove his point, whereas most of the people here have much more at stake. Not only would the financial aspect take a much greater toll, but as TS mentioned, his daily life and the well being of his family is more important than proving his point. People like North get off on being right. It is machismo.
The day North stops making people angry is the day someone at the station might have the nuts to tell him to ditch all the political crap and go back to talking about sports.
Have you ever noticed his little dramas are never sports related? Noone ever gets this hung up on his equally moronic stance about Kyle Orton.
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