[lbo-talk] Mike Malloy, IE Radio

[gboozell at juno.com]

Mike Malloy used to be the late
night talk show host on Chicago's
Disney-owned, WLS a few years back.
He was about the only liberal talk show
host they featured regularly.  It was
fun to hear Malloy deride the "flying
monkey right" on a nightly basis.  Once
and awhile he would also interview liberal
or leftish guests on trade policy,
labor or health care issues.  I think
Disney sacked him once his rhetoric drifted
too far from the corporate line.

At the National Conference on Media Reform
held last November, questions to 
John Sweeny and labor leaders 
on the UAW-owned IE Radio Network were met
with indifferent or ignorant responses.  Most
of the top leadership of the AFL look to corporate
media to tell their story.  Small wonder they're
getting their asses kicked.

Greg Boozell
gboozell at juno.com