Post by Swamp Gas on Oct 16, 2006 13:14:53 GMT -5
www.infowars.com/articles/sept11/maher_attacks_sheen_on_911.htm
Oh yes, Bill, you are are man with real backbone.....Maybe you should have a cross-fire show with Dennis Miller
you Neo-Con Whore...
tv.zap2it.com/tveditorial/tve_main/1,1002,271|70641|1|,00.html
Maher Apologizes for 'Cowardly' Remarks
Tuesday, September 18, 2001
10:00 PM PT
"Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher's" host issued an apology to viewers on Wednesday for his Monday night comments in which the late night talk show host called some of the U.S. military's actions "cowardly." The comments caused advertisers Fed Ex and Sears, Roebuck and Co. to withdraw from the program.
"In no way was I intending to say, nor have I ever thought, that the men and women who defend our nation in uniform are anything but courageous and valiant, and I offer my apologies to anyone who took it wrong," says Maher, according to Reuters.
During Monday night's show, Maher contrasted the U.S. military actions to those taken by attackers who flew hijacked plans into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon last Tuesday (Sept. 11), which President Bush called "cowardly acts."
"We have been the cowards lobbing cruise missiles from 2,000 miles away," said Maher. "That's cowardly."
"Staying in the airplane when it hits the building, say what you want about it, it's not cowardly."
FedEx Corp. and Sears, Roebuck and Co., cancelled advertisements on the show, with both companies saying they received complaints regarding Maher's comments. Maher says his criticism of U.S. military actions "was meant for politicians who, fearing public reaction, have not allowed our military to do the job they are obviously ready, willing and able to do, and who now will, I'm certain, as they always have, get it done."
FedEx says that it has pulled a number of TV and radio ads since the Sept. 11 attacks, which destroyed New York's World Trade Center and damaged part of the Pentagon in Washington, D.C.
Supporting Maher, ABC calls "Politically Incorrect," "a show that celebrates freedom of speech and encourages the animated exchange of ideas and opinions. While we remain sensitive to the current climate following last week's tragedy ... there needs to remain a forum for the expression of our nation's diverse opinions."
A spokeswoman for Sears, the nation's fourth-largest retailer, says the company is standing by its position.
"Bill and his guests have every right to voice their freedom of speech, and we applaud that," says Sears spokeswoman Lee Antonio. "However, we have the right to air our broadcast advertising where we feel it's appropriate to reach out to our customers."
Maher is expected to address the issue again on his show Wednesday night.
Oh yes, Bill, you are are man with real backbone.....Maybe you should have a cross-fire show with Dennis Miller
you Neo-Con Whore...
tv.zap2it.com/tveditorial/tve_main/1,1002,271|70641|1|,00.html
Maher Apologizes for 'Cowardly' Remarks
Tuesday, September 18, 2001
10:00 PM PT
"Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher's" host issued an apology to viewers on Wednesday for his Monday night comments in which the late night talk show host called some of the U.S. military's actions "cowardly." The comments caused advertisers Fed Ex and Sears, Roebuck and Co. to withdraw from the program.
"In no way was I intending to say, nor have I ever thought, that the men and women who defend our nation in uniform are anything but courageous and valiant, and I offer my apologies to anyone who took it wrong," says Maher, according to Reuters.
During Monday night's show, Maher contrasted the U.S. military actions to those taken by attackers who flew hijacked plans into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon last Tuesday (Sept. 11), which President Bush called "cowardly acts."
"We have been the cowards lobbing cruise missiles from 2,000 miles away," said Maher. "That's cowardly."
"Staying in the airplane when it hits the building, say what you want about it, it's not cowardly."
FedEx Corp. and Sears, Roebuck and Co., cancelled advertisements on the show, with both companies saying they received complaints regarding Maher's comments. Maher says his criticism of U.S. military actions "was meant for politicians who, fearing public reaction, have not allowed our military to do the job they are obviously ready, willing and able to do, and who now will, I'm certain, as they always have, get it done."
FedEx says that it has pulled a number of TV and radio ads since the Sept. 11 attacks, which destroyed New York's World Trade Center and damaged part of the Pentagon in Washington, D.C.
Supporting Maher, ABC calls "Politically Incorrect," "a show that celebrates freedom of speech and encourages the animated exchange of ideas and opinions. While we remain sensitive to the current climate following last week's tragedy ... there needs to remain a forum for the expression of our nation's diverse opinions."
A spokeswoman for Sears, the nation's fourth-largest retailer, says the company is standing by its position.
"Bill and his guests have every right to voice their freedom of speech, and we applaud that," says Sears spokeswoman Lee Antonio. "However, we have the right to air our broadcast advertising where we feel it's appropriate to reach out to our customers."
Maher is expected to address the issue again on his show Wednesday night.