Peggy Shannon |
KOGO 610 AM radio personality is in the hot seat for making
comments about the appearance of the latest Bob Filner accuser to come forward.
According ABC10 News, during his Thursday "Voice of Merrill" Show, KOGO
radio host Chris Merrill said he would not be making fun of 67-year-old Peggy
Shannon's appearance, which was then followed by a list of names he read
on-air.
"Can you imagine Bob Filner trying to get it on with
her, he spent all kinds of time trying to figure out which way she's facing,
it's not funny!" exclaimed Merrill on his show. "It does appear he
targeted pretty much everyone, I believed the disabled are the ones that are
pretty much left ... am I wrong?"
Chris Merrill |
The references to Shannon 's
appearance were discussed for several minutes during Merrill's four-hour long
program.
"This is not acceptable," saidShannon 's
attorney, Gloria Allred. "If he is willing to follow a Filner example of
hurting women because he can I think he needs to get educated."
"This is not acceptable," said
But Merrill said the comments he made were out of humor, not
hate. He says he won't apologize, though he says he may have gone over the
line.
"If I have any regret, it's that the people are not
focusing on Bob Filner, and that's what we should be focusing on," said
Merrill.
According to utsandiego.com, there is talk of a boycott and
at least one woman saying he should be fired after he explained on air that he
would not be using a host of terms to describe the accuser, some of which he
read, and then posted the list on KOGO's website.
As his show began Friday, Merrill quipped, "We're under
fire today. This could be it," then said he gets people calling for him to
be fired frequently.
Here is what Merrill put on KOGO's website.
Here they come. Get ready for the faux outrage and threats of boycott from people who don’t listen to the show. They are mad about a bit I did yesterday that discussed what we will NOT be saying about Filner's V16. People who sit high on their horse of self-righteousness are condemning me with the most colorful of descriptions: "fat, balding guy . . . who apparently doesn't own a mirror." However, like the high and mighty condemning Hooters, the critics are not customers. Threats are empty and comical. But, I appreciate threats. They get news. I have ZERO ad budget so any word of mouth I can get for the program is appreciated. Continue to read more
It's amazing what passes for "Talent" these days. This guy was funny as a heart attack in Kansas City, and get's promoted to San Diego.
ReplyDelete15 years ago he would have been lucky to be a board op (no offense to board ops).