Radio Host Fired For Kennedy Murder Quip

[RamboLiberal]

Source: CBS News/AP

Pittsburgh-area sports radio host Mark Madden has been permanently taken off the air by ESPN.

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has quoted Madden as saying he had hoped Sen. Edward Kennedy "would live long enough to be assassinated." The Massachusetts Democrat has a brain tumor.

Madden made the remark during his show Wednesday. The show has aired weekdays from 3 to 7 p.m. on 1250 ESPN. Madden was last heard on the air Thursday, the day before his comments appeared in the Post-Gazette.

ESPN spokesman Josh Krulewitz says the network removed Madden from the air "pursuant to our contractual rights." He says the comment was inappropriate and that ESPN and Madden had apologized to listeners.


Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/05/28/national/main4131673.shtml

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Pic of the slob.

[lisa58]

1. asshole

[TomInTib]

2. Couldn't have happened to a more deserving asshole.

Good fucking riddance, prick.

[hisownpetard]

8. Tom, why don't you say what you really feel instead of sugar-coating it?

:hi:

Edited to add: And, yeah, I totally agree.

[TomInTib]

11. Because that's just the kind of guy that I am.

Goodness and light, y'know.

Far be it for me to be judgmental and crude.

I am waaaay too meek and mild for that.

[Tesha]

31. He'll be back. These kinds of guys are always "disappeared" for a while, but...

they're big-time moneymakers for their stations so
they always end up resurfacing somewhere. Opus and
Andy, Don Imus, etc.

Tesha

[fascisthunter]

3. Watch Sinclair Hire Him

They love fascists

[RamboLiberal]

6. I'm betting Fox Sports Radio Network in Pgh hires him

The slob has his fans and had the highest rated sports show in Pittsburgh. Amazing how many of his jerk listeners are defending him today and ticked at the newspaper sports reporter who had the integrity to expose the slob.

[fascisthunter]

7. Stupid People Who Know Nothing about Politics

but what other right wingers tell them. They live in a bubble and they are loyal to those providing with that "bubble".

I have never witness so much arrogance without substance when I turned on Sports Talk Radio here in Massachusetts. Jezus are they clueless.... but heck, try telling a meathead he's wrong... clueless.

[UpInArms]

18. or Clear Channel

the Mays family pigs from Texas that are bushfriends

http://www.partytown.com/cmp/nepotism.htm

It seems as though the millennium is turning into the "Age of Nepotism". From the White House, to Clear Channel, one can draw a family triangle of sorts tying top government officials with top media ownerships. For example, we have been forced to accept a second generation of Bush in the White House, who's brother was conincidentally involved with the election controversy as Govenor of Florida.

While President Bush now resides in Washington D.C., the nepotism continues, linking him with the largest commercial radio station group owner, Clear Channel Communications out of Texas. Lowry Mays, CEO of Clear Channel is very friendly with the Bush family, being a fellow Texan with a background in petroleum interests. Another link between Bush and Clear Channel exists between the deal that was made when Bush sold his interest in the professional baseball team, the Texas Rangers, to Tom Hicks, then CEO of AMFM Communications. Tom Hicks, of the leveraged buyout firm Hicks, Muse, Tate and Furst, has had substantial interests in the radio broadcast industry.

After the Telecommunications Act of 1996, Hicks combined radio companies (Chancellor Media) with his brother Steve Hicks (Capstar Broadcasting) forming AMFM. which was then aquired by Clear Channel Communications bringing in the Mays family. Lowry Mays, the patriarch is CEO of Clear Channel. His two sons, Mike and Randy are also closely tied in as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Clear Channel engulfed nearly 70 seperate radio groups across the United States. While on the campaign trail last year, FCC commissioner Michael Powell along with his infamous father General Colin Powell were being prepped for top offices under the hopeful Bush administration.

[Sequoia]

4. Ha, ha....twerp.

[hisownpetard]

9. Twerp!! God, I haven't heard that word in decades,

[Sequoia]

15. Hee, hee

Sometimes I'll say things and my 12 year old says, "No one uses those words anymore." I say, "I'm bringing them back."

[checks-n-balances]

25. LOL - "I'm bringing them back"!

:rofl:Thanks for the perfect retort to my child next time my child uses that on me. If I can remember it, that is.

Back to topic: I'm glad at least this one got fired. Besides being absolutely despicable, that dj makes it obvious that he's just a mindless copycat. I was afraid these kinds of remarks would happen. I hope the broadcasting industry shuns him, although I'm sure some bottom-feeder network will scrape him back off the bottom.

[Sequoia]

35. Maybe the Savage Show...two rotten peas in a pod.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

5. Good

Less pollution out there.

Now, from the looks of it, he'll go eat himself to death.

(Was that uncaring?)

[BlueManDude]

10. right wing sports radio is the worst.

[KansDem]

12. This wasn't the first time he was fired for tasteless comments...

Steelers/Hines Ward Controversy

On November 14, 2006, Madden reported that Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward was appearing at Ross Park Mall in Pittsbugh to sign autographs at BC Sports, and that tickets for one signature started at $175. <4>. Madden claims that the following day, Ward was extremely upset at the Steelers' media department because the segment portrayed Ward in a negative light. Madden claims that the Steelers called ESPN Radio 1250 to complain about the incident. <5>. Just a day after that, Madden was fired from the WTAE-TV Sunday evening sports program Action Sports Sunday as a result of Madden's on-air language (used the word 'jackass' during a broadcast). The team made the argument that they did not care for it, yet he contests that he has used similar language for years. The team allegedly threatened to cut off WTAE from access to Steelers for interviews if Madden was not removed. There has been some speculation about the incidents being connected by fans of Madden and, of course, by Madden himself. As a result of this and other incidents, Madden now refers to Ward as "Whines Hard" when discussing him on his radio show.

Wikipedia

on edit:
His notorious commentating role began in early 2000 during the company's ratings downfall and lean toward more adult content. This had him obnoxiously calling matches, favoring heels, lusting toward females, and arguing with his fellow commentators. Madden did, however, coin the term "Spinarooni" to describe Booker T's signature windmill move. This name has carried on for many years in various wrestling promotions.

Madden's role in the company was certainly not without its controversies; he was once suspended for calling Dallas Page "Leatherface," a harsh nickname he had acquired in the smark community, on air. Shortly before WCW dissolved in 2001, Madden was fired for making disparaging remarks about the company, lobbying for the return of the fired Scott Hall, and disclosing information about the sale of WCW. <1>

[dweller]

28. Madden did, however, coin the term "Spinarooni"

let me be the first to say, U R 'cannedoroni' Madden!


couldn't have happened to a nicer schmuck.
dp

[rfranklin]

13. This is not bad taste, it is criminal...

He was advocating the assassination of a US senator. That is a crime. He should be given a fair trial and then incarcerated for 20 to life.

[enough]

14. How different is this from what Liz Trotta said about Obama?

This is just a little more explicit I guess.

[superconnected]

17. I thought I was going to read that she was the one fired when I opened this thread.

[w4rma]

20. ESPN has more integrity than FOX. (nt)

[JI7]

21. Fox will probably hire this guy now

[superconnected]

16. Good move by the radio station!

[matt007]

19. Rush Radio New Orleans

We now have a RW super station with Limbaugh, Hannity, Levin, Beck, and our locals have been replaced by John Osterland. Every day they say things about poverty, they are blatantly racist.

I want all of these p.o.s's canned. They are a cancer.

Keep fighting Sen. Kennedy we love you

[burythehatchet]

22. He's not smiling, but you should see his tooth...

[Snarkoleptic]

23. K is for Karma.

[otohara]

24. Unfortunately Someone Else Will Hire This ASSHOLE

because he's been an asshole for a very long time and gets fired and hired.

His notorious commentating role began in early 2000 during the company's ratings downfall and lean toward more adult content. This had him obnoxiously calling matches, favoring heels, lusting toward females, and arguing with his fellow commentators. Madden did, however, coin the term "Spinarooni" to describe Booker T's signature windmill move. This name has carried on for many years in various wrestling promotions.

Madden's role in the company was certainly not without its controversies; he was once suspended for calling Dallas Page "Leatherface," a harsh nickname he had acquired in the smark community, on air. Shortly before WCW dissolved in 2001, Madden was fired for making disparaging remarks about the company, lobbying for the return of the fired Scott Hall, and disclosing information about the sale of WCW. <1>

Madden has also worked within mainstream sports journalism, including fifteen years at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, where he primarily covered high schools for the paper's suburban sections, as well as stints at the now-defunct Penguins Report and the weekly Pittsburgh City Paper. He subsequently appeared as a featured guest on Action Sports Sunday on WTAE-TV, a half-hour sports discussion show. The Post-Gazette reported on November 17, 2006 that WTAE-TV dropped Mark Madden as a freelance sports commentator on its Sunday night sports show. <2> Madden has been writing a weekly column called "Monday Madden" for the Beaver County Times since May 28, 2007.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Madden

[progetto]

30. just like that dick, Imus n/t

[THUNDER HANDS]

26. is that the same mark madden who used to do wrestling shows for WCW?

[Joe Bacon]

27. Ding Ding Ding! Give the winner a cigar!

Yes that is him. What is so sad is I remember when I lived in Pittsburgh over 30 years ago and radio was pretty cool with Art Pallan, Jack Bogut, Chilly Billy, O'Brien & Garry, Mike Levine, Chuck Brinkman and a certain little nebbish named Jeff Christie (google that name and see what comes up!)

[EFerrari]

29. Good. What a jerk. n/t

[Mad_Dem_X]

32. Yes - some justice!

One can only hope that the days of RW hate radio are numbered.

[Honeycombe8]

33. Good. Awful person. What a little toad. Ribbit ribbit. nt

[natrat]

34. good for espn

[wryter2000]

36. ESPN?

That asshole was on ESPN? What the f*** is wrong with them?

[RamboLiberal]

38. Local radio under ESPN banner

The local bosses kept giving the jerk a pass. It was corporate ESPN who decided they didn't want the jerk working under their banner.

[wryter2000]

42. Thanks for clarifying that n/t

n/t

[sonias]

37. Mark Madden is a stupid idiot

And I'm glad he got canned.

:grr:


Sonia

[CBHagman]

39. I sometimes wonder what hiring managers are thinking.

Then again, it's likely the guy wasn't wearing a picture of this on his chest with the caption "Self-portrait" when he applied for the job.

[orleans]

40. what a dickhead. looks like his career just got "assassinated" n/t

[John Kerry VonErich]

41. Back to wrestling for him.

Wonder if WWE is hiring?!?