We disagree. I don’t hear Leo asking many questions. I do hear him calling people names and accusing them of being criminals.

There is a reason why Leo has few listeners and no advertisers. He adds little to the debate.

However, I’m glad you had a positive experience with him and shared it with my readers. Thanks for doing that.

To the subject at hand…
I have known mr nadeau for a few years. Kinda.

I had him as a sub in high school a few times, one time for in school suspension (got caught doin a school prank)

I’m not here to voice opinions about him or his beliefs…what i will say is talking with him changed my life. Whether he is right or wrong, politically correct or insensitive isnt the issue. The issue is he asks questions.

Now i ask questions.

i dont always agree with what he says, but i understand why he says it. He talks to a lot of people, in a lot of different places. I am sure anyone with his knowledge would say the same.

Ok, so it was disrespectful to call the pope a nazi.
But did he get anyone killed for it?
How come we arent yelling at the pope for angering the muslim community and creating such a mess where a nun is murdered and churches burned.

And paul, The first amendment is not a God given right.

I agree with you tho, keep him on the air, and get a counter show.

People need to hear both sides of an argument before making a decision or opinion. Whether it is the 9/11 conspiracy, Iraqi war, illegal aliens, or even the this.

This God given right allows discourse. I do not agree with LA Steele. I agree with many of the comments concerning his show as posted here. However, he does have that same God given right to express his views. Remember Mike Flint? I loved his show, as did many others. There were also a lot of people in the Q103 listening area that thought he was the southbound end of a northbound horse. Welcome to America; if you don’t like Steele and his views: turn it off. Or, better yet, tune in to hear what the leftists in this country view as the correct world order.

I vote to keep him on the air, and hopefully, someone from the other sides of the poltitical spectrum will get their airtime, as well.

I know Leo is thinking that I want to censor him, but if he wants to start his own radio station or newspaper he is welcome to do so. And he can put his hate speech on his existing website.

But responsible media outlets have no obligation to give him a platform. Remaining silent just because he has few listeners isn’t an option for me. An important principle is at stake here.

“As long as community broadcasting standards are not breached…profanity, sexual content, etc…its is Leo right, and WQQQ’S charge by the FCC to present diverse progamming!”

But I do feel the mainstream media is sorely lacking in differing viewpoints!!!

Marshall

Thanks fo your kind words about The Journal. I agree diverse views need to be heard. And the view that the Pope’s comments were uncalled-for and hurtful deserves to be heard. But this is the kind of viscious name-calling that adds nothing to the debate. As such, I would not allow it on my radio station. We certainly would not print it in our newspaper. If we did we would incur the wrath of advertisers and readers (and rightfully so). But for some reason, few people care about Leo. Perhaps it’s because of the old maxim “If a tree falls in the forest …”.

It might be hard to remember, but even privately owned radio station, WQQQ FM, are Licenced to operate and serve local communities. Local talk shows used to be a part of almosts all stations. In todays radio world, very few independent, local stations exist. Very little local programming exisits.

As much as Leo might infuriate you, as much as you might disagree with him, it is percisly the vision of public media, to present differing views, howeeeeever objectionable those views might be to you or anyone else.

Leo and Lilia host a show they produce on CATV 6, I don’t agree with alot of what Leo says, but, I agree with his right to say it!

As long as community broadcasting standards are not breached…profanity, sexual content, etc…its is Leo right, and WQQQ’S charge by the FCC to present diverse progamming!

My charge by the Public Service Commision in Connecticut, is to present to the public, unedited, what is presented to me to play. As long as it meets the standards that the Cable Advisory Board (a local board), it runs unedited!

There should be more, quite frankly, shows on mainstream broadcasting that offer differing views! There is always the option to not turn it on!!!

So my advise Terry…next Tuesday night, put on robinhoodradio.com instead at home, or put a CD in the player in the car!

A show listenership is what determins if it stays on-air in mainstream broadcasting. Just don’t make the mistake of banning someone from the air because you think they are bad…as free people, we deserve better than that.

PS…by the way…I totaly disagree with the Tin horm Zionist comment…I can say I have never seen you or Janet with a Tin Horn!!

Keep up the great work, and continued much success to the Journal, its a terriffic asset to the community…a local, independent, locally owned paper, we are lucky to have it here.

Marshall