Let the grovelling begin–or not?
Anti-Semitic remarks called in to a radio talk show and the host’s handling of them caused such an uproar in the Jewish community that the station management says it will no longer allow any calls in reference to religion.
Jewish listeners objected to calls made in to WENG 1530’s Morning Magazine, a daily show hosted by Rich Spedaliere. The program features interviews with local nonprofits, new businesses, political pundits and national personalities, according to the station’s website. Interaction with listeners plays a vital role, the website says.
On Sept. 16 and 17, the broadcast included anti-Semitic statements that went unchallenged by the host, according to Marty Haberer, associate executive director of the Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee.
Statements included Holocaust denial and references to supposed passages in the Talmud and Torah that the caller said promoted illegal, immoral acts against Gentile children.