More on Jay Severin
Sunday May 9, 2004
I mentioned a few days ago about how complaint have been made against radio host Jay Severin for suggesting that all Muslims be killed. Apparently, Severin has been denying that he said what he said - and, according to one columnist, being less than honest about other things as well.
Scot Lehigh writes in The Boston Globe:
At the beginning of our conversation on Thursday, I told Jay I was an occasional listener to his show. ... So why just a couple of hours later would Jay go on the air and claim that I said I don't listen to his show? (Although I considered our conversation civil, Jay also told his listeners it was one of the rudest encounters he had ever experienced; that, however, I'm willing to chalk up to sensibilities rendered overly delicate by the courtly Victorian manners of talk radio.)
What Jay ignored in his reply is what he actually did say about Muslims back on April 22. To recap: A caller had recommended that we befriend Muslims living in the United States. Jay said that, as far as he was concerned, "the vast majority" of those Muslims are not loyal to the United States and are ready, when the time comes, to take over this country. Jay asked several times: "Do you think we should befriend them?" The caller said yes. Jay then said that he had an alternative viewpoint: "You think we should befriend them. I think we should kill them."
Jay hasn't apologized for what he said - not even to say that he simply misspoke, which people might have understood had it been made forcefully and early on. No, he's just been blowing smokescreens. Why would anyone trust him? Why would anyone listen to him? The fact that there are Muslim extremists out there who are violent and dangerous doesn't excuse this sort of thing.
Read More:
Comments
“- not even to say that he simply misspoke,”
One cannot “misspeak” that which was never said. The Boston Globe retracted this story under threat of a lawsuit for libel/slander.
He simply did not say that which you are claiming - ie that which the Boston Globe was nearly sued for claiming.
JJ: The link still works. Doesn’t look like the story was retracted - I would expect to see a note on this page, assuming that it would even still exist.
Curious that you provide no evidence or links to support your claim. Unless and until you do, the claim can’t be given any credence.