Montel Williams loses job after defending troops on Fox News

[RudolfTheRed]

here is the video of what happened:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co3Spcq6Uzs&eurl=

Montel Williams Loses Job after Defending Troops on Fox News
by Brandon Friedman

For just over three minutes on Saturday morning, TV talk show host Montel Williams owned the hosts of Fox and Friends. A former Marine and Naval officer, Montel lectured the stunned hosts on the stupidity of spending air time on the death of Heath Ledger, rather than covering the war in Iraq. It was a spectacle rarely seen on live cable television, as Montel exposed and condemned both tabloid "news" shows and much of American culture for what they have each become: shallow and greedy.

Three minutes into this awkward segment on Fox, one host cut off Montel in order to go to a commercial. Montel did not return after the break. Four days later, after 17 years as a television host, Montel lost his job. Variety reported on Wednesday that the I have no idea whether Montel already knew his show wasn’t going to be renewed, and thus felt emboldened to cut loose on the air, or whether his firing was a result of his actions on Saturday. Either way, Montel Williams exhibited courage this week that few in the television industry ever will. And for that, American troops around the world stand with him. We support him not only because he stood up for the troops, but because he did it on Fox News—a station that has done more damage to the U.S. military since 9/11 than any other.

Montel Williams is an American patriot. Though he left the military years ago, he has never forgotten "his" troops.

For that we salute and thank you, Montel. Best of luck with whatever you choose to do next.

 

[Guest]

And good luck figuring out who the dad is.

Rudolf - Couldnt help the joke.

I feel you, Montel is completely accurate in his statements about how screwed up our news system is. It's a sad world when more people know about Jamie Lynn Spears pregnancy than know that Korea has the largest submarine fleet in the world and they are always pissed at the U.S.

 

[greenhead]

The Montel Williams show was on CBS and it wasn't that great of a show, so big deal if it got cancelled. Shows get cancelled all of the time. Go cry me a fucking river. There's enough boring talk shows on daytime television as there is. I guess that all of the stay at home moms will have to find another show to waste their time with.

What does him appearing on FOX have to do with CBS cancelling his show ? Nowhere in the article is there any proof of this. Considering that the writer posts his stuff at the Dailykos, the website for disgusting anti-American Liberals, I'm not surprised that they would lie. I'm not surprised that anybody would hate fox if they frequent the DailyKos scumbag site, but there's no need to lie and misinform.

 

[RudolfTheRed]

Um, once again Greenhand shows his ignorance and completely misses the point. The point is the media focuses more on tabloid news than they do the war or other important events taking place. When I turn on the news they are always talking about Brittany Spears or some other tabloid story and the war isn't being discussed. All we hear about is how outragous Lindsay Lohan is or something or how tragic Heath Legers death is... but they never talk about how tragic it is for a solider to lose their life fighting for their country. We never hear shit like that. We hardly ever hear the names of dead soldiers in the news rather we just hear about dead celebrities. Just look at the Anna Nicole Smith circus that happened and tell me thats not true.

Secondly, Montel Williams show is owned by CBS but shown of some fox stations like at my house for instance. Once Fox refused to pick up the show again CBS just dropped it. So uh, shut up! Also, this wasn't just reported by the dailykos. the dailykos just happened to be one of the first pages that came up after the search. i believe it was also reported on the drudge report. would you have been happier if i copied the story from there???

 

[Babbabud]

Lets try to keep our replys respectful to other members. Remember we agree to disagree. But lets be sure to show one another basic respect.

 

[RudolfTheRed]

Here is a variety article about it, I suppose you'll call them slanted too?


Montel Williams calls it quits
Talkshow ends production after 17 years
By CYNTHIA LITTLETON

Montel Williams
Williams
Montel Williams is calling it a wrap after 17 years in daytime.

CBS TV Distribution confirmed Wednesday it will end production on the syndicated yakker at the end of this season. CBS plans to offer stations a "Best of Montel" package for the fall that will feature segs from throughout the show's run.

Fate of "The Montel Williams Show" was sealed when key Fox-owned stations opted not to renew it for the 2008-09 season. But a number of other stations had cleared the show for next season, prompting CBS to offer the "Best of" package. The rerun package is sold on an all-cash basis, which is a boon to stations that had been handing over 3½ minutes of barter ad time per seg to CBS for the firstrun episodes.

"Stations continue to embrace Montel and the message of social responsibility that has been the cornerstone of his show," said CBS TV Distribution prexy and chief operating officer John Nogawski.

Williams, a former military officer, launched his yakker in New York and a handful of other markets in 1991. Show was picked up for national distribution by Viacom the following year.

 

[greenhead]

Um, once again Greenhand shows his ignorance and completely misses the point.

It is you who is showing your complete ignorance by coming here and posting complete lies and propaganda that you happened to stumbled upon.

The point is the media focuses more on tabloid news than they do the war or other important events taking place. When I turn on the news they are always talking about Brittany Spears or some other tabloid story and the war isn't being discussed. All we hear about is how outragous Lindsay Lohan is or something or how tragic Heath Legers death is... but they never talk about how tragic it is for a solider to lose their life fighting for their country. We never hear shit like that.

No, the point is that you are spreading false information and lies, by attempting to take a swipe at FOX, when there is zero proof that FOX has anything to do with cancelling Montel Williams.

Secondly, Montel Williams show is owned by CBS but shown of some fox stations like at my house for instance. Once Fox refused to pick up the show again CBS just dropped it. So uh, shut up!

Again, that's nothing to do with Fox, and your lying article doesn't back up your ridiculous assertions. Lying Liberals such as the person who fabricated the story should rely more on facts next time and not their pathetic feelings and petty hatred. And even if Fox dropped it, that's their choice. Nobody forced CBS to cancel the show, so stop whining.

The Daily Kos is complete garbage. Just last week they were claiming that certain pictures of Obama had been darkened on purpose. This was of course proven to be 100% false, and they're a bunch of unreliable, lying amateurs that do not base their news on facts. Anybody who even visits that site is a moronic idiot in my opinion.

 

[RudolfTheRed]

It is you who is showing your complete ignorance by coming here and posting complete lies and propaganda that you happened to stumbled upon.

Um, nothing I have posted is based on lies or propaganda and you've yet prove otherwise.

No, the point is that you are spreading false information and lies, by attempting to take a swipe at FOX, when there is zero proof that FOX has anything to do with cancelling Montel Williams.

Except that the show is distrusted on Fox stations and was surprisingly not picked up for another season soon after this happened and multiple sources are reporting this too not just the DailyKos. So do you have any proof that its not true? Also, if fox channels are a major distribution to the show and they refuse to pick it up that might force CBS into canceling it wouldn't it?

The Daily Kos is complete garbage. Just last week they were claiming that certain pictures of Obama had been darkened on purpose. This was of course proven to be 100% false, and they a bunch of unreliable, lying amateurs that do not base their news on facts. Anybody who even visits that site is a moronic idiot.

Either you are just stupid or stoned but the DailyKos isn't the only place thats reporting this so I would just shut up now. Again, do a google search for the story and the DailyKos is one of the first results. Thats the one I picked. I didn't think anyone would get their panties in such a bunch over it. Hahahahahaha.

 

[WoW maannnn]

because montell smokes for his illness & is familliar with our plight...and it feels like str8 up censorship

 

[RudolfTheRed]

Also, Montel is an advocate for medical marijuana.... seems like YOU would want someone on the air like that Greenhand.

 

[greenhead]

Except that the show is distrusted on Fox stations and was surprisingly not picked up for another season soon after this happened and multiple sources are reporting this too not just the DailyKos.

Even if the show is distributed through some FOX stations, it's CBS that ultimately made the choice the axe him.

And even if it did have something to do with his appearance, then so what ? Do you not believe in freedom of choice ? If I have a tv show and a guest comes on to speak about a certain topic, and I feel that they disrespect the show by going off on some rant, then I'd probably not invite that guest back.

 

[greenhead]

Also, Montel is an advocate for medical marijuana.... seems like YOU would want someone on the air like that Greenhand.

An advocate for medical marijuana is not 100% pro-cannabis as far as I am concerned. I don't disagree at all with what Montel said on the Fox show, but I do take exception to asshats like the writer of the article, who is using it to spread lies and propaganda.

 

[RudolfTheRed]

Even if the show is distributed through some FOX stations, it's CBS that ultimately made the choice the axe him.

Ah, but Fox stations axed him by not picking up his show for another season. If fox channels distribute a majority of the shows don't you think their decsion to drop the show would influence cbs??

And even if it did have something to do with his appearance, then so what ? Do you not believe in freedom of choice ? If I have a tv show and a guest comes on to speak about a certain topic, and I feel that they disrespect the show by going off on some rant, then I'd probably not invite that guest back.

Um, do I believe the media should be focusing on more important things than Heath Leger? Yes. And who gives a flying fuck if he went off on a rant or not if he's right, and he most certainly is.

 

[greenhead]

Ah, but Fox stations axed him by not picking up his show for another season.

But that's not Fox's problem. CBS could have kept producing the show and distributed it through somebody else or whatever, if they believed in it that much. Obviously they didn't.

 

[RudolfTheRed]

Hm, you can try to twist and turn it all you want Greenhand but the fact still stands... Fox dropped Montel Williams from their distribution which started the domino effect. which means fox canceled it from their air waves. now how is anything i just said a lie?

your also focusing things on who decided to cancel what when the real story is why does the media constantly bombard us with this tabloid news these days and ignore the real stories. all we hear about for weeks and weeks is about the death of anna nicole smith and now heath leger but not a minute of that time is spent on dead soldiers who were killed defending this country. honestly, I think its a perfectly good question to ask.

 

[greenhead]

Hm, you can try to twist and turn it all you want Greenhand but the fact still stands... Fox dropped Montel Williams from their distribution which started the domino effect.

Yes, and if they did, it may or may not have something to do with his appearance on that show. I don't need to prove a negative, it is you who needs to prove a positive when you present such speculative articles. The fact remains that what you wrote in your title has not been proven, so at the moment it amounts to nothing less than slander.

 

[RudolfTheRed]

Um, this isn't slander secondly several places are reporting that fox dropped it for those reasons. will we ever know the truth? probably not, i don't expect fox to tell the truth about what really went on but as far as I am concerned I wouldn't doubt it knowing fox's track record. And you don't think its funny this happened just 5 days after that clip? the shows been on for 17 years and boom all the sudden you don't want to pick it up again even though its a highly watched day time program??? Hmmm...

 

[greenhead]

will we ever know the truth? Hmmm...

Probably not, though your article already seems to know the 'truth', and that's what I took exception to. If you would have just linked to a factual article reporting the issue, then I wouldn't have a problem with that. Instead, you linked to a biased, propaganda piece posted on a site that cheers on dead Americans and claims to be pro-military. I don't like liars such as that author.

 

[Dr. Buzz]

I'm with Greenhead on this one.

It seems to me that 20 years ago or so daytime talk shows took over soaps and game shows on daytime tv. It seemed like everyone and their dog had one. Montel was one of the ones that stuck, and it doesn't surprise me in the slightest that now his daytime talkshow has ended. 17 years is an eturnity in tv time. Montel is a good man who has a good message. I hope he keeps the good work going.

This of course has nothing to do with FOX news. If Oprah came on FOX and walked out of an interview she wouldn't have anything to fear. Why? Because the tv networks only care about ratings and money and Oprah brings in both. Frankly did anyone even know that Montel was even on the air anymore?

 

[RudolfTheRed]

i'm sorry but its a little harder to fire Oprah for doing things you don't agree with than it is to fire montel williams. considering oprah is the icon she is it would be very hard. soccer moms all over the world would be up in arms.

Greenhead- the same article the dailykos reported is basically the same thing reported at the druge report and i know you conservatives LOVE and cherish Matt Drudge so why are you still blabbering on about "liberal propaganda" and all this other non-sense?