Wingnut loses book deal due to anti-Muslim rant

Big mouthed Bob Newman at 850KOA in Denver is well known up here. His lies are usually too petty and numerous to document, but every once and a while he says something spectacularly stupid. And after hurting his station's advertising revenues after an anti-Muslim tirade he has now hurt his own pocketbook AND lost a book deal due to his uncontrollable hatred.

Colorado Media Matters tells how Bob lost it:

After having touted the planned release of his next book during the May 11 broadcast of his Newsradio 850 KOA show, will host "Gunny" Bob Newman now inform listeners that his publisher has canceled the book? Newman promoted the book, The War for America: Liberal Extremism, Moral Turpitude, and High Crimes and Misdemeanors, while discussing the backlash against the inflammatory, anti-Muslim remarks he made on his May 8 show and also promoted it on his KOA website at that time. The book was scheduled to be released in June, but according to Cumberland House Publishing, it "has been cancelled."

Besides Bob's newsmaking for those hateful words, he has also compared DailyKos to the Nazis and KKK, and called for Congressman John Murtha to be hung. But Bob's DailyKos/Nazi/KKK comparison was particularly bad and propelled johne at SquareState to make doubly sure KOA's advertisers and the FCC knew what Bob was doing:

[G]iven all the evidence Gunny certainly fits my definition of obscene when it comes to use of the word Nazi, and labeling an organization he doesn't agree with a hate group.  So, here's the form where one can file a complaint with the FCC.  There's also a handy PDF.

Many of these wingnut talkers, including Bob Newman and Jon Caldara in Colorado, see their talk radio gig as an extension for an entire money-making empire. But you have to wonder about the wisdom of a radio programmer that will put on - and have advertisers unknowingly pay for - a host that shoots his (or her) mouth off 5 days a week with lies and insults that harm their station's - and the company's - bottom line.

•  Sad day for wingnuts!

  Hatred is no longer profitable. Therein lies the key!

  by lyvwyr101 on Fri Nov 30, 2007 at 08:49:59 AM PDT

  •  Invisible pimp-slap of the market n/t

    by Independant Man on Fri Nov 30, 2007 at 08:50:53 AM PDT

•  Whatever happened to those lawsuits

  About passing along clips of shows to advertisers?

  by balconesfault on Fri Nov 30, 2007 at 08:52:35 AM PDT

•  re

  Ha. Haaaaaaaaaaa...

  by cookiesandmilk on Fri Nov 30, 2007 at 08:57:40 AM PDT

•  Love these local stories

  about wingnut comeuppance. Thanks for posting.

  by Mae on Fri Nov 30, 2007 at 09:09:49 AM PDT

•  Heard this nut as I was driving through

  last summer.  Ranting and raving like he was something special. Lots of us Veterans don't believe anything like this shit.  The "stab in the back' theme for Viet-Nam is very troubling.

  by NearlyNormal on Fri Nov 30, 2007 at 09:12:37 AM PDT

•  Another good reason to never listen to

  any stations owned by Clear Channel.

  What I do not understand is how these hatemongers make these companies money. Because we all know, if the advertisers go away, so do the hate mongers.

  by kimoconnor on Fri Nov 30, 2007 at 09:28:01 AM PDT