On Friday afternoon, at about 4:54 p.m, KFQD radio host and Anchorage Daily News columnist made the following statements:Fagan: You don't know who Louis Farrakhan is?
Girl on show: No I don't...
Fagan: He's the head of the Nation of Islam of the United States, he's a big, uh...y'know - hates Jews. But all Muslims are supposed to hate Jews. To be a good Muslim.
Girl on show: See, I'm not a Jew, so I didn't know that.
Fagan: You don't have to be Muslim to know that Muslims are supposed to hate Jews.
I transcribed that from the podcast available at KFQD. Friday's hour three section, which should still be up there, puts this segment at 49:18 to 49:35.
Although the rest of the show is filled with more examples of Fagan's and his sidekick's ignorant drivel, none of it quite rises to this level of what I regard as hate speech. My wife says she regards it as "borderline" hate speech, but the other people I've run this by feel it rises to the level of hate speech.
I'm writing to the publisher of the Anchorage Daily News and the Manager of KFQD. An apology to Anchorage's Muslim community is the least I'll be pushing for:
Pat Dougherty, Publisher
Anchorage Daily News
PO Box 149001
Anchorage, AK 99514-9001
(907) 257-4200
pdougherty@adn.com
KFQD
301 Arctic Slope Avenue
Anchorage, AK
(907) 344-9622