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Monday, October 30, 2006
10/31: Denny’s protest of CNN
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Denny Schaffer, mid-morning host at 640/WGST/AM, held a protest at CNN Monday at 3 p.m. About 25 showed up by 3:30 p.m. They stood on the edge of the sidewalk in front of CNN with signs like “CNN Good 4 Terrorists Bad 4 America’ and “CNN is the Al Qaeda Poodle.” The reason? They aired some terrorists killing American soldiers, which Denny felt was aiding and abetting the enemy and made it clear CNN was anti-American.
Denny, cigar in mouth, held a megaphone and yelled at cars, “CNN loves terrorists. Wolf Blitzer loves Osama Bin Laden!” He said he didn’t hold the protest from 9 to noon, his air time, because he felt he wouldn’t get people there. One guy who didn’t identify himself held up a huge four-way sign using a clothes hanging mechanism. I’ll post the photos once I get home.
Roger Fisher, a 43-year-old College Park construction builder (above), said he enjoys Schaffer. “He’s truthful,” he said. “He shoots from the heart. He tells you the way he feels.” He said when he heard about what CNN did, “I almost cried.” When he watched it, “I had to turn away.”
He normally listens to talk radio and watchs Fox News but occasionally checks in with CNN “to get the other side.”
