ubercat wrote:Rick Reuben wrote:He was interested in talking politics on the air, and MSNBC fought him. It's all in his new book.ubercat wrote:I worked directly with Jessie Ventura, on his radio show, and I'm willing to bet that half way through his term even he wasn't interested in talking politics off-air.
I can't wait to read that thing.
MSNBC got him under contract then refused to play. He knows better then to sign a contract like that. We were a union station and he had a contract with the station that didn't involve the union. He was a AFTRA/SAG member...
The whole story sounds mishigas.
i'd believe it. heard a good interview with ventura on the radio the other night. very refreshing.
tangentially related: here is a telling quote from the announcement of the cancellation of donahue's msnbc show back in february '03:
"Donahue's final show will be Friday night. The news show that precedes him on the air, "Countdown: Iraq," temporarily will be expanded to two hours to replace him."
man, if that doesn't say it all.