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Michael Smerconish
* Substituting for host Bill O'Reilly on the April 4, 2006,
broadcast of Westwood One's The Radio Factor, nationally syndicated
radio host Michael Smerconish repeatedly discussed "the sissification
of America," claiming that political correctness has made the United
States "a nation of sissies." Smerconish also claimed, several times,
that this "sissification" and "limp-wristedness" is "compromising our
ability to win the war on terror."
* On the November 23, 2005, broadcast of The Radio Factor, while
guest-hosting, Smerconish took issue with a decision by the New Jersey
Sports and Exposition Authority to provide a designated prayer area at
Giants Stadium. The decision was in response to a September 19
incident involving the FBI's detention and questioning of five Muslim
men who were observed praying near the stadium's main air duct during
a New York Giants football game. Smerconish stated: "I just think
that's [the men's public praying] wrong. I just think they're playing
a game of, you know, mind blank with the audience. And that they
should know better four years removed from September 11."
* On the November 23, 2005, edition of The Radio Factor,
Smerconish interviewed Soo Kim Abboud, author of Top of the Class: How
Asian Parents Raise High Achievers -- and How You Can Too (Penguin,
2005). Smerconish asserted that "if everyone follows Dr. Abboud's
prescription ... you're going to have women who will leave the home
and now get a great-paying job, because you will have gotten them well
educated." He continued, "But then they're not going to be around to
instill these lessons in their kids. In other words, it occurs to me
that perhaps you've provided a prescription to bring this great
success to an end."
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