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Radio host Dave Emory
(KPFA, KKUP, KKUP FM)
Emorys attacks on Paul Bernardino,
a political researcher and AIDS
activist in San Francisco,
culminated shortly after the fall of
John Judge.
In January, 1989, Bernardino
received a call at 2:00 a.m. from an
enraged Dave Emory. "I hope all you
faggots drop dead with AIDS," he
snapped.
Like Upton Sinclair with a reeking
slaughterhouse in his sights, Emory
went on to blast Sara Diamond, formerly
of KPFA-FM in Berkeley and an Emory
critic, for carrying on a hidden life
as "a CIA and Mossad agent" and "a
whore who gives cheap blow jobs to
Nazis."
On the air, Emory accused
Bernardino of taping an unauthorized
tribute to Mae Brussell for his
television program. Emory, Bernardino
wrote in a public denial, "was too lazy
to simply pick up his phone to do some
checking before impulsively mouthing
off." As it happened, permission for
the taping was granted by Brussells
daughter. Bernardino protested
Emorys "slandering, willfully and
maliciously maligning my ... name and
character."
Once informed that hed erred, Emory
refused to retract or apologize.
Instead, he claimed that Bernardino
was fronting for "the Gay Mafia." He
referred to Bernardino as "a homo from
Mexico" and "a CIA agent." He further
charged that Bernardino had far-right
political connections. "Such
dangerous, mud-slinging lies,"
Bernardino lamented. He voiced an
opinion that radio personalities have
an obligation to "keep their personal
vendettas, mud-slinging, unfounded
hate, spite and personal attacks off
the air."
For More information on this:
http://karws.gso.uri.edu/JFK/the_critics/Emory/Emory_bio.html
(KPFA, KKUP, KKUP FM)
Emorys attacks on Paul Bernardino,
a political researcher and AIDS
activist in San Francisco,
culminated shortly after the fall of
John Judge.
In January, 1989, Bernardino
received a call at 2:00 a.m. from an
enraged Dave Emory. "I hope all you
faggots drop dead with AIDS," he
snapped.
Like Upton Sinclair with a reeking
slaughterhouse in his sights, Emory
went on to blast Sara Diamond, formerly
of KPFA-FM in Berkeley and an Emory
critic, for carrying on a hidden life
as "a CIA and Mossad agent" and "a
whore who gives cheap blow jobs to
Nazis."
On the air, Emory accused
Bernardino of taping an unauthorized
tribute to Mae Brussell for his
television program. Emory, Bernardino
wrote in a public denial, "was too lazy
to simply pick up his phone to do some
checking before impulsively mouthing
off." As it happened, permission for
the taping was granted by Brussells
daughter. Bernardino protested
Emorys "slandering, willfully and
maliciously maligning my ... name and
character."
Once informed that hed erred, Emory
refused to retract or apologize.
Instead, he claimed that Bernardino
was fronting for "the Gay Mafia." He
referred to Bernardino as "a homo from
Mexico" and "a CIA agent." He further
charged that Bernardino had far-right
political connections. "Such
dangerous, mud-slinging lies,"
Bernardino lamented. He voiced an
opinion that radio personalities have
an obligation to "keep their personal
vendettas, mud-slinging, unfounded
hate, spite and personal attacks off
the air."
For More information on this:
http://karws.gso.uri.edu/JFK/the_critics/Emory/Emory_bio.html