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Sid Rosenberg Shocked by Lack of 9/11 Coverage

Rosenberg was shocked to learn that mainstream media spent significant time on Queen Elizabeth.  

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Sunday marked the 21st anniversary of the 9/11 attacks that killed 2,977 people. While the mainstream media covered the events, some networks prioritized their coverage, devoting significant resources to the lead-up to the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. 

77 WABC Radio host Sid Rosenberg sounded off Monday. He was shocked to learn that mainstream media spent significant time on Queen Elizabeth.  

Rosenberg said he attended a 9/11 ceremony at Tribute Park in the Rockaways. While in attendance, he received angry messages from listeners regarding the media’s coverage of 9/11. 

“I was getting messages on my Instagram from people who were furious because I posted a video of the bagpipers playing America the Beautiful,” he said. “People were saying, Sid, on CNN they are showing King Charles and Queen Elizabeth.” 

Rosenberg questioned why any U.S. media outlet was willing to consider covering anything other than 9/11 tribute ceremonies. 

“I’m sorry, right about the time that first plane hit on 9/11, there should not be one station in America talking about anything else,” said Rosenberg. “Again, I wasn’t watching. I was at Tribute Park attending a service, but I was getting a bunch of messages from angry folks who said this is America and as much as we love Queen Elizabeth, America comes first, specifically 9/11. 

Rosenberg added that the Rockaway community lost more first responders, firefighters, police officers, and Port Authority workers during the attacks of Sept 11, 2001, than any other community in New York City.

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Eric Von Haessler: I Have Never, and Will Never, Win a Radio Award

“They can go through the motions all they want, but I know me and my career, and my career is nothing.”

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95.5 WSB afternoon host Eric Von Haessler has had a long radio career. However, he says his trophy shelf has been, and will forever be, empty.

The deadline to submit applications for the Gabby Awards from the Georgia Association of Broadcasters is coming up, and Von Haessler joked with his team that entering a submission would be an exercise in futility.

“It’s never going to happen. You’re wasting your time. Nothing I have ever done in radio has gotten an award, anywhere. And never will,” Von Haessler said when producer Jared Yamamoto shared that he was being “forced” to submit a clip of the show to be nominated for an award.

“They can go through the motions all they want, but I know me and my career, and my career is nothing,” The Von Haessler Doctrine host continued. “What might happen, something like 15 years after my death, my grandchildren maybe (will see me get inducted).”

He noted that he doesn’t ever believe he’ll be inducted into any Hall of Fame, and said he learned a valuable lesson when he first got to Atlanta.

“I learned my lesson very early on. I was here for two weeks in 1998. And there was an award thing, it doesn’t exist anymore. We had just come to town, and they worked it out to where we would present some award, because we hadn’t been here long enough to do anything. And I watched this person who worked in the same building as that station. And she won like five awards. I had just came into town. I was like ‘Wow, she must be untouchable.’ Then she was fired like two weeks later.

“And that’s the lesson that hit me with just like, man, I was 34 years old. That was a great time to learn the lesson ‘awards don’t mean anything.’ Audience size, audience size, audience size. That’s all that matters. And that’s how I felt.”

It is worth noting that Eric Von Haessler finished in second place — behind KFI AM-640 host Tim Conway Jr. — for BNM’s Top 20 Major Market Afternoon Hosts in 2023.

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WBT News Director Mark Garrison Defends Conduct During Interview with Karine Jean-Pierre

“To quote Karine, I’m offended that she would suggest that. We don’t add sound effects to news stories.”

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WBT News Director Mark Garrison has been in the spotlight for his recent interview with White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre. He’s now defending his actions after pushback from the White House.

Garrison conducted a phone interview with Jean-Pierre ahead of President Biden’s visit to North Carolina. During the interview, he asked the Press Secretary if the President has dementia, stating the question was prompted by those who heard he would be speaking with Jean-Pierre.

In her response, she stated “I can’t even believe you’re asking me this question. It is incredibly insulting,” before asking Garrison for his next question. Later in the interview, she said “And with that, Mark, thank you so much. Have an amazing, amazing day,” and ended the call.

The White House alleges that WBT was given seven minutes to speak with Jean-Pierre, and the time was up. It also claims that the station edited in a dial tone for dramatic effect, arguing that its phones do not have dial tones when a call is ended.

Mark Garrison appeared on The Ingraham Angle on Fox News Wednesday to discuss the matter, and defended his actions.

“I knew — as you know, doing interviews through the years — you’re going to get a lot of talking points,” Garrison told Ingraham. “So I thought if I can just ask a couple of questions, maybe we’d make a little news, maybe get a sound bite out of her. I just decided to ask her about all the concern here in North Carolina. Even 45% of Democrats are concerned about Biden’s mental state, so I thought ‘Ok, I brought that up to her.’ She somewhat dismissed that. And then I just said, ‘Ok, well, does he have dementia?’ And I was surprised that she was so offended.”

Garrison added that Jean-Pierre sidestepped the question for a specific reason.

“What she did was take us down a bumpy dirt road, because she went on to say, ‘Well, every year, the White House physician examines the president and puts out a detailed report.’ Well, I went back and looked at all of those detail reports. It talks about his heartburn, it talks about his limp, it talks about his heart, it talks about his stomach, but there’s nothing in those reports about his mental capacity.”

When asked if he altered the audio to add a dial tone for dramatic effect, the WBT anchor shared his displeasure with the insinuation.

“To quote Karine, I’m offended that she would suggest that. We don’t add sound effects to news stories. When she hit the button to disconnect, we got a dial tone. We didn’t add any drama to it.”

He concluded by stating the he aired the unedited interview, despite what the White House claimed.

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Tim Conway Jr.: Social Media Quickens the News Cycle for Stories Like the Baltimore Bridge

“A good buddy of mine, he sent me that literally about 40 minutes after it happened. The video and the story. That’s crazy.”

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Social media video of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsing in the Baltimore harbor made the rounds Tuesday morning. KFI AM-640 host Tim Conway Jr. believes the way we learned about the tragedy shapes the coverage surrounding it.

While discussing the happenings with KFI reporter Steve Gregory, who has a long history of covering breaking news events, Conway Jr. noted that not only did social media help confirm the validity of the story, but seeing the images spread so quickly shined a spotlight on how fast the news cycle moves now.

“What a great advantage of having Twitter and Facebook and Instagram and then TikTok, all these social media is when something like that happens you know, because it happens so late we would have not ever heard about it or seen anything until the morning news,” said Conway Jr.

“But now with social media you instantly know. A good buddy of mine, he sent me that literally about 40 minutes after it happened. The video and the story. That’s crazy.”

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