http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/neal_boortz This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Neal Boortz en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America http://mediamatters.org/items/200811060005 Beyond the echelon of widely known conservative radio hosts with national audiences lies a vast network of lesser-known syndicated and regional radio hosts who have become key components of an echo chamber for conservative talking points and falsehoods. Like their better-known counterparts, these syndicated and regional radio hosts have played active roles this election season in promoting falsehoods and smears in an all-out effort to foment hate and distrust among their listeners for President-elect Barack Obama. While the hosts vary in the degree of vitriol they spew and in their ratio of rebuttable falsehoods to unbridled smears, <em>Media Matters for America </em>and <em>Colorado Media Matters</em> have identified common themes that many, if not all, have promoted over the past year. <br /> http://mediamatters.org/items/200811060005 Thu, 6 Nov 2008 12:37:03 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200810100004 On his radio show, Neal Boortz baselessly suggested that Rep. Barney Frank "was protecting Fannie Mae for about seven or eight years in the 1990s because his lover, his boyfriend was working for Fannie Mae, pushing out these subprime mortgage packages." Boortz provided no evidence to support his suggestion that Frank allowed his personal relationship to affect his work in Congress. In fact, Frank repeatedly took actions over the years to strengthen oversight of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810100004 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:25:18 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200808250016 Radio host Neal Boortz falsely suggested Sen. Barack Obama is a Muslim, saying: "Let's ask Obama how many prayer rugs he has." Obama is a Christian, not a Muslim. http://mediamatters.org/items/200808250016 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:07:18 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200808200005 On his radio show, Neal Boortz described "single mothers receiving public assistance" as "welfare broodmares" -- a "broodmare" is "a mare [a female horse] kept for breeding." Boortz previously referred to "welfare brood mares" in a "Nealz Nuze" post on his website. http://mediamatters.org/items/200808200005 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:19:57 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200806190009 On his radio show, Neal Boortz asked: "[W]hy is it that the people who are being affected by the floods in Iowa and the upper Midwest, why is it that they seem to be so much more capable of taking care of themselves and handling this disaster than were the people of Katrina in New Orleans?" Boortz continued, "I think the answer's pretty clear, is that up there in that part of the country, you find a great deal of self-sufficiency. Down there in New Orleans, it was basically a parasite class totally dependent on government for their existence." http://mediamatters.org/items/200806190009 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:33:12 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200805300003 While discussing reports that six Muslim women were fired from a Minnesota tortilla factory because of dress code violations, Neal Boortz asked: "Muslims, making tortillas? You know, this world is really screwed up when Muslims are making our tortillas, folks." He added: "I mean, with all of the illegal Mexicans in this country, we can't find some Mexicans to make those tortillas? http://mediamatters.org/items/200805300003 Fri, 30 May 2008 14:35:28 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200804170009 Neal Boortz asserted that "the single most dangerous entity, group of people in this country right now are the teachers unions," adding that "[t]hey do more damage to this country than all the drug pushers together. ... If I had a button right now, two buttons -- push this button and it gets rid of all the drug dealers; push this button, it gets rid of the teachers unions -- I'm getting rid of the teachers unions." <br /> http://mediamatters.org/items/200804170009 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:45:05 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200804110012 Talking with the Media Research Center's Brent Bozell, Neal Boortz said: "I'm on 'Media Morons' today ... because I said yesterday on the air that I would make a lousy Mexican because I was trying to use one of those floor buffers and it tossed me around ... when any Mexican worth his salt would be able to do that without getting hurt." http://mediamatters.org/items/200804110012 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 19:28:45 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200802010015 On his nationally syndicated radio show, Neal Boortz made disparaging remarks about Hurricane Katrina victims, stating, "When these Katrina so-called refugees were scattered about the country, it was just a glorified episode of putting out the garbage." Boortz also described New Orleans as "a city of parasites, a city of people who could not and had no desire to fend for themselves." http://mediamatters.org/items/200802010015 Fri, 1 Feb 2008 21:22:54 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200708150002 On his radio show, Neal Boortz claimed that because "Muslims don't eat during the day during Ramadan" and "fast during the day and eat at night," they are "sort of like cockroaches." Immediately following the remark, Boortz said, "I did that for Media Myrmidons" -- his term for<em> Media Matters for </em>America. http://mediamatters.org/items/200708150002 Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:50:29 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200708100005 http://mediamatters.org/items/200708100005 Fri, 10 Aug 2007 15:12:08 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200708040001 http://mediamatters.org/items/200708040001 Fri, 3 Aug 2007 20:03:09 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200707130002 http://mediamatters.org/items/200707130002 Thu, 12 Jul 2007 20:27:17 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200707060003 http://mediamatters.org/items/200707060003 Fri, 6 Jul 2007 13:13:04 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200707050005 http://mediamatters.org/items/200707050005 Thu, 5 Jul 2007 15:47:06 EST