losing his job. no big whoop i thought to myself, UNTIL - i read THIS today: Montel Williams Loses Job after Defending Troops on Fox News
By Daily Kos. 04 Feb 2008-->
For just over three minutes on Saturday morning, TV talk show host Montel Williams owned the hosts of Fox and Friends. A former Marine and Naval officer, Montel lectured the stunned hosts on the stupidity of spending air time on the death of Heath Ledger, rather than covering the war in Iraq. It was a spectacle rarely seen on live cable television, as Montel exposed and condemned both tabloid “news” shows and much of American culture for what they have each become: shallow and greedy.
Three minutes into this awkward segment on Fox, one host cut off Montel in order to go to a commercial. Montel did not return after the break. Four days later, after 17 years as a television host, Montel lost his job. Variety reported on Wednesday that the Fate of “The Montel Williams Show” was sealed when key Fox-owned stations opted not to renew it for the 2008-09 season.
(video at the link above)
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To tell you the truth, I've never seen his show. But I watched this clip and the man is 100% right on. He might have gained a viewer (if I had more time for television, that is).
well i knew he was an officer. i also know he has ms (or another such illness) and he advocates the legalization of pot for such things (as do i). i don't know too much about him otherwise.
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