TRANSCRIPT

The O'Franken Factor
http://www.ofrankenfactor.com/

Aired about 12:10pm on June 2, 2004
Air Amerida Radio

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Host Al Franken: We caught [FOX News and talk radio host Sean] Hannity in another lie. The guy just will not stop... Let's play this, this is from May 26th. This is comparing... This is talking about moveon.org which is a group that I've done some stuff with, and... well here:

SH: Now Al Gore, this is MoveOn.org PAC that he is now aligned himself with because of number of times he's associated with them. This is a group that had a website that featured ads that compared our President George Bush with Hitler. One of their big supporters, George Soros, also compared George Bush to the Nazis. This is the group that says we ought to have a non-military response to 9/11. Do you think it's appropriate for a former vice president to associate with a group that has ads on their website that compare the President of the United States to Hitler?

AF: Okay, now. As Hannity knows, MoveOn.org had a contest in which people submitted 30 second ads on the Bush administration. They posted over 1,200 submissions on their website and two of them compared Bush to Hitler. As soon as this was pointed out to MoveOn people, they immediately took the ads off from the website, they never featured these ads nor do they as Hannity says have these ads on their website that compare president to Hitler. This is something Republicans made huge deal out of. In fact the place you could find these was on GOP websites. They took them down.

And Hannity knows this, and it's just tiresome. We continuously debunk Hannity's lies but it doesn't make any difference. He keeps on repeating lies we debunk and then he tells other lies that he knows are lies. And he forces us to resort to the only weapon... welcome to today's edition of Fighting Hannity's Lies With Lies About Hannity.

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AF: Okay, today's lies about Hannity. Remember this isn't true. That's important--this is a lie. Not true.

AF: Hannity was born a hermaphrodite.

Co-host Katherine Lanpher: What?

AF: It's not true. Not just a hermaphrodite, but a conjoined twin who is also hermaphrodite. They were conjoined at both sets of genitals. Remember this isn't true, it's a lie. The doctor in delivery room said he'd never seen a more hideously freakish creature in his life, Sean and Shawn, S-H-A-W-N.

They were separated at age 14 by drunk carnival barker using a [inaudible] stolen from bearded lady, who was Sean's mother and father. Remember, none of this is even remotely true, it's a lie. Anyway, Sean nearly bled to death but survived and now has a quarter of a vagina and three-quarters of a penis. Remember this isn't true.

But in a sense it is far less [inaudible] lie than the lies this three-quarter man tells everyday. And we here at The O'Franken Factor, we feel that it's our duty to keep lying about Hannity as long as he insists on lying to America. That was today's Fighting Hannity's Lies With Lies About Hannity.

KL: Al? What happened to Shawn, S-H-A-W-N, Shawn?

AF: Katherine, it's a lie, there were no twins. But your asking demonstrates how insidious these lies could be. He-she bled to death.

KL: Oh, that's terrible.

AF: But Sean didn't seem to care, he's never even mentioned her on the show as his sister.

KL: That's terrible.

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Let’s hope these people find this sooooo incredibly funny that they will laugh themselves to death. That way this kind of ‘jokes’ would make the world a bit better. Miriam

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They perhaps don't realize that everything in life goes 2 ways. I regard some "normals" as cretinish, perverted freaks of a lower social and biological order. especially slack-jawed, knuckle-dragging athletes, who (after engaging in drug and spousal abuse) are portrayed as "real men" and "heroes".

Al Franken and his co-host?.... gabbing idiocy to an audience of chimpanzees (who w/o understanding what the hell is being said) blindy, stupidly laugh along.........They are the "joke".

And there are a lot of shows that are like that: Jerry Springer and Maury Povich...... hosting shows that regard other human beings (not deemed normal) as "a joke"; with the audiences behaving like scurrying, loud-mouthed incontinent animals in a zoo.

Television/radio "entertainment" at its intelligent best

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I'm in just "the mood" to offer "a rebuttal"...not as vitrolic, of course, as my recent post; but nonetheless I do not appreciate the entertainment value of hermaphrodite ha-ha-ism. I will bring to their attention that their "jokes" were not funny at all and to respect human beings who live with intersexed conditions..........thanks for the email address Betsy.

Dana

my words to "them":

To whom it may concern:

I am writing this email as protest to the disrespectful portrayal of "hermaphrodites" (human beings with an intersexed condition, of which I am one of) as freaks and a "joke" by Al and Kathy on the show O'Franken Factor (aired 6/2/04 12:10 PM); portions of which are below my statement. I have been abused and tormented by this society since childhood for being a "freak of nature" and an object of both ridicule in a twisted humorous (to my tormentors) way. I would ask that, in the future, your hosts and other personnell involved in talk-show presentations maintain some decency and humanity toward intersexed individuals and reflect upon the message you send to your listening audiences when you portray us as freaks and jokes. I would expect that you could at least apologize publicly and realize that we are after all, just as human as you and being born sexually ambiguous does not justify (from a humanistic standpoint) us being regarded as anything less than human.

...what would happen if they were reported to the FCC?

How can I file a complaint about obscenity, indecency or profanity on the radio or television?

The Commission asks complainants to provide the following information:

the date and time of the alleged broadcast;

the call sign of the station involved; and

information regarding the details of what was actually said (or depicted) during the alleged indecent, profane or obscene broadcast.

With respect to item (3), in making indecency determinations, context is key! The Commission staff must have sufficient information regarding what was actually said during the alleged broadcast, the meaning of what was said and the context in which it was stated. There is flexibility in how a complainant may provide this information. For example, the complainant may provide a significant excerpt of the program describing what was actually said (or depicted) or a full or partial tape or transcript of the material. In whatever form the complainant provides the information, it must be sufficiently detailed such that the Commission can determine the words and language actually used during the broadcast and the context of those words or language.

You may file a written complaint and mail it to:

FCC
Enforcement Bureau, Investigations and Hearings Division
445 12th Street, SW
Washington, D.C. 20554

or

You can file at fccinfo@fcc.gov


Glenn, still causing trouble

I find Al Franken's remarks on hermaphrodites and twins personally very painful. I was born intersex and was also born a twin (non-conjoined). The death of my twin in childbirth was a severe emotional blow to my mother. I wish that people would stop making such painful and hurtful jokes at the expense of others.

p.s. Thanks Betsy for the email link. I have sent them a copy of my remarks.

Peter

If and when I get a response or reply I will post it here at BLO. Or maybe they might "make fun" of me and my email.

I wonder how "they" would handle and react to someone hosting a show where they as "normal" people are debased and ridiculed....Ohhhh, they would, no doubt, have a fit.

Dana