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==Critics and rivals==
==Critics and rivals==
===John Sugg===
In 2005, journalist and blogger [[John Sugg]] alleged that Boortz's middle name was 'Adolph,' based upon Selective Service documents.<ref name="Sugg1">{{cite web | url=http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/johnsugg/2005/10/11/we-flushed-the-lying-weasel-out/#more-180| title="We Flushed the Lying Weasel Out" |accessdate 2006-9-27 last=Sugg| first=John| publisher=johnsugg.com| date=2005-10-11}}</ref>

Sugg hammered Boortz because he "never answered the question" that Sugg posed. Sugg challenged Boortz to debates and to provide proof that Sugg's accusations were untrue. Boortz's assistant, Belinda Skelton, said that Boortz would not respond and that even if he did, Sugg would distort his response.<ref name="Sugg1" /> However, Boortz set the record straight and put the issue somewhat to rest in August 2006. Sugg commented on his site that: {{cquote|''he ''[Neal Boortz] ''wrote me last week. He related that his grandfather was named John August Boortz, and his father was Neal August Boortz. "My birth certificate, which has never been altered, says 'Neal A Boortz, Jr.' The hospital staff forgot to write 'August' in," Boortz said in an e-mail.''<ref>{{cite web | url=http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/johnsugg/2006/08/14/a-kind-word-from-and-to-neal-boortz/| title="A kind word from (and to) Neal Boortz" |accessdate 2006-9-27 last=Sugg| first=John| publisher=johnsugg.com| date=2006-08-14}}</ref>}}

Sugg has also stated, ''While I disagree with much of what Boortz says, I know him, have broken bread with him, and give him credit for speaking what he believes. He is a worthy adversary in the realm of ideas. But he’s wrong.''<ref>{{cite web
| url=http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/johnsugg/2007/04/12/the-ajc-wants-racists-such-as-imus-fired-but-not-if-the-bigots-make-money-for-cox-owned-stations/
|title="The AJC wants racists such as Imus fired — but not if the bigots make money for Cox-owned stations" |accessdate 2007-04-23 last=Sugg| first=John| publisher=johnsugg.com| date=2004-04-12}}</ref>


===Media Matters===
===Media Matters===

Revision as of 15:53, 30 May 2008

Talk radio host Neal Boortz has been involved in numerous controversies over the years.

Critics and rivals

Media Matters

Boortz has often been a subject of Media Matters for America's online reports. Media Matters is a self-described progressive web-based organization that reports and criticizes what it calls "conservative misinformation in the U.S. media." Throughout the years, the group has reported Boortz making remarks that it describes as anti-Muslim,[1] false,[2] and misleading.[3] Boortz has claimed on the air that Media Matters distorts the truth and frequently cuts clips to make them say what Media Matters wants to portray.[citation needed] Media Matters reported that Boortz additionally asserted without evidence that the organization is funded by billionaire activist George Soros,[4] a claim which Media Matters explicitly denies.[5] Media Matters also reported Boortz' controversial comments about Georgia politician Cynthia McKinney (see below) Boortz does, however, thank Media Matters on his website for spelling his name correctly and implores them, albeit with tongue-in-cheek, to "Just keep on keepin' on. Just get that "Boortz" name out there..." [6]

CAIR

On July 19, 2007, the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) broadcast an email criticizing Neal Boortz for saying that Islam is a cult. [7]

Controversial statements

Bill O'Reilly

On May 7, 2003, Boortz appeared on Bill O'Reilly's show The O'Reilly Factor to discuss a controversial "whites-only" (supposed) prom at a Georgia high school. O'Reilly decried the incident as non-inclusive, and Boortz repeatedly insisted that the event in question, while organized and promoted by students within the school, but by neither faculty nor the school's administrators, actually occurred off-campus. Boortz argued that it was a private gathering, and as such was not subject to the equal protection clause. Boortz challenged O'Reilly, saying, "...the black students at the school had their private party, too, which you seem to fail to mention every time..."[8]

The discussion quickly turned sour when Boortz suggested that O'Reilly was cherry picking this issue as a publicity stunt, designed to assuage the recent hubcaps remarks O'Reilly made at a charity fundraiser. Boortz said that the event in question was not an issue anywhere, including in Georgia, and that it was only an issue on The O'Reilly Factor. Immediately after Boortz brought up the hubcap incident, O'Reilly scolded him: "You know, you're a vicious son of a bitch for bringing that up." Boortz later bought the rights to www.viciousSOB.com and redirected it to O'Reilly's website.[8]

Cynthia McKinney

Boortz over the years has expressed his opinions on Georgia politician Cynthia McKinney. He often calls her the "cutest little jihadist in Congress." On March 31, 2006, Boortz said that McKinney, who admitted to assaulting a police officer while a member of the 109th Congress, "looked like a welfare drag queen",[9] and "a ghetto slut".[10] In response, House Democratic Caucus Chair James Clyburn issued a statement demanding that Boortz apologize for using "such abhorrent words".[11] On April 3, 2006 Boortz issued an apology on his radio talk show.[12]

References

  1. ^ ""Randi Rhodes tells Larry King to check Media Matters for audio of Boortz's anti-Muslim remarks -- as Boortz continues making them"". Media Matters. 2005-09-21. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |2= (help); Text "accessdate 2006-9-27" ignored (help)
  2. ^ ""Boortz: Adults earning minimum wage are "incompetent", "ignorant", "stupid", "worthless," and "pathetic""". Media Matters. 2006-08-03. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |2= (help); Text "accessdate 2006-10-08" ignored (help)
  3. ^ ""Ignoring Bush tax panel's findings, Boortz again misled on "Fair Tax"". Media Matters. 2006-05-26. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |2= (help); Text "accessdate 2006-10-08" ignored (help)
  4. ^ A.D.S. (2007-04-27). "Boortz continued to attack "Media Myrmidons"". Media Matters for America. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |accessmonthday= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ ""Drudge falsely claimed Soros funds Media Matters"". Media Matters. 2007-04-13. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |2= (help); Text "accessdate 2007-4-20" ignored (help)
  6. ^ ""Karl Marx? Did You Say Karl Marx?"". boortz.com. 2005-09-21. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |2= (help); Text "accessdate 2007-4-20" ignored (help)
  7. ^ ""Radio host condemned for 'Islam is a cult': CAIR cites Neal Boortz for angry confrontation of Muslim caller"". World Net Daily. 2007-07-19. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |2= (help); Text "accessdate 2007-7-19" ignored (help)
  8. ^ a b ""Neal Boortz vs Bill O'Reilly"". oreilly-sucks.com. 2003-05-07. {{cite web}}: |first= missing |last= (help); Unknown parameter |accessdate 2006-9-27 last= ignored (help)
  9. ^ "Boortz claimed McKinney "looked like a welfare drag queen"; predicted "Media Matters will pick up on that"". Media Matters. 2006-03-31. Retrieved 2006-12-15.
  10. ^ "Boortz: Rep. McKinney "looks like a ghetto slut"". Media Matters. 2006-03-31. Retrieved 2006-12-15.
  11. ^ "Clyburn: Mr. Boortz Must Retract Comments, Cox Radio Must Apologize" (PDF). Media Matters. 2006-03-31. Retrieved 2006-12-15.
  12. ^ Boortz, Neal (2006-04-03). "Nealz Nuze". Cox Radio. Retrieved 2006-08-16.
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