On January 26, serving as a guest on Fox News, TV talk show host Montel Williams bashed all the media outlets and Fox News for all the attention on a single death previously in the week rather than the continuously mounting deaths in Iraq.
Heath Ledger had passed away on the 22 of January and as Montel Williams was introduced onto the show, the commentators for Fox where discussing this tragedy. Upon Williams introduction he was asked to express his feeling on the actor's passing. After briefly sending out his condolences to the family he went on a 3 minute tangent bashing the networks lack of coverage on the 28 deaths that have occurred in Iraq since January 1 and more on the untimely death of a young actor.
One of the hosts cut Mr. Williams off to break for a commercial, stating "We will have more with Montel in just a moment." Following the break, Williams was no where to be found on the set and four days later he was cut from his job as host of "The Montel Williams Show" after 17 years. Fox had decided sealed the deal for Montel and his show when they opted not to renew for the 2008-2009 season.
Williams may have known this before airing his distaste for the collective media outlets in America or maybe the comments pushed him out the door. What ever the case Montel Williams has done something that I have seen very few celebrities and even fewer TV personalities do, voice thier disgust for all the mindless media coverage in America when we have soldiers dying for the democracy we enjoy every day.
Williams had served in the the U.S. Marine Corps and Navy for 22 years, reaching the level of Lieutenant and serving on the USS Sampson during the U.S. invasion of Grenada. Williams should be respected and feel proud for what he said backing this nations soldiers while most the media wants to cover mindless incidents involving the ridiculously rich young stars of America and not the selfless hearts of America fighting in the trenches.
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I think that this was a great blog and very true. I think that it is great that Montel took up for our troops. It is rare that you hear about the troops on the news which is such a disapointment.I think that our media outlets should focus more on what is actually going to affect us. Instead we are enlightened on Brittney Spears every move. I find it very shocking that they did not put him back on the air and they did not renew his contract for his talk show.
ReplyDeleteThe troops that have died in Iraq have been used as statistics by liberals and turn into American icons for conservatives. Montel Williams has a valid point about the media circus surrounding celebrities. The outburst on live T.V. probably wasn't the best place for Montel to voice his opinion, but I'm proud of what he said. There is one day out of the year that we honor the fallen soldiers, whether you believe in the cause of why were there or not, we could do more.
ReplyDeleteI commend Williams for stating how he feels. That is what we are supposed to use freedom of speech for. There are much more important things going on in the world rather than the death of one sinlge actor. While this death was unexpected, so are the many others that are lost every day fighting for America. I believe the media wasn't expecting this kind of lash out against them and if the show wasn't cancelled before hand, that incident made it a closed deal. The media could have done a better job at taking a stance on this issue as well as the death of the actor and the troops.
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