You probably recall the honeymoon, that trip Randy Credico and Berthold Reimers made to Albany a few months ago. It culminated in a so-called "press conference" on the steps of New York's City Hall. The media was conspicuously absent from this press event, as were the station's listeners, but some WBAI producer/hosts and one or two minor politicians showed up. In short, it was another flop in this endless farce. A letter solicited from one politician was sent to the ESB legal people, but it failed to dissuade the judge, who ruled in King Kong's favor. It seems that nobody was buying the phonies up pleas of innocence.
However, Reimers did give Credico a weekly time slot and there was a brief, ineffective story on the NY 1 channel, but WBAI and its "management" were, if anything, further ridiculed and subsequent fund raising efforts have yielded the most miserable results ever.
It is said that Tony Bates—who cajoled his way into a snug position at Reimers' bosom and is as widely despised in and around WBAI—deeply resented the effectiveness of Credico's elbows, so a seething internal battle surfaced and ended in Credico abruptly storming out.
Ended? Well, I guess not. We don't know the details yet, but Credico appears to be seething and bent on some form of revenge. This related but frivolous side act comes when the station and Pacifica are facing possible extinction, so be prepared.
A chronic protester, Credico obviously enjoys attention—Bates, not so much. So we know who fires the first shot. Apropos that, Credico posted the following publicly, yesterday. I have no hope left for a satisfactory solution to the Pacifica problem, but I think it is fair to surmise that Reimers is too cowardly to take either side. This is all so infantile—Bill Crosier should finally step in and dismiss them all. What do you think?
However, Reimers did give Credico a weekly time slot and there was a brief, ineffective story on the NY 1 channel, but WBAI and its "management" were, if anything, further ridiculed and subsequent fund raising efforts have yielded the most miserable results ever.
It is said that Tony Bates—who cajoled his way into a snug position at Reimers' bosom and is as widely despised in and around WBAI—deeply resented the effectiveness of Credico's elbows, so a seething internal battle surfaced and ended in Credico abruptly storming out.
Ended? Well, I guess not. We don't know the details yet, but Credico appears to be seething and bent on some form of revenge. This related but frivolous side act comes when the station and Pacifica are facing possible extinction, so be prepared.
A chronic protester, Credico obviously enjoys attention—Bates, not so much. So we know who fires the first shot. Apropos that, Credico posted the following publicly, yesterday. I have no hope left for a satisfactory solution to the Pacifica problem, but I think it is fair to surmise that Reimers is too cowardly to take either side. This is all so infantile—Bill Crosier should finally step in and dismiss them all. What do you think?
I will continue to fight I've got so much publicity coming to New Yorkers doing a profile on me this week I have New York one Newsweek to name a few I will not stop until this dictatorship by two dicks comes to an end thank you for your support let me add anyone that supports them should write me off of their list because I have no respect for anyone that has respect for Berthold and Tony Bates. —Randy Credico
Hilarious. Credico is trying to grab the tiller of a boat just as it goes over Niagara Falls.
ReplyDeleteMy father used to have a joke: "What's the height of ambition? A flea crawling up an elephant's back leg with rape on its mind." Randy Credico is that flea...
ReplyDeleteI hate to say it, but I think Bates did the right thing getting rid of Credico. It's obvious Credico is some sort of psychotic, as we can see from his petty vindictiveness and hypocrisy. He had no problem working under Tony Bates as long as he had a radio show, but once he loses it, he attacks Bates as a sexual harasser. I guess sexual harassment is fine to Credico, as long as he gets to be on the air and think he's important at WBAI.
The truth is that Credico stuck his nose where it didn't belong and got it chopped off. "Reverend" Billy was a disaster and should have been fired outright, not offered another time slot. Credico, with illusions of grandeur of his having some sort of self-appointed management position at WBAI, stuck his nose into a programming decision that was simply NONE of his business. Bates was actually being kind to offer Billy a slot instead of a pink slip, considering how atrocious his show was.
In the end, Credico is a loudmouthed loser who is meaningless in any way, even to the local left wing. He won't be of any bother to WBAI, and should be forgotten shortly after we have a few laughs ridiculing his dumb ass.
This should tell you something. Randy Credico was on The Tonight Show once... Once...
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I think this goes beyond Rev Billy.
DeleteYeah, he discovered he wasn't the station's savior.
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UPDATE: Credico appears to be making a U-turn.
DeleteIsn't it funny when somebody is not there and they have to play a repeat ,
ReplyDeletethey always find the one or two shows that deal with race .
Perfect example is this show, savana bailey , this women , although not my cup
of tea , usually sticks to her knitting , (one of the few blacks that does )
but all of a sudden she is talking about race . They are so predictable and boring.
Well, with Howard Jordan it's no problem, since it's the only topic he knows.
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Yes, not just Jordan—at WBAI, one-track mindlessness prevails over independent thought.
DeleteAs I said earlier, WBAI listeners, although tuned out, should demand financial reparation.
Their minuscule listenership is of the same mindset, unfortunately.
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You mean the five callers they refer to as the “masses“?
DeleteWonder what drek they are gonna replace David Rothenberg with?
ReplyDeleteNew York has never suffered a scarcityy of people who are consumed by delusions of.self-importance. Finding one who has rightfully registered tangible accomplishments enroute to insignificaance may pose a problem.
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ReplyDeleteMilton Allimadi would like to have a program. Allimadi believes that each African-American citizen of the United States, and this includes Allimadi, who was born in Uganda and whose father had been Prime Minister of Uganda, was entitled to $50 million because of racism.
Allimadi blames white people for the problems of Africa- and I mean every problem.
Ed Manfredonia
Allimadi is an opportunist who takes advantage of WBAI—through the morning dummy, Haskins—to promote the pa with which he fills his blog publication. BTW, he turned to Bill Cosby for initial funding. His race-based views aside, this is not a smart man—perhaps more intelligent than Haskins, but what does that tell us?
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