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SF Chronicle: KNBR makes the call: Krueger is fired

So Krueger got fired (which was inevitable as soon as this occurred) - but NOT for his original comments? Uh-huh.

Beleaguered talk-show host Larry Krueger has lost his job at KNBR—and two other station employees also were fired late Tuesday night. Longtime program director Bob Agnew and Tony Rhein, the producer of KNBR’s morning show, were let go by the station.
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Alou appeared on ESPN’s “Outside the Lines” program Monday night and called Krueger “this messenger of Satan.” On Tuesday morning, KNBR aired Alou’s sound bite from “Outside the Lines” and then parodied it with Satan references from the Comedy Central show, “South Park.” That apparently was the impetus for Rhein’s dismissal—and might have had a lot to do with the terminations of Agnew and Krueger.

Official KNBR statement

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201. robinred

Posted: August 11, 2005 at 03:33 AM (#1537822)

"this messenger of Satan."

This makes Krueger eligible for The Union, right?

202. robinred

Posted: August 11, 2005 at 03:34 AM (#1537824)

"this messenger of Satan."

...or a friend of Nieporent's...

203. Tom (and his broom) Posted: August 11, 2005 at 03:43 AM (#1537844)

speaking of Primates of that persuasion, Here is former primate sighting with his decidedly conservative take on this issue.

204. robinred

Posted: August 11, 2005 at 03:53 AM (#1537867)

Re. the link in 204: Rifkin fails to acknowledge the sociohistorical context...

I am in agreement with those who are unsympathetic to Krueger, but I think firing him is neither culturally productive nor easily justified. Many of those who are seeing Alou as being manipulative/hypersensitive/overreactive will now have those feelings increase, which will, as someone said, "deepen divisions." I also am in agreement with Treder that this is as likely to help Krueger's career as it is to hurt it.

Bill James, in writing about Alou once, said that Alou "talks about Christ as if he is renting the next apartment" so the bizarre Satan comment is unsurprising. That said, it is no one else's place to tell Alou, in effect, to "lighten up" (so to speak) because it's 2005 and he's making big money managing. IMO, those who sympathize with Krueger should pissed at KNBR, not Felipe Alou.

205. robinred

Posted: August 11, 2005 at 03:55 AM (#1537871)

206. robinred

Posted: August 11, 2005 at 03:56 AM (#1537873)

"this messenger of Satan."

...or a friend of Nieporent's...

207. robinred

Posted: August 11, 2005 at 03:59 AM (#1537879)

A double-double post.

Think I'll go to In-N-Out after I apologize.

208. 6 - 4 - 3 Posted: August 11, 2005 at 04:03 AM (#1537884)

Any post making a semi-clever swipe at DMN can be posted multiple times without requiring any apology.

209. dcsmyth1 Posted: August 11, 2005 at 01:01 PM (#1538217)

Isolated Walks (IW) = OBA-BA

F Alou = .042
J Alou = .025
M Alou = .038

The lg avg during that period was .06 to .065 or so.

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