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WHITE HOUSE RIPS 'POLITICALLY INCORRECT' STAR
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WHITE HOUSE RIPS 'POLITICALLY INCORRECT' STAR By DEBORAH ORIN
BILL MAHER:Called U.S. "cowards." September 27, 2001 -- WASHINGTON - President Bush's spokesman yesterday blasted late-night funnyman Bill Maher for painting the U.S. military as more "cowardly" than the kamikaze terrorists who killed over 6,500 civilians. "It's a terrible thing to say, and it's unfortunate," White House press secretary Ari Fleischer said during his daily briefing. "This is not a time for remarks like that. It never is." Even before the White House weighed in, insiders said the future of Maher's ABC-TV show, "Politically Incorrect," was in doubt because angry sponsors canceled ads and some affiliate stations now refuse to air it. Sources say senior brass at Disney, ABC's parent company, are livid and may kill Maher's show. Maher touched off the storm on his first show after the terror attacks - six days later - when he agreed with conservative commentator Dinesh D'Souza that the hijackers were "warriors" because they were willing to die. "We have been the cowards," Maher fumed. "Lobbing cruise missiles from 2,000 miles away, that's cowardly. Staying in the airplane when it hits the building, say what you want about it - not cowardly." Federal Express and Sears, the show's two major prestige advertisers, yanked their commercials in outrage, and as many as 12 ABC affiliates refused to air Maher's show. A few days later, Maher apologized, via his publicist, saying he only meant to target the U.S. government, "politicians" and Bush's missile-defense plan. Maher said he never meant to suggest that U.S. troops in uniform "are anything but courageous and valiant." http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/5059.htm
BILL MAHER:Called U.S. "cowards." September 27, 2001 -- WASHINGTON - President Bush's spokesman yesterday blasted late-night funnyman Bill Maher for painting the U.S. military as more "cowardly" than the kamikaze terrorists who killed over 6,500 civilians. "It's a terrible thing to say, and it's unfortunate," White House press secretary Ari Fleischer said during his daily briefing. "This is not a time for remarks like that. It never is." Even before the White House weighed in, insiders said the future of Maher's ABC-TV show, "Politically Incorrect," was in doubt because angry sponsors canceled ads and some affiliate stations now refuse to air it. Sources say senior brass at Disney, ABC's parent company, are livid and may kill Maher's show. Maher touched off the storm on his first show after the terror attacks - six days later - when he agreed with conservative commentator Dinesh D'Souza that the hijackers were "warriors" because they were willing to die. "We have been the cowards," Maher fumed. "Lobbing cruise missiles from 2,000 miles away, that's cowardly. Staying in the airplane when it hits the building, say what you want about it - not cowardly." Federal Express and Sears, the show's two major prestige advertisers, yanked their commercials in outrage, and as many as 12 ABC affiliates refused to air Maher's show. A few days later, Maher apologized, via his publicist, saying he only meant to target the U.S. government, "politicians" and Bush's missile-defense plan. Maher said he never meant to suggest that U.S. troops in uniform "are anything but courageous and valiant." http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/5059.htm