Jay Severin

The Globe reports WTKK suspended Jimmy Severino today for saying something awful about Mexicans and swine flu this week. Exactly what, however, the Globe doesn't say Globe posts some audio. Down in New York, El Diario La Prensa fills in that gap:

... For Severin, Mexicans are "criminaliens" and primitives who export venereal diseases to the United States. The shock jock referred to the strain of flu as "swine-aka-Janet Napolitano flu."

That's not the end of Severin's anti-immigrant rants. Immigrants are leeches and their children, he warns, don't speak English, will retard schools, add to crime and spread disease. Amid all of this, Severin has the audacity to state, "I don't mean to hype the story." ...

El Diario La Prensa details his comments even more in this post in Spanish - basically, Severin said it's not Mexicans' fault they're wild, uneducated savages who don't get their kids vaccinated, he's only stating the facts, and one of those facts is that those kids who got the flu in New York got it from illegal Mexicans.

Did Imus really threaten to gun him down in cold blood? Good for ratings, if nothing else.

That's the word on the street, but heavens, don't tell anybody because it's all supposed to be a secret:

... First of all, let me say that Manchester-by-the-Sea only became Manchester-by-the-Sea a few years ago. It used to be just plain old Manchester but, I guess the locals were afraid it would get confused with Manchester, New Hampshire which is not by the sea and should probably change its name to Manchester- by-the-Airport. Beverly, which is the next town past Manchester-b-t-S is considering changing its name to Beverly-by-the-Depot, since its train depot is a large feature of the town. This, of course, presents a dilemma for Gloucester. So, I guess we'll consider the old stereotype and change our name to Gloucester-by-the-Smell though that might be inaccurate because, since the decline of the fishing industry, there aren't as many fish to smell. Maybe Gloucester-by-the-Way ...

Dan Kennedy says bad news for gabby Howie Carr on WRKO.

Radio Equalizer reminds us of Jimmy Severino's, um, Jay Severin's past fun with the truth.

Cranky adds Graham to his growing list of Things that Suck:

... This guy Michael Graham they have on now is completely unlistenable. He sounds like a moron. Standard anti-liberal boilerplate. Like some dumb loud fratboy who knows nothing, but has an opinion on everything. His callers sound far from the "best and brightest" that Jay claimed his to be. Honestly I can't say more about his show than that, because, like Rita Cosby, I can barely stand to listen to his voice for two minutes. He was fired from his last gig, supposedly over some controversy, but more likely just because he sucked. ...

On The Son Always Rises, Margaret reports she gave a cabbie a lousy tip because he subjectd her to 20 minutes of Jay Severin on the radio.

The Herald reports that WTKK has replaced non-Pulitzer-winning talk-show host Jay Severin with Michael Graham. Or, as Dan puts it:

WTKK Radio (96.9 FM) has replaced trash-talking, Muslim-bashing afternoon-drive-time host Jay Severin with trash-talking, Muslim-bashing afternoon-drive-time host Michael Graham.

Michael himself puts it this way:

Starting today, the Michael Graham Experience officially arrives at 96.9 FM WTKK in Boston, MA. All I can say is, somebody better buy Ted Kennedy a drink. Quick.

Such refreshing and original irreverence! Why, Howie Carr probably doesn't make a joke like that more than, oh, five or six times a day.

Oh, sorry, he calls himself Jay Severin III now. In any case, Dan finds it odd that the Globe hasn't written about the disappearance of the WTKK blabmeister after columnist Scott Lehigh broke the news that Severin doesn't actually have a Pulitzer.

Bonus fun link: Heavy-duty rightwingers don't much cotton to Severin.

After he got called on his online "Pulitzer," WTKK mouth Jay Severin backtracked and said he'd won an award that was just like a Pulitzer. Dan shows even that is a stretch. Handy tool, that LexisNexis.

Not even for online journalism.

Mark: If Severin won a Pulitzer, I was the American League MVP last year.

Jeff: Even in the world of right-wing radio Severin stands out as particularly loathsome ...

But did you know that Severin is actually a liberal? It's on the InterWeb, so it must be true! Via Dan.