Obama: My grandma’s a ‘typical white person’

It’s been one rough week for one presidential candidate.
Sen. Barack Obama made some interesting comments yesterday on WIP in Philly about his grandmother being a “typical white person” who crosses the street when she sees a black person coming toward her. The New York Daily News has a story explaining the entire situation.
Obama’s campaign is [...]

Additional audio from Tuesday’s Kearny council meeting

First, I’d like to apologize for taking so long to get this audio up. You’ll need Quicktime Player to listen to the clips. You’ll hear from Deputy Chief John Corbett, Deputy Chief James Corbett, Sgt. Don Felle and Fire Inspector Chuck Kerr. Unfortunately, all other speakers — including Chief John Dowie — weren’t recorded. Because [...]

Audio from last night’s Kearny council meeting

Here’s an audio clip from last night’s Kearny council meeting. It’s an exchange between Mayor Al Santos and the PBA’s president, Glen Reed. We’re working on decoding more audio from last night’s meeting, and we’ll post it when it’s available.

A long-awaited return

OK. I’ll admit a few things.
First, unless something controversial or shocking happens, this will be my last Imus blogging for a while.
Next, I got up at 5 a.m. this morning. I had a rough time sleeping last night. I was very excited about 6 a.m. Monday morning. As a fan of Don Imus — well, [...]

Sept. 11 as it happened Part 3

Click here to listen to the final audio recording of WCBS 880 News’ coverage of Sept. 11, 2001, as it happened. Audio courtesy of former WCBS reporter Don Swaim.

Sept. 11 as it happened Part 2

Click here to listen to the second portion of audio from WCBS-880 News’ Sept. 11, 2001 coverage as it happened. This portion of audio runs for about an hour. Coming tomorrow, Part 3 of the audio — plus an interview from Sept. 11, 2001, with former Mayor and current presidential candidate Rudolph W. Giuliani.

Sept. 11 as it happened

On Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, WCBS 880 News’ traffic reporter Tom Kaminski was about to go on the air with a traffic report when he saw a fireball near the World Trade Center. It was, of course, the first plane hitting the North Tower. Tom was the first journalist in America to report what had [...]

The Corzine accident tapes

Here are two recordings from the day Gov. Jon Corzine was involved in his car accident. You’ll need Quicktime to hear the files.

Imus appears on Sharpton’s showHe’s suspended just hours later

Radio host Don Imus appeared today on the Al Sharpton Show. The audio of the show is embedded in this post. You’ll need Quicktime player to be able to listen to the exchange, which lasts about an hour.

Just hours later, CBS Radio and MSNBC announced Imus’ show was being suspended for two weeks, beginning Monday. [...]

Recording: Paszkiewicz denies making comments

Kearny High School junior Matt LaClair dropped a bombshell on the Board of Education earlier this week when he assured them that history teacher David Paszkiewicz had initially denied making statements about going to hell (and other related topics) when the two met in October in Principal Al Somma’s office.
LaClair gave the Board a CD [...]