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"Mrs. Fred Grandy" speaks out about her husband's departure from WMAL-AM
It has been reported in a number of media outlets that one of the reasons former Washington, DC news/talk WMAL-AM (630) morning host Fred Grandy and the Citadel-owned station parted ways was because of some of the comments made on the show by Grandy's wife regarding Muslims and Islam. Silent until now, "Mrs Fred" as she was known to WMAL listeners took to the political website DailyCaller.com to make her opinions known. Catherine Mann, Grandy's wife, writes on the website, ""For our efforts, Fred and I were sometimes called racists and Islamophobes, but our audience loved our shows. Calls and emails would pour in during and after these reports wanting to learn more about the slow but steady progress of civilization jihad." She then discusses a forum Grandy hosted regarding domestic terrorism and says after that show, "Fred was told to tone down the jihadist talk and make sure I did the same. I didn’t. In my February 25th report on how Christians had been arrested in Dearborn, Michigan for simply talking about their religion to Muslims, I said something that outraged our management and was dismissed." She will later add, "Needless to say, my dismissal bothered me a tad. For a long time Fred and I have both believed the struggle against Islamic extremism is a secret war most Americans don’t even know we are fighting — and losing ... When management disagreed, Fred felt his microphone had also been muzzled and he resigned." You can read her complete editorial of the events that led to Fred Grandy's resignation here.
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