In a news story announcing Tom Finneran’s hiring, the felon himself makes the case that he’s already accustomed to taking critical calls:
He also declared himself more than ready for the rough- and- tumble of talk radio, saying after 26 years in public life he’s accustomed to “people calling in and criticizing.”
The problem is that unlike talk radio, where these calls come directly from the public and go right out over the airwaves, Finneran had a full staff on Beacon Hill to insulate himself from this kind of heat. And, given his legendary arrogance, Finneran likely has one of the thinnest skins in politics.
And here, he really must have had reporters laughing at this comment:
Finneran was accused of lying under oath in a lawsuit that stemmed from a legislative redistricting plan.
Finneran said today he made a mistake and is now paying the price for it.
No, Tommy Taxes, thanks to Julie Kahn and whatever sleazy deal got you this job, you’ve paid no price whatsoever.
What’s the big whoop? Finneran is just as conservative as anybody else on the station now. Let him loose on gay marriage, and the cons will conveniently forget about his royal corruptness.
What a major mistake WRKO is making. Obviously Howie Carr is not happy with Tommy being a talk show host on WRKO and I believe most listeners feel the same way.
Why would I want to listen to a talk show host that will be lobbying and thus will have his own ulterior motives when discussing certain political topics.
Will I listen to his show–maybe for an hour or two to see how the radio audience reacts. After that, I will be tuning into another station thankyou.
Howie is the king of talk radio on WRKO. Finneran will not be accepted by the listening audience in my opinion and I believe his show will be short lived.
The only thing worse than having Finneran on talk radio would be if Billy Bulger got the job.
to WRKO owners and management—wake up before you lose the rest of your listening public.