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Backing away from a confrontation with religious groups, NBC said Thursday it has decided not to show pictures of Madonna mounting a Crucifix when it airs a concert special with the pop star in November.

Now we know that NBC is scared of the religious right.  I love my CNBC On The Money but not anymore.  I plan to ban CNBC, NBC, and MSNBC.  If they censor a cross scene from the Madonna concert because some uninformed church groups think it is bad taste then they are obviously hiding good news content from most of America.  I no longer will trust NBC News.  It is too bad that this did not air on MTV or on HBO instead.

The sad part of this entire story is that Madonna is on the cross to draw attention to the global problem of AIDS and HIV.  The cross is not meant as a publicity stunt or to offend Christians but to make them aware of the problem in the world they are avoiding.  It is the media that is getting a publicity stunt off of Madonna by trying to make her look bad.

NBC will still show a performance of “Live to Tell,” but use different camera angles so that Madonna isn’t seen until she gets off the cross.

Yes, you heard right about another religious station in Dallas.  This makes 40% of the stations now on the A.M. dial?  The other 60% or so go to conservative talk shows like Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and Mike Savage.  Dallas ranks as nations fifth radio market.  Air America leaving a market as big as Dallas does some damage in my opinion especially at an election time.  Was this planned?  Is this part of the Republicans power plan right before the elections to silence the honest hardworking liberals?

Al Franken was promoting his new book in Ft. Worth, TX just two days before Air America went off the air to convert into a religious station.  Franken told the Star Telegram that there is nothing to worry about and “it happens all the time”.

Air America is on XM Satellite radio for those of you who cannot listen anymore – buy a car receiver with XM Satellite and make sure you tell them you are buying it for that reason!

Los Angeles and New York City have always downplayed country radio compared to the sounds of urban but this time they went too far. While country music has not been good to liberals it is still a great music to follow and every city deserves a country radio station. This is a major culture loss in my opinion.

With no Country station left in the LA market, former KZLA listeners are trying to convince someone else to fill the format gap created last week when Emmis switched the station to “Movin 93.9,” with a Rhythmic Pop Contemporary format and Rick Dees in the morning.

The mega-mergers in radio have taken away lots of the best programming and disc jockeys but we still have satellite radio with XM and Sirius. The best way to protest this change if you are a KZLA listener is to turn it to Air America on the AM. That will teach them!

My advice: KZLA should have played more Dixie Chicks.

Would you judge President Bush before you even had the chance to see him in action?  I wouldn’t.  Just like I would not judge Madonna before I saw her live in Concert.  The Pope was invited to watch the heavily entertaining concert but instead criticized it.  That is his loss.  He could have went to the concert then had a leg to stand on and told us of its real meaning which is about love and making different religions and nationalities come together as one.  Madonna is more about unity than most people think.  Her hit “Music” describes it better how she makes the people come together.Hannity and Colmes recently talked about the disco crucifixion scene at the latest Madonna concert and Hannity said that “Madonna is a has-been”.  She is making headlines and could certainly teach Hannity a few things.  Does Sean Hannity get to make out with Britney and Christina Aguilera at the MTV VMA Awards?

Thank God for Artists like Madonna and The Dixie Chicks who stand up to our President and to Fox News slanted journalism.

Madonna donated over 3 million this year to charities and a percentage of her concert earnings to 9-11 families on her last tour.  Madonna has also donated almost 5 million in Kabbalah related charities alone in the last four years.

If you get a chance to watch the Madonna concert on NBC this fall make sure you see it in its entirety.  Better yet, make sure you see it live while shes on tour even if it’s a long flight to another country.  It will be the best concert you have ever seen.  She makes the Rolling Stones, Beyonce, Janet, Mariah Carey, Garth Brooks, and many others look completely lame.  I would say a Madonna concert is something like Cirque de la (amazing dancing scenes), “So You Think You Can Dance”, mixed in with some Madonna and then some George Bush comedy.