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Contents 1 Please Note: "Pauline Friedman" 2 Her Comments Against Liberals and Liberal Organizations 3 Suggestive/possibly grammatically incorrect

[edit] Please Note: "Pauline Friedman"

You may strongly disagree with Melanie Morgan and find her commentary offensive, but please do NOT put the "Pauline Friedman" version back online. It was a vandal's spoof. Morgan has made a third urgent request to restore the correct version, which I have just done. I am not certain what the legal consequences could be if she really gets mad, but I am pretty sure it would be quite messy. --Tangerine5000 16:35, 23 December 2006 (UTC) Here is what she said on Friday 12/22:

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To Whom It May Concern, This is the third time I have addressed this problem with Wikipedia, and for the life of me I cannot understand why it keeps popping up on your website. I am Melanie Morgan of KSFO in San Francisco, and vandals have repeatedly changed my profile to clearly portray false information. Wikipedia has corrected it twice, and it has happened AGAIN. ONE MORE TIME: Melanie R. Morgan is my correct name. I am not Pauline Friedman, nor was I born in Beverly Hills. I was born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1956, not 1948. I have previously worked as a reporter, not an anchor for KGO-TV. My resume also includes several stints as a foreign correspondant for ABC Radio and Television, covering the bombing of the Marine Compound in Beirut in 1983, the live coverage of the return of American hostages from a hijacked airliner to Germany, and the uprising in Tianamen Square in China, as well as the earthquake that devastated Mexico City in 1988. I have won many awards for my 30 year career, including (most recently) the Associated Press Mark Twain award for special live programming from Iraq last year.(Voices of Soldiers, Truth Tour) I have never called for the assassination of presumptive House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. I have never called for the assassination of anyone-- period. I was referring to a 'political bulls-eye' on Nancy Pelosi, after her inflammatory comments regarding the President of the United States, and ugly political discourse about Republicans in general. This is in reference to a book I am planning to co-author to expose Ms. Pelosi's extremely liberal, anti-American comments and the agenda she has set for the new Congress. These repeated efforts to smear me on Wikipedia are disgusting, and demeans your credibility as a source of unbiased information. Please correct (again) immediately. Melanie Morgan, KSFO Radio, San Francisco

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I've put the above in quote form but suggest that a hidden text message also be added in several likely places where would-be dupes could see they are mistaken and their efforts reverted. Benjiboi 18:14, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Her Comments Against Liberals and Liberal Organizations

On numerous times, including at least twice on FOX News Channel she has unabashedly called for Terrorist acts against Americans, and in particular, Code Pink and other liberal groups.

I think it would be appropriate to add the fact that she has done so to her page here.

Are the FOX News Channel videos of her and recordings of her own radio broadcasts (of her inciting Terrorism against Americans) good enough to fit the sourcing requirements here? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.41.19.246 (talk • contribs)

I've redacted your statement to remove slanderous statement against the subject of this biography of a living person as well as unhelpful WP:POINTy statements. Please avoid labelling people as such as it violates our policies. Just as you would like a biography about yourself to be accurate we need to do so as well, this includes not publishing such controversial items (without reliable sources) even on the talk page. Also disparaging remarks towards other editors, collectively or personally violates policies on personal attacks. Please avoid this and editing will likely go more smooth. As to your question, the content you're talking about seems like it would be notable enough that someone more neutral, like a newspaper (San Francisco Chronicle?) would have covered it. We need to err on the cautious side when introducing content likely to be seen as controversial just as a newspaper is likely to be. My suggest is to see what they have written and quote their words directly so they are stating she stated ____ rather than wikipedia inferring she did. This helps us remain neutral and we're simply reporting what a reliable source has published. I think San Jose Mercury News or the Sacramento Bee are also nearby and would been seen as more neutral on these issues as well. Benjiboi 15:54, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Calling someone what they are is not slander. Also it's up to her to prove that she wasn't attempting to organize terrorist attacks if she ever wants to take it to court. I agree with you on the neutrality. It's not my fault the newspapers don't want to report on right wing talk show hosts.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.49.220.31 (talk • contribs)

(Redacted new comments). Again, we work off reliable sources and no, it's not up to her to prove anything. If the content you wish to see on the subject is notable enough it's likely to be published by someone reliable. As a talk show host she likely said a lot of outrageous things and it sounds like much of it was ignored. There are other places on the internet where you can publish your thought on the matter but this is an encyclopedia. Benjiboi 22:52, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Suggestive/possibly grammatically incorrect

Probably should change 'support US armed forces' to 'US armed intervention in the (war on terror)' --- Crissa —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.126.238.36 (talk) 10:55, 18 March 2008 (UTC)