The battles between Hamas and Israel have been ongoing for nearly two weeks. 95.5 WSB host Eric Von Haessler said he hasn’t spoken much about them, but that also doesn’t mean he’s avoiding the topic, either.
During The Von Haessler Doctrine earlier this week, the Atlanta-based host said while listeners might want him to talk more about the conflict, but said that’s not something he’s going to do just because it’s the expectation.
“We’re on WSB and we’re talk station and when something like the Middle East thing breaks out, and I talked very little about it. I mentioned it on Friday. And I’ll go into it more today. I’ve just decided the way this country is in love with censorship,” Von Haessler surmised.
“The largest topics that happen in society, within 24 hours, there is this guide stylebook that says ‘If you want to be deemed a good person, these are the facts. This is what you say. And here’s a swath that is an area that not only do you not say it, you don’t imply it because we have people on college campuses, who can decipher your words from what you really meant and will tell’.”
Eric Von Haessler continued by noting the situation is often a difficult one to guide his career and radio program through.
“To me, it’s just like, ‘Jeez, I hope this is an era in the United States of America’. I hope this doesn’t last forever, but I’m going to try to navigate my show in my career through it. So whenever these things come up where somebody somewhere has decided, ‘If you say these things, you’re great, and if you even imply any of these things, you’re the worst person in the world’. For the most part, we’re not going to dwell on those things on the show, because — the word fun is wrong — but even good debate is interesting and compelling. But more and more we are told on certain topics,” Von Haessler revealed.
“Even the desiring of a debate says more about you and what you truly are made of than anything you’ll find on the debate. And that’s 100% wrong and it’s anti-American, but you know, it’s where we are.”
