Rudy Giuliani took exception Thursday to WABC 770 AM airing a disclaimer prior to his radio show, which is kind of smart considering he’s potentially on the hook for $4 billion in defamation claims. Here’s an excerpt of the transcript from Media Matters (audio also available there):
DISCLAIMER: “The views, assumptions, and opinions expressed by former U.S. attorney, former attorney to the president of the United States, and NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani, his guests, and callers on his program are strictly their own and do not necessarily represent the opinions, beliefs, or policies of WABC radio, its owner, Red Apple Group, and other WABC hosts or our advertisers.”
RUDY GIULIANI: “I would have thought they would have told me about that before just doing what they just did. Rather insulting. And gives you a sense of how far this free speech thing has gone and how they frighten everybody. I mean we’re in America, we’re not in East Germany. They’ve got to warn you about me? I’m going to have to give that a lot of consideration. I also think putting it on without telling me, not the right thing to do, not the right thing to do at all.”