Republican Bob Turner has made the race to succeed disgraced former Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., a real barnburner.
But like the man he hopes to follow, Turner is no stranger to sex scandals either - albeit, as a spectator.
But like the man he hopes to follow, Turner is no stranger to sex scandals either - albeit, as a spectator.
As the New York Times reports today, the retired cable TV executive was responsible for bringing the bawdry "The Jerry Springer Show" to the world during the 1990s, along with other daytime talk-show staples "Donahue" and "Sally Jessy Raphael."
"For a guy who likes the Metropolitan Opera and museums," said Turner, "Jerry is not exactly my proudest moment, you know, as you can imagine."
Turner admits that he was uncomfortable with some of the programming on the Springer show and acknowledged that it probably coarsened daytime TV. He shelved six episodes of Springer's show "because he deemed their content wildly inappropriate," and also suspended the show's executive producer for disobeying company policies -- but he nonetheless stood by keeping the show on the air. That won praise from Springer, the former Democratic mayor of Cincinnati.
"It was pretty gutsy," Springer told the Times, joking that Turner's conservative policies were "his only flaw."
"That is part of the character of Bob Turner -- he sticks by you," said Springer.
http://www.nationaljournal.com/blogs/hotlineoncall/2011/09/jerry-springer-endorses-bob-turner-sort-of-08
"For a guy who likes the Metropolitan Opera and museums," said Turner, "Jerry is not exactly my proudest moment, you know, as you can imagine."
Turner admits that he was uncomfortable with some of the programming on the Springer show and acknowledged that it probably coarsened daytime TV. He shelved six episodes of Springer's show "because he deemed their content wildly inappropriate," and also suspended the show's executive producer for disobeying company policies -- but he nonetheless stood by keeping the show on the air. That won praise from Springer, the former Democratic mayor of Cincinnati.
"It was pretty gutsy," Springer told the Times, joking that Turner's conservative policies were "his only flaw."
"That is part of the character of Bob Turner -- he sticks by you," said Springer.
http://www.nationaljournal.com/blogs/hotlineoncall/2011/09/jerry-springer-endorses-bob-turner-sort-of-08