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Kevin Fischer is an award-winning veteran broadcaster who has been seen and heard on Milwaukee TV and radio stations for nearly three decades.
Kevin, who is a legislative aide to state Sen. Mary Lazich (R-New Berlin), can be seen offering his views on the news on the public affairs program, “INTERchange,” on Milwaukee Public Television Channel 10. He lives with his wife, Jennifer, in Franklin.

Commenting on my blogs

By Kevin Fischer
Sunday, Sep 30 2007, 02:25 PM
As you probably know, some major changes have been here on FranklinNOW.com.  One of them is your ability to now comment on our blogs. I encourage you to take advantage of this new feature.

However, there will be a few simple, straightforward rules about commenting on my blogs. 

When I first started blogging, I wrote the following: “My blog approach will be very similar to what I have done throughout my broadcast career. In my reporting days, I covered the gamut of issues. The same holds true when I appear on a television or radio talk show and I’ll do the same on This Just In….

Topics I intend to explore will include local and state issues, business, sports, societal trends, just about anything. Some will be controversial. Others might stir emotion. My hope is that you find my blog to be interesting and insightful.”
 

So, I blog about topics that are interesting to me. The topics I choose when I’m on the radio are of interest to me. 

I view this blog as an equivalent to a radio talk show. If you want to comment on my blog, great! Disagree all you want. But consider commenting on my blog the same as calling in when I host a talk show.  

Give me your best stuff. 

Also, disagree all you want, but please stay on topic.

If you ramble, are incoherent, or make comments that have nothing to do with the particular entry, your comments will be removed.
 

Keep it clean. No obscenities or profanities.

If you make what you believe to be a factual statement, it better be accurate. If not, it will be removed or corrected.
 

That’s it. 

Keep reading and have fun!

 

Comments

had to comment   

Unfortunately you give a lot of reasons why you will limit comments on your blog. I understand profanity, but like other bloggers when you prevent comments by readers you really bring into question the legitimacy of your blog. It would be good if you just let the readers decide if a comment is worth it's while rather than you doing it for us. You know....the free speech thing.

September 30, 2007 8:13 PM

Fred Keller   

Your comments rules are perfectly reasonable and appropriate, especially when a commenter can post "anonymously."

October 1, 2007 8:59 AM

had to comment   

I'm glad to hear that Kevin. I must admit I have no respect for media that filters it's responses so a particular viewpoint can appear dominant. Nothing personal about the Belling show (I understand you're going to be on it) but I stopped listening to it years ago because the man clearly treated callers who disagreed with him horribly. Other shows like Sykes, Limbaugh....etc also sadly do the same thing. Even though I will probably disagree with your views quite often I will enjoy reading and responding to your blog if you truly follow through and post all comments except the most vile.

October 1, 2007 6:18 PM

Kevin Fischer   

Dear HAD TO COMMENT:

You can count on it!

I felt the need to clarify my rules for commenting because the fact is, being on TV and radio, I get a fair amount of correspondence. The overwhelming majority of it has been respectful I'm happy to say. But I also get some "unprintable" stuff.

I wanted to nip that issue in the bud right away.

October 1, 2007 6:43 PM

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