To paraphrase comedian Mort Sahl's remark about former U.S. president Richard Nixon - Would you listen to a radio show presented by this man?
Yesterday Fox Soccer Channel unveiled Eric Wynalda as the new host of their flagship show 'Fox Football Fone-In'. I wonder what state Steven Cohen's cat was in after the London-born broadcaster received the new last month. The TV giant wouldn't comment on why Cohen's contract with them wasn't renewed but now that his comments about the Hillsborough disaster are common knowledge amongst Liverpool fans and the general footballing public, his broadcasting career is on its last legs. Virtually every main sponsor of his World Soccer Daily radio show has cancelled their agreements with the show and even his beloved Chelsea FC have disowned him.
Last week their spokesman Gareth Mills spoke to LFC's New York Supporters Club and said: "He is not a representative, nor ever has been a representative of the club. We have some 90 million fans worldwide and cannot account for every fan’s opinion.” It appears that nobody wants to have anything to do with someone who launched a scathing attack on the survivors of Britain's worst ever stadium disaster on a national radio show - even if if it is a vehicle of the Rupert Murdoch empire.
The crux of the matter is, as Cohen is starting to find out, that Hillsborough has been a very sensitive subject for Liverpool fans all over the world and the boycott show after the blatant lack of respect shown repeatedly by the 46-year-old has proven have proven this much. Nobody with half a brain can fail to see that Fox dropped him like a piece of dog foul as sponsors started to withdraw from WSD and Cohen started to implode following the refusal by Reds fans to fall for his cheap attempt at an apology. His flippancy knows no bounds and, with the able assistance of his snidey sidekick Kenny Hassan, he has failed to cover himself in glory in the aftermath of the now ongoing uproar he and his show are currently facing.
Some Americans will see the boycott against Cohen started by Liverpool fans in the States as a smear campaign. To those who think that - I suggest you take some considerable time out of your day to do a little research into Mr Cohen's broadcasting history relating to Hillsborough as he has shot himself in the foot time and again on this issue. This is not a hate or smear campaign; it is a basic mission to raise awareness of the true events that happened on that fateful day in Sheffield 20 years ago and not the lies perpetrated by The Sun newspaper and others - a list which now includes Steven Cohen.
By the way, anyone who genuinely believes that Cohen is a lifelong Chelsea fan should take a few seconds to watch this video of hiim switching loyalties from Tottenham to Arsenal in 2002 following the Gunners' league and cup double truimph:
