Controversial Remarks
In December 2005, Larson declared on-air that he was protesting the renaming of the traditional Christmas tree placed in Pioneer Courthouse Square a "Holiday Tree" by placing his own Christmas Cross in the square. The idea was reversed because of legal concerns for his flagship station.
On March 18, 2008, in the context of a discussion about Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama and U.S. policy toward Israel, Larson called former president Jimmy Carter an anti-Semite on CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight.
In December 2011, Larson invited the mayor of Portland, Oregon, Sam Adams, on the program to talk about a controversial city flag policy. The policy stated the city flag would be lowered to half staff to honor any person under the age of 18 that died as a result of homicidal violence. Larson strongly disagreed on the grounds that the city did not offer the same honor to fallen soldiers. Portland had recently lowered the flag to honor a teenage boy who died as a result of gang violence. Larson questioned the message the city was sending by honoring someone that he deemed a menace. Sam Adams was scheduled on the show for two segments but only stayed for one. The interview ended with a heated exchange between the two, and Adams hanging up on Larson. Shortly after the interview, The Lars Larson Show released a free ringtone and text tone for download via Larson's SoundCloud page.
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