Bernard McGuirk

Bernard J. McGuirk (born October 26, 1957) is the executive producer of the Imus in the Morning radio program. He was born and raised in the South Bronx, New York, where he worked in his younger years as a taxi driver.

He has worked in radio and television since 1986 after he graduated from College of Mount Saint Vincent in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, New York. According to the MSNBC website, McGuirk is married with two children and resides in Long Beach, New York.

In addition to serving as the show's producer, McGuirk's role on air is that of antagonist to Don Imus, often referring to him as "a wrinkled-up old buzzard" or "scrotum face", while Imus refers to him as a "bald-headed stooge". McGuirk is also known for his humorous impersonations of notable celebrities, including John Cardinal O'Connor, Howard Stern, Ray Nagin, Muhammad Ali, and Maya Angelou. While working at WFAN, he famously called in to other shows as "Antwan from the Bronx" and "Jamal from Jamaica".

On Wednesday April 1, 2015, during the "Imus in the Morning" show on Fox Business, Bernard McGuirk called Apple CEO Tim Cook a "bigot hypocrite" for "running his mouth" about the subject of the religious freedom Indiana law passed the month prior.

McGuirk: There is a lot of hypocrisy. First of all, Governor Cuomo tells all his state employees don't go to Indiana but he's going to Cuba where gay marriage is illegal and they maybe throw you in jail. You have this hypocrite, this bigot hypocrite, Tim Cook, who is running his mouth about the whole thing.
McShane: The Apple CEO?
McGuirk: Yeah. He sells products to Iran. He sells products to Saudi Arabia where they execute people if they're gay.
McDowell: A hypocrite maybe, but a bigot?
McGuirk: A religious bigot, yeah. He won't allow these religious people to exercise their freedom.
McShane: That seems too strong to me.
McGuirk: It does seem strong but in my opinion it happens to be accurate. If he doesn't allow this Orthodox Jewish guy to refuse service...the point of the law is to allow him to exempt himself from a certain situation.
McShane: This will end up back in the Supreme Court somewhere.
McGuirk: And the governor of Connecticut. Meanwhile the state has the same law.
McShane: But I think there is a difference in the law in terms...there are small differences in these laws. Some of these state laws are just to protect you against the government not against another person. So there are differences in those state laws.
McGuirk: Gay rights and religious freedom are not mutually exclusive. They both can exist in the same universe and compromises have to be made. That's just the way we work things out in this country. Tim Cook has to put his money where his mouth is. If he really feels that way, stop marketing Apple products in Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Nigeria where they not only dump on women and treat them as second class citizens but as I said they would execute gay people.

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