Buffalo News Supporting Silencing of Righty Radio Talkers

Publius' Forum ^ | 11/13/07 | Warner Todd Huston

[Mobile Vulgus]

Douglas Turner of the Buffalo News wants conservative radio talkers silenced. He calls them "virulent," "violent" and "coarse" and hopes that starting January 1 the "work of flushing" them will begin. Turner fills his little anti-free speech screed with claims and a few examples of how rotten he thinks righty talkers are and how they need to be shut down, yet can't seem to find a single cross word to say about the "coarseness" of lefty talkers. In other words, it is plain that "coarseness" or "one-sided" radio isn't really a concern of his. Only eliminating the free speech of the right is his goal not any leveling of the playing field.

Naturally, his is filled with prosaic generalizations. Turner assumes that all conservative talk show hosts "were fond" of addressing Obama as "Hussein," his middle name. Yet, Turner offers no list of those that did. He says righty talkers are "violent" but does not offer a single example to prove the allegation. It also seems that Turner can't understand why radio hosts that call themselves conservative would be "one-sided." Curiously, he didn't excoriate Alan Colmes, Randi Rhodes, or Al Franken for being "one-sided." (I know... Imagine that, huh?)

His "violent" claim has me wondering, though. (Bold mine)

As station ownership became more consolidated, talk radio became more virulent, if not violent, and one-sided.

He makes this "violent" claim but offers not one single example. Who was "violent"? What radio host urged listeners to violence? This is quite a charge and it would be nice if Turner would provide an example instead of throwing such a bomb without proving his wild-eyed claim...

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[Mobile Vulgus]

The left won't be happy unless their worst fascist tendencies are realized.

[Sans-Culotte]

Michael Savage gives the rest a bad name.

[JohnLongIsland]

Obama was compared to Hitler on the “Mark Levin Show.”

Mark said last night if they don't print a retraction he's going to go after them.

[G.Mason]

Well ... yet another no brainer.

There is no need for "conservative" talk radio. Everyone who is of the old school of what America was, and should be, needs to be going underground to ride out the storm of utopian ideals that are being unleashed on us.

Enjoy your chains, and don't forget to call us when you are ready to take your country back.

[w1andsodidwe]

Take a lesson from the great liberal talk station KGO in San Francisco. First their 6 day a week talker, Bernie Ward was found to be a pedophile and is now in the federal slammer. Then their resident gay male Karel had to be fired for on air obscenities and threats to Joe the Plumber.

Liberal talk is a big risk. Hard to keep the hosts out of jail. Those that are still talking appear mentally deficient. Just take a listen to Ray Taliaferro on KGO to hear a real biggot.

[kabar]

Michael Savage gives the rest a bad name.

Let the piublic be the arbiter of that. If Savage is so bad, his ratings will take him off of the air.

[cbkaty]

Michael Savage gives the rest a bad name.

Oh..I get it, you wish to throw Michael Savage to the lions, to save the others? Hang together or hang one at a time....what will it be?

[Sans-Culotte]

Oh..I get it, you wish to throw Michael Savage to the lions, to save the others?

Certainly not. I just think they only need to play a few sound bites of Savage to convince people that talk radio is full of nutjobs.

[vetvetdoug]

The answer...more XERF’s. Screw the Communist Democrats.

[cbkaty]

Certainly not. I just think they only need to play a few sound bites of Savage to convince people that talk radio is full of nutjobs.

That is interesting...nutjob soundbites... That is a dangerous road to travel my friend.

When will the new speech police decide your thoughts or speech are that of a nutjob?

[Always A Marine]

The most violent form of speech is that which calls for the silencing of opposition.

[MNnice]

I’m betting this old commie laments the loss of the Soviet Union. Now THERE was a government that knew how to control their citizens. They sure didn’t have any hate-filled radio.

[LoneRangerMassachusetts]

Michael Savage gives the rest a bad name.

So fascist, to whom do you grant the freedom of speech?

[jmaroneps37]

The old media made a quid pro quo with Barack Hussein Obama. It was a simple trade: “We get you elected, something you can’t do by yourself without us and you kill the new media, something we can’t do by ourselves because we can’t compete in a free market.’

[ZULU]

I find left-wing news commentators and their newspapers virulent, violent and course and think they should be silenced.

[eleni121]

WNY Bump

[Sans-Culotte]

Look, I have no problem with Savage being on the air, and I do not want to limit the rights of anybody, even guys who sound like nutjobs to be on the air. I'm just saying that he frequently makes comments that make him sound like a hatemonger/nutjob.

Actually, I do not really think Savage is a nutjob. I think he is a con artist who plays to an audience (which apparently includes you) who enjoys listening to his ravings. Again, I do not advocate censoring him. Saying that he gives talk radio a bad name does not mean I want to "throw him under the bus". Unfortunately, guys like Savage force one to have to apologize for talk radio in general.

[Allegra]

Let's silence the Buffalo News.

Are there enough conservatives in that area to boycott their advertisers?

[waxer1]

Well said and I agree.

[MarkLevinFan]

Mark Levin discussed this on his show last night as well.

http://marklevinfan.com/?p=3807