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Buffalo News Supporting Silencing of Righty Radio Talkers
Publius' Forum ^ | 11/13/07 | Warner Todd Huston

Posted on 11/13/2008 6:58:56 AM PST by 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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To: MarkLevinFan

The late Jimmy Griffin was mayor of Buffalo. While mayor, he said that the reason why the Buffalo News was open on Christmas Day is that they could not find three wise men.


41 posted on 11/13/2008 8:43:42 AM PST by saveliberty (Prayer blizzard for the Snow family. Tony was a blessing unto us all. We will miss him.)
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To: Sans-Culotte

So does Glen Beck to an extent on some bad days of his.


42 posted on 11/13/2008 9:04:06 AM PST by Biggirl (Leave Sarah ALONE!=^..^==^..^==^..^==^..^==^..^=)
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To: Mobile Vulgus

Look for satilite/internet radio and podcasting to have booming business SOON.


44 posted on 11/13/2008 9:06:44 AM PST by Biggirl (Leave Sarah ALONE!=^..^==^..^==^..^==^..^==^..^=)
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To: driftless2

With high tech the way it is, the return of the UNFairness Doctrine will by all means FAIL.


45 posted on 11/13/2008 9:09:40 AM PST by Biggirl (Leave Sarah ALONE!=^..^==^..^==^..^==^..^==^..^=)
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To: Sans-Culotte
Michael Savage gives the rest a bad name.

Neither you or the author of this piece have listened to Randi Rhodes or Al Franken on Err America (Well, based on ratings nobody has listened to them)

Give Randi a try for a week and then contrast and compare to Weiner Nation. Savage is mild mannered in comparison. (and I'm not a fan...I prefer Levin)

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.

He's never listened at all and irony is lost on his addled brain. The gov't starts censoring radio and newspapers are next.

46 posted on 11/13/2008 9:41:43 AM PST by hattend (Sarah Palin has run a fishing business, a city, and a state. All Obama has done is run his mouth.)
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To: JohnLongIsland

I hope Mark does go after them! I’d pay $$$ to be in the courtroom for it.


47 posted on 11/13/2008 10:49:09 AM PST by Fudd Fan (My President is the current Governor of Alaska.)
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To: Always A Marine

Exactly. And for direct murder, as that SanFran wacko did to JOE THE PLUMBER. According to this Buffalo jerk, that’s okay.


48 posted on 11/13/2008 10:50:25 AM PST by Fudd Fan (My President is the current Governor of Alaska.)
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To: MarkLevinFan

“flushing” eh ????

Well, there goes the First Amendment...

“the freedom of speech”

Down the drain...


49 posted on 11/13/2008 12:09:20 PM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: Sans-Culotte

Cut it out! We are all in this together, or at least we should be.


50 posted on 11/13/2008 12:25:49 PM PST by b4its2late (Ignorance allows liberalism to prosper.)
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To: saveliberty

When did Jimmy pass away????


51 posted on 11/13/2008 12:26:56 PM PST by Mr. K (Some days even my lucky rocketship underpants don't help)
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To: Sans-Culotte

if no one wanted to listen to Savage all they have to do is change the station

this is how liberals treat ALL conservatives, the same way you treat this ONE.

If you do it to one, you open the door to do it to all.


52 posted on 11/13/2008 12:29:27 PM PST by Mr. K (Some days even my lucky rocketship underpants don't help)
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To: The Mayor

I heard the Bauerle show. He did an excellent job exposing the monopolists at the Buffalo Snewz.

The lefties have been emboldened and we should expect their weasely tactics for a while.

Hopefully the whole stinking Dem shebang will self combust...and we will be back in the saddle by 2010.


53 posted on 11/13/2008 1:18:33 PM PST by eleni121 (EN TOUTO NIKA!! +)
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To: Allegra

I dropped the Buffalo News years, and years, ago. You’ll have to tell me who their advertisers are.

I miss the Butler family who ran a conservative paper which is now a socialist rag.


54 posted on 11/13/2008 1:32:55 PM PST by kitkat (THE DAY WE LOSE OUR WILL TO FIGHT IS THE DAY WE LOSE OUR FREEDOM.)
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To: jmaroneps37
Nice.

bttt

56 posted on 11/13/2008 3:15:32 PM PST by metesky (My retirement fund is holding steady @ $.05 a can.)
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To: JohnLongIsland

I heard that, they are messing with the wrong guy.


57 posted on 11/13/2008 3:28:03 PM PST by Arizona Carolyn
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To: Allegra; The Mayor; DollyCali; eleni121
Let's silence the Buffalo News. Are there enough conservatives in that area to boycott their advertisers?

Although the papers sales have been steadily declining, so has the population. Those that have marketable skills and can get away have done so.

What remains is a high unemployment rate, a workforce that is 30% unionized, and 7 of the largest employers invole the govt.

There is one AM radio talk show station worth listening to most of the time. (althogh they have their token liberal too) Which is probably the target of this thread. WBEN AM

I say let them dwell in their mess. They seem to feed off it.

One of the reasons I had to get the heck out of there.

A wing of B-52's just flew over for a landing. How cool is that!

58 posted on 11/13/2008 3:31:38 PM PST by NYTexan
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To: Sans-Culotte

I know what you were trying to say. I agree for the most part, too.


59 posted on 11/13/2008 10:39:53 PM PST by Mobile Vulgus
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To: Mobile Vulgus

The Conservatives will have to join Howard Stern on SIRIUS / XM if the Commies actually pull this off.

What Country is this again? I’m getting a bit confused.


60 posted on 11/13/2008 10:55:56 PM PST by Kickass Conservative (Democracy, two wolves and one sheep deciding what's for dinner.)
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