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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[saveliberty]

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.

[Biggirl]

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

[Biggirl]

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

[Biggirl]

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

[hattend]

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.

[Fudd Fan]

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

[Fudd Fan]

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

[Tennessee Nana]

“flushing” eh ????

Well, there goes the First Amendment...

“the freedom of speech”

Down the drain...

[b4its2late]

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

[Mr. K]

When did Jimmy pass away????

[Mr. K]

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.

[eleni121]

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.

[kitkat]

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.

[metesky]

Nice.

bttt

[Arizona Carolyn]

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

[NYTexan]

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!

[Mobile Vulgus]

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

[Kickass Conservative]

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.