There was a thread about this a couple of days ago so I was interested to see if Limbaugh said anything. He led off the show today going over this.
Might lend some credence to the FReepers who think Rush uses FR for some of his show prep. Not that there is a darn thing wrong with that, the crew here is bleeding edge on lots of stuff in the news.
Liberal hype! They want to believe so BADLY that people don’t really believe in conservative values. A person would have to be a paid actor to actually believe that stuff, right?! Not buying it for a minute. It is so transparent.
Republican ACTORS need to get work..Somehow.
/SARC!!!!!!
IF this were even remotely true, as an actor, this WOULD have crossed my DESK!!!
i reckon it’s OK for hillary to bring in staged, planted questions to her meet/greets?
Good gig. I'd do it. Too bad they took the website down :-(
I see this as another attempt by the left to discredit conservative media outlets and to try and drive a wedge between conservatives and these shows.
Anytime this happens to Rush, he usually nails 'em as a leftist seminar caller or someone who tries to punk him. Rush has thousands of real stories of leftists making fools of themselves, that are free. He never has to pay for that stuff.
The link on Premier is about two thirds down this page: http://www.premiereradio.com/category/view/prep_and_research.html
Rush handled this BS as a “housekeeping matter” right out of the box today.
GO RUSH! bttt
And this actor probably would sound “real”.
Now, when I listen to NPR’s On point or some of their other call-in shows, the people calling in NEVER sound “real”, most calls sound faked.
And I have no problem with the practice. These shows are primarily entertainment, and if a show has a dull spot and the conversation needs to be kick-started, a synthetic call works.
What makes me suspicious is that they’d have the actor actually call in. Why not do the call during the preshow prep and put it on a cart for the producer to run at precisely the correct time? Calling in, getting a clear line, and getting through the screener sounds risky when radio shows are timed closely.
so... an entertainment show hires entertainers?
*yawn*
why are we supposed to care about that?
I don’t think it should matter whether a talk show host uses actors to call in or uses screen callers to choose which callers to air. All talk show hosts are going to control their show in some fashion.
Reality is a high speed car wreck caught on a traffic camera, not some nitwit that happens to get caught on high definition camera by a crew with lighting and audio swinging a bat at a bounty hunter or repo agent or logger.
Nothing today can be what it appears to be.
As a woman I want to know though, how was that fellow supposed to treat his clueless pal who brought a girl to a bachelor party?
Really, I am curious, what happens when that happens?
Heard this an hour ago on Rush. Goes to show Rush enjoys reading from FR.
>>The Columbia Journalism Review picks up a story from Tablet Magazine about a little-known Premiere service that says “We supply voice talent to take/make your on-air calls, improvise your scenes or deliver your scripts.” Some folks (not Tablet) are jumping to the conclusion that On Call is being plugged into Premiere politically-oriented shows such as Sean Hannity. But in the comments section of the Columbia Journalism Review site, “CCProgrammer” posts something that sounds more likely - “The truth is, this service is used almost exclusively by music morning shows and syndicated shows when they need a ‘caller’ to set up a pre-planned bit. Trust me, I’ve been that caller.” Premiere, meanwhile, says it “provides a wide variety of audio services for radio stations across the country, one of which is connecting local stations in major markets with great voice talent to supplement their programming needs. Voice actors know this service as Premiere On Call.
>>The Columbia Journalism Review picks up a story from Tablet Magazine about a little-known Premiere service that says “We supply voice talent to take/make your on-air calls, improvise your scenes or deliver your scripts.” Some folks (not Tablet) are jumping to the conclusion that On Call is being plugged into Premiere politically-oriented shows such as Sean Hannity. But in the comments section of the Columbia Journalism Review site, “CCProgrammer” posts something that sounds more likely - “The truth is, this service is used almost exclusively by music morning shows and syndicated shows when they need a ‘caller’ to set up a pre-planned bit. Trust me, I’ve been that caller.” Premiere, meanwhile, says it “provides a wide variety of audio services for radio stations across the country, one of which is connecting local stations in major markets with great voice talent to supplement their programming needs. Voice actors know this service as Premiere On Call.
1. This is guilt by association. The article shows know connection between Beck & Limbaugh and these paid callers...other than the claim that they are both products of “Premiere Networks” and it is thin.
2. Anyone who doesn’t know that the calls made on those “Morning Zoo” type of shows are fake needs a head adjustment.
First given the size of their radio audience it would hardly be necessary to “gin up” callers. Second such astro turfing is widely practiced by the administration ...remember those letters to the editors produced in the White House and sent by the same factious writer to newspapers around the country?