[Reaganesque]

Air America failed and now Imus is gone too. It’s only logical that they would now demand that Conservatives be driven from the air as well and they’ll make up offenses if they have to. Heck, the quote they took from Glen Beck is only half of what he actually said. Beck fell all over himself trying to be polite about the asking Obama about the perception of Islam in the eyes of his listeners but Media Matters only printed the part that fit their definition of racist. Liberals are truly pathetic.

[Wallace T.]

The problem liberals have with taking down conservative talk radio is that they have little effective leverage. The conservative talkers are carried on hundreds of mostly AM radio stations in local markets. These stations are funded by local or regional advertisers: car dealerships, finance companies, mortgage brokers, auto repair shops, home improvement firms, and medical practitioners are the primary sources of revenue. These companies would yawn at a call from Al Sharpton or the local left wing newsrag to boycott a conservative talker. If an AM radio station succumbs to pressure from country club types, left wing academics, and race hustlers to take, say, Rush Limbaugh off the air, ratings will plummet as listeners abandon the station, advertisers will disappear, and they will have nothing but public service announcements. Furthermore, another station in the market will pick up the conservative talker.

Imus is not a conservative, and his continued existence as a broadcaster is dependent on the MSM (CBS radio network and MSNBC). He is carried by only 90 radio stations nationwide, a fraction of what Rush, Hannity, Savage, et. al., have. All Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton have to do is to snarl in the general direction of the MSM and that of national advertisers like Proctor and Gamble, and they will whimper like whipped puppies.

BTW, I suspect the real reason Imus is being taken down is his strong and vocal dislike of Hillary Clinton. Al Sharpton, the main antagonist, is in Hillary 's corner. Recently, he has attacked her main rival for the Democratic Presidential nomination, Barack Obama.

Leftists have been generally unsuccessful in shutting down conservative talkers through pressure and boycotts. They are looking to revival of the Fairness Doctrine passed by a Democrat-run Congress and signed by a Democrat (Hillary, Edwards, Obama) or RINO (Giuliani, McCain, Romney) President.

[Domicile of Doom]

Without Beck CNN will fail. Imus just ensured MsNBC will fail. A host of others need their conservatives to survive. If they can them, then those stations will fail.

[longtermmemmory]

The left wants all non-network non left newpaper outlets converted to all easy listening muzak all the time.

big brother loves you.

[rintense]

This is just one more step toward liberals pushing the fairness doctrine. I bet it will be be proposed within the next week.