Conservative radio: liberalism's favorite target

townhall.com ^ | 5/11/02 | David Limbaugh

[Janella]

Didn't Lisa Meyers used to work for Harper's before she worked at the White House?

[backhoe]

Here are sources for Media bias:

-Media Research-free e-letter--

-Reed Irvine's Accuracy in Media--

-the Ben Franklin Foundation--

-Citizen's Coalition for Responsible Media--

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Do you all recall when a clintophilliac- I think it was Joe Conaston- labeled talk radio "hate radio?" That's how some view dissent...

[ABG(anybody but Gore)]

The leftstream media's constant attacks on talk radio tell me that they not only take it seriously as a competitor, but they also realize that through Rush, Hannity, etc., the truth is getting out. Alternative news sources like talk radio, Fox News Channel, and the internet have finally given people the unvarnished truth about the left.

[Leisler]

The reason the left can't do talk radio, is the call-ins. They can't do C-span in the morning. The people, the workers call in a rip them up.

[okiedust]

The Liberal take on talk radio is a real study in irony. In other words, the world is all shades of gray to a liberal unless of course he is discussing the conservatives and then it is really quite "black and white". Liberal views are "good" consesrvative views, "bad". Liberal=love, conservative=hate. Hardee, har har.

regards

[eddie willers]

Since Liberals (and Liberal ideas) make no sense, they have to convince themselves that the reason they make no sense is that....well....its just too complex and difficult, so how can anyone expect them to make sense.

Its not their fault, its just....well.....too complex.

[StriperSniper]

BTTT

[Yardstick]

I wish someone really smart would undertake a thorough, objective, sophisticated analysis of why conservatives dominate talk radio and why liberals have failed to gain even a toehold in it. If someone were to write a book on the subject, I would buy it.

What is interesting to me are the proportions. In terms of who has a presence in talk radio, it's not a 60/40 split, or even a 70/30 split; it's more like a 95/5 split -- a total blowout for the conservatives. This extreme lopsidedness is fascinating to me. It is a striking manifestation of some fundamental difference in the way liberals and conservatives think about things, and I'd like to see somebody really pin down what it is.

[moyden]

Every liberal is a thug.

[onevoter]

If anything, we have to consider that the liberals are the ones with a simplistic viewpoint. According to any self-respecting liberal, anything can be fixed if the government throws money at it. If the schools are passing students who can't read, by all means don't kick the violent students out of the classroom or fail them (which in my state of Michigan, is illegal without parental consent until the children reach high school), give the schools money. If there is a high crime rate in a given area, don't put the perpetrators in jail, throw more money into social programs. . Are certain women given to having several children by several fathers that they never bother to put time into raising? Give these mothers more and more money. According to them, government money is the answer to every problem and accountability should never come into play

[okiedust]

Of course, that's it. How dense of me. I'll bet they have real discussions about Occam's razor, too. Probably think its a tool to slice and dice simple things in order to reduce them to their most complex components. LOL

regards

[eddie willers]

I'll bet they have real discussions about Occam's razor

And if confronted by the Gordian Knot,
they would stand around taking about the intricate weave and its impossibility
while standing gobsmacked at Alexander's solution.

[Euro-American Scum]

What is interesting to me are the proportions. In terms of who has a presence in talk radio, it's not a 60/40 split, or even a 70/30 split; it's more like a 95/5 split -- a total blowout for the conservatives.

And proof positive of this is the recent programming shuffle that happened this week on KABC 790 AM Los Angeles. Gloria Allred (aptly named I must say and formerly on the air from 9 - noon) got bumped back to one hour in the 11 - 12 slot. Seems KABC just can't find a spot where people want to listen to her. Hmmm, I wonder why? They've tried drive home, evenings, weekends, now morning, and she can't seem to make it anywhere.

Who bumped her out? Bill O'Reilly. KABC loves the Allred message, but they know what pays the bills.

Case closed. And no, I don't listen to her. It's just impossible sometimes not to slip in all that bile while surfing channels on the AM dial.

[Reeses]

Most conservative radio is listened to while driving alone in a car. I wonder if the liberal's attraction to buses, car pools, and trains, for the little people, not them, has something to do imprinting on people a nameless collective worker bee mind set as well as cutting people off from conservative influence and a freedom loving lifestyle.

[Reeses]

Actually this may explain partly why big cities are not conservative. City dwellers ride the buses and subways and don't drive alone much listening to conservative ideas.

[angry elephant]

Actually this may explain partly why big cities are not conservative. City dwellers ride the buses and subways and don't drive alone much listening to conservative ideas.

I think most lefties are not good listeners or good readers. Except for the elite rulers, most of the lefties probably didn't pay attention in school classes or read their books very well. TV is popular with them because they are at the picture-book level.

[okiedust]

How long before they tried to put him(Alexander) in jail because he didn't "play fair?" After all, everyone else tried to "do the right thing" and untie the knot. They intended to do it, so they should get credit for that. Clearly Alexander took advantage of them. He was a bad man, winner of life's lottery, etc.

regards

[VRWC_minion]

Truth always happens to be simpler. It is lies that take a lot of words.

[VRWC_minion]

I wish someone really smart would undertake a thorough, objective, sophisticated analysis of why conservatives dominate talk radio and why liberals have failed to gain even a toehold in it

You apparently never listened to Mario Cuomo's radio show. If you had you wouldn't need to request a study. He used out right lies regarding factual matters to support his views. It wasn't hard to debate him.