Conservatives may have talk radio...

Tribune papers ^ | January 7, 2003 | Dennis Prager

[Madcelt]

"---- liberals dominate where they cannot be intellectually challenged. It is effortless for a college professor to spout leftist rhetoric to naive young people who just graduated from high school. Let them have to defend their radical views in public and they wilt."

It was an interesting article.( I dont know if I agree with all of his assertions but it overall is a good analysis.) So I decided to post it,especially after hearing the liberals "whine" about Rush!(again) I look forward to the subsequent column.

[Jean S]

Good article, thanks.

[ladyinred]

liberals just cannot get their message across to Americans.

Except on CNN, NBC,CBS, MSNBC, the entire TV industry, most major newspapers, the movie industry, the school system, etc. etc. etc. How sad for them that their socialist message isn't getting across to America!

[Jhoffa_]

He's right, they do hate Talk Radio.. It's their universal scapegoat for everything under the sun if you hear them tell it.

If they ever return to power, no matter how briefly.. watch for them to try to muzzle or nullify talk radio with the "fairness" doctrine or something similar.

It's not enough for them to own 99% of the media, they are hungry for what's left and they will surely stifle the likes of Rush before they admit their policies & politics are actually the problem.

[Madcelt]

The message, not a lack of messengers, is the contemporary liberal problem.

Pretty much sums it up. But do you think liberals will get the message?

[Rockyrich]

One of the things we hear from Rush and understand ourselves is:
THEY (THE LIBERALS/SOCIALISTS) ARE GETTING THEIR MESSAGE OUT - It's just that more of America isn't buying the socialist scare tactics and anti-American rhetoric that they've sold in the past. It ain't washing any more and they're scared and lost. Thank God!

[thinktwice]

Nothing speaks louder than the truth.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

Conservatives monopolizing talk radio is a god-send. Because the liberals control the print and television media, they control a large portion of America's world view. Conservatives, therefore, seek out a different point of view. And, liberals will not be able to take over talk radio, because their viewpoint is filled with bitterness and animosity... it isn't entertaining. To be effective in talk radio, you have to have interesting things to say, to keep people's attention. Talk radio listeners have to LISTEN, not just hear what is said. The same cannot be said for television.

[Plutarch]

...liberals dominate where they cannot be intellectually challenged.

This is quite evident on KPFA, a Leftist radio station from Berkeley. They never take callers, and their dialogue consists of a lefist interviewee and a leftist interviewer. As a result, they do not even register in Arbitron ratings, even in the Left stronghold of the Bay Area.

[Ken H]

The problem the liberals are having is the fact that their message is being heard.

[Madcelt]

I agree. They will try to stifle free speech with a "fairness" doctrine. But they surely must keep in mind that there are "other" groups and opinions that will demand their "time". Lady Justice carries a double edged sword for a reason.(hee hee)

[Slyfox]

Before Rush came along liberals thought radio was inconsequential. They made no effort to do anything until he became successful. Now it's too late. We own talk.

What is marvelous about radio is that it is so dern easy to spot a lie. That is the only reason liberals will never succeed in it.

[Madcelt]

ROFLMAO!! :)

[Rocky]

Great column. Spot on. It's amazing how conservatives have carried the day in so many elections in recent years, considering how dominant liberals are in the media. The truth does manage to work its way out, no matter how tight the controls are. Even in totalitarian societies, people find ways to spread the truth, although they may be powerless to act on it.

The liberals have tried over and over again to get a successful liberal talk show on the radio. They flop every time.

[Madcelt]

Conservatives monopolizing talk radio is a god-send. No monopoly on it. Believe me, I have to wait for 3 hours for Sam Donaldson to get off the air. And that wait is agony! Thats one reason I cant understand their grip.

[GOPJ]

Thanks. Great post.

[Ken H]

A good case can be made that conservatives dominate the internet as well.

And why shouldn't they?

The only thing liberals have to offer the internet is an online version of liberalism.

[Madcelt]

The only thing liberals have to offer the internet is an online version of liberalism.

Those sites eventually fade away, which should tell them something.

[Sans-Culotte]

I always enjouy Dennis Prager's columns, and this one was no exception.

An example of the more subtle, "hidden" network TV bias: my wife was watching the CBS comedy Becker, and Becker (ultra-leftie Ted Danson) was treating a dumb teenager who feared he had a sexually transmitted dissease. The kid never used condoms (this was their "AIDS awareness: episode, BTW), and thought that "if he did get AIDS, they could cure it with one of those cocktails, right". Becker later said only a Republican could've been dumber than that kid, which got a big laugh from the audience/laugh track.

Liberal ideas constantly are slipped into sitcom scripts, and with the exception of Drew Carey (is he even on anymore?), damned few conservative jokes ever get "slipped into" TV scripts.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

My apologies... I couldn't imagine the torture of listening to Donaldson. I listen to Beck and then Rush. Beck is good, but he can go on about religious rants, because he is LDS. So, beware. Who do you listen to if you aren't listening to Donaldson?