Liberal-Leaning Radio Network Planned

AP | 2/18/03 | WILL LESTER

[teeman8r]

unfortunately when the leftists throw that ton of money into this money pit, they will be able to write off the losses on their taxes, thus leaving the taxpayers to pick up the tab...

i for one am looking forward to that short dorky idiot, al franken falling flat on his face again...

the reasons for liberal radio failure have been explained beautifully here on FR, but when these hosts start getting intelligent arguements from the other side, they will be exposed as vile entities...

[MrB]

looking forward to that short dorky idiot, al franken falling flat on his face again

It's funny that the author of "...is a big, fat, idiot" is himself getting rotund while the target of his derision has become svelte.

[Steel Wolf]

Maybe they could call it the 'Salon.com Radio Network'?

'National Propaganda Radio'?

'Radio KOOL', All Kool Aid, all the time?

'Democrats On the Air' (the DOA network)?

The Mediocrity in Broadcasting Network?

[Semper Paratus]

I would hate to a salesman for any station that has to sell time for the "Liberal Show".
My best advertising prospects, bailbondsmen, check cashing services, and Legal Aid.

[Timm]

Without a worthwhile message, few will listen, thus they will not secure many advertisers to sponsor the show. Without sponsorship, no show lasts long.

Uh, yeah. There's a term that comes to mind when I think about my last post. What is it? Oh yeah: sarcasm.

In other words, of course I agree with you TT. The point is to make the liberal fantasy animating the last post explicit.

[Interious]

The reason Liberal talk radio notoriously gathers small audiences is because inherent in the message is a certain disapproval of the U.S., ranging from discomfort all the way to venomous hatred. IEAMERCIARADIO.COM's Peter Werbe and Mike Malloy are good examples of the latter. And of course, there is the psychotic Amy Goodman of Pacifica radio. Most Americans, including regular Democrats, don't want to hear endless, gratuitous U.S. bashing.

What is conspicuous about Werbe and Malloy is their diminutive audience. Syndicated on less than 10 stations in addition to the internet feed, they take calls from a handful of regulars on a daily basis and their phone is never busy. Never. I know because I've talked to each host half a dozen times. This is indicatative of a very small call load.

[Young Werther]

Liberals to launch talk radio network

Al Franken to Captain this Titanic undertaking!

Bon Voyage!

[1Old Pro]

Nobody will listen to Bill and Hillary's new network.

[finnman69]

I like the ones that say "My underachiever is sleeping with your honor student"

[A2J]

Liberal-Leaning Radio Network Planned

You mean, network television "lite?"

[RadiationRomeo]

Liberal radio will fail the same way Salon did.

[John D]

This is great! Let them spend $10 million on this radio venture. That is $10 million less they have to contribute to the dimwits.

[teeman8r]

perhaps rush's next book should do the fatte' franken a nod entitle "I guess it takes one to know one, how al franken became the object of big fat idiot jokes"

[irish_links]

“Progressive” is not another term for liberal... it means socialist.


Johnny7:

You are absolutely right. As we know, the term "liberal" applies to people who espouse individual rights and responsibilities, private property, free exchange of goods and ideas, tolerance and limited and representative government. Leftists oppose all of these things in greater or lesser measure.

Even the Left recognize that the label liberal does not fit well on them. Indeed, the "Progressives" wish to distinguish themselves from the squishy left of the Democrat Party which proudly wears the label liberal, a tendency for which it generally has contempt (not BOLD enough). Hence the need to adopt the progressive moniker: it distinguishes them from the statist liberals, identifies them among the annointed as revolutionairies, but does so in a way that doesn't scare the soccer moms and other possible allies in the bourgeois middle classes.

As for Left Wing radio, I welcome it to the field of competition, but I doubt it will be commercially viable. Limbaugh is successful for two principal reasons: 1) the host is an especially talented broadcaster; and 2) the show is seen by its listeners as an antidote to the liberalism of the mainstream media. Because the mainstream media lies so far to the political left, Limbaugh's show can be comfortably in the opposition without assuming any truly objectionable positions.

It is highly unlikely that the Left will find a broadcaster equal of Limbaugh's skills. Certainly, the unfunny gasbag Franken is not. Moreover, the host could not easily use the mainstream media as a foil. To distinguish himself from NPR, NYT, Brokaw, Jennings and Rather, he would have to either: (1) move to an extreme left position, i.e. reflexive anti-Americanism, environmental utopianism and collectivist economics; or (2) rely on an endless repitition of Saturday Night Live-style "Bush is a Moron" jokes. I don't think anyone would disagree that the market for such garbage is small. Consequently, this project is dead on arrival.

It will be pleasant to see the Chicago fools and their money soon parted. I only wish I could figure out a way of getting some of it to flow my way.

[MeekOneGOP]

Liberal:

Soul Mates: The Meltdown Continues
Tom Daschle calls Dick Gephardt
his "partner and soul mate" in the
afterglow of his mid-week meltdown.
This is too good...
Week of 9-23-2002

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Progressive:

Nancy Pelosi

[TennTuxedo]

Gotcha. I didn't see your "</sarcasm>"

[Poser]

I think there are two main reasons for the success of conservative talk radio:

1. Rush, Savage, Glenn Beck, Howie Carr, Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity, Dr. Laura, Mike Reagan, Gene Burns and others are entertaining. I don't get bored listening.

2. Millions of people are muttering such things as "damned right" and "it's about time somebody said that", while they listen to the show. We've been so frustrated for so long by the politically correct, liberal media that conservative talk is a breath of fresh air.

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

One point that everyone seems to be missing is that the left DOES have the 'gift', evil as it may be of mobilizing people and of getting thier word out.. marketing their views in a way that makes it seem far bigger than it is.

Jump to this post to see another reason for that:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/844402/posts?page=17#17

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Instead of laughing and pointing, perhaps we should learn what to do to get a few million people to show up for a rally and to get the federal goverment to fund out TV and Radio.

You are correct in a certain sense. However, we do not likely want to follow their example or use the same tactics and deceptions. They represent failure for a reason.

What do you mean by saying "get the federal goverment to fund out TV and Radio." ???