Posted on 02/06/2010 12:25:41 AM PST by raccoonradio
The whole article boils down to “we need to get the message out”. Hello? Liberalism is everywhere, it’s wrong and those of us who know it’s wrong are going to tune in to somebody who is getting it right.
It has nothing to do with radio.
It was exactly like this in 2006 with Coupe (D)eval running for governor.
The same three Boston stations (WEEI, WRKO, WTKK). All the same players (Dennis and Callahan, Howie Carr, Mike Graham, Jay Severin, Michelle McPhee, and all the syndiicates - Limbaugh, Ingraham, Savage).
And Coupe won by huge numbers.
This time it’s a revolution.
..... Your absolutely on to something here, sir. but I would take it one step further. The thrust of this dolt’s article is akin to Mike Tyson complaining about the waistline height of his opponent’s boxing shorts after being KO’ed by a midget.
It’s like Sauron complaining that Frodo snuck into Mordor via the back entrance without asking his permission.
It’s just a giant bunch of sour grapes.
Braude, Eagan, Finneran, and the NPR empire, which alone has at least a half-dozen FM stations carrying its distinctly liberal political programming in MA, provide plenty of airtime for liberal political programming. Their real problem, which they are petulantly unwilling to confront, is that they draw comparatively few listeners.
LLS
AA = Air A$$es
AA = Air A$$Holes
etc.
etc.
Indeed NPR is quite popular in Boston; WBUR has focused on news/talk for years even if it’s pretty unlistenable to us. Now WGBH has expanded their news/talk and launched shows with the likes of Emily Rooney, daughter of Andy, trying to get ratings/donations. No conservative talk there.
Acc to Howie Carr what’s the longest cab ride? One when the driver has NPR on the radio. “You might as well just open the door and flee, leaving whatever you have behind...”
So when libs complain about lack of balance, point out NPR and the fact that more liberal callers/hosts (Eagan and Braude) can be found on conserv talk radio than conservatives on libtalk or NPR
The audiences for WRKO, WTKK, WEEI, and even WBZ were the type of folks who found themselves agreeing with Brown—perhaps white, mostly male, mostly suburban (see the charts of which towns voted which way),
middle aged or older (more prone to get out and vote). The Obama election brought out many younger people who didn’t nec. vote this time or if they did, they may have been won over by Scott’s image and/or message
Who am I talking about:
—handsome well spoken man in late 40s or 50
—nice wife and daughters
—agent of change and hope, popular appeal
—5 letters in last name
—had been a state senator
—much of media (talk radio at least) on his side
—member of a minority group
Scott Brown...oh, that last one? He is. He’s...a Massachusetts Republican
Scott Philip Brown. Mmm Mmm Mmm
If liberals had to stick to the facts, well, there would be no liberals.
We were talking about this on a radio discussion board. Someone said the biggest factor was the candidate himself, making himself available to anyone...
My reply:
There is such as thing as playing to the choir, which he did, but he also brought people in who might not have even considered voting for him as well, a big plus (including conservatives and moderates of the
“he won’t win, I won’t bother voting” or “I only like him on some issues” varieties; his radio appearances helped seal the deal). Probably the biggest factor was the poll which had him only 9 points behind, and talk radio helped—helped, not created—to raise a buzz that, hey, it could happen, and similar buzz about the disaster that was Coakley and her campaign. Add to this a perfect storm of “maybe it is time for a change”... “we need to send a message”...the health care vote situation...
and get people doing water cooler talk, talk at the morning coffee joint, and so on. Word of mouth and some other media (including the ads, which were handled by Romney people) were part of it but talk
radio did play a part as well—the candidate himself being the most important part. Without him and
his personality, etc., it would not have worked.
Had Coakley done the same thing it may have saved her, maybe not. People might have also found themselves saying they liked her, but they also had to like her message. Ultimately enough doubt was
found in both situations.
Best way to say it..I have yet heard!
That’s a keeper.
When the Left loses they often claim it was because they just didn’t get their message out. This is another version of that. The truth is, as WE know, they lost because they DID get their message out and it was rejected.
The best poll in the world is talk radio. People voluntarily tune in or tune out. Liberal radio always dies, except NPR which we are forced to pay for, and conservative radio usually prospers. Conservative radio is successful simply because it is saying what most of the people think and the MSM is saying the opposite.
This country is conservative.
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