What makes that guy think Air America balanced anything in Media? One nights showing of Glen Beck equals WEEKS of AA ratings... LOL
here was my response to the lefty Bos Phoenix article:
Coakley did appear on WBZ and on a New Bedford station, and made comments she probably shouldn’t have (about Catholics and health care,
and Curt Schilling, “Yankees fan”). You failed to mention Howie Carr whose popular WRKO show may have been a factor in the Brown win. It helped
define his image and his issues.
WTKK on election night was like a Brown rally, complete with Michele McPhee having what sounded like a rock-concert-good time. Given how
rare a win for conservatives is in this state, could you blame her? WWZN,
meanwhile, which runs some liberal talk, had college sports on instead.
Talk radio may not be totally the reason why Brown won but it may have been a factor. I remember the days when Jerry Williams was on WRKO and he took on issues like seat belt laws, Congressional pay raises, New Braintree and a prison, and so on, and helped to make a difference with activism and simply entertaining radio.
The truth of the matter is that Democrats avoid talk radio programs because they are unable to defend their positions. They rarely if ever have to defend them to anyone. They live in an insulated world.
You gotta love the BS here--I LIVE here, ok, and NPR is LOVED by so many...and that gets half a sentence so the writer can push his position.
How much more interesting this piece would have been had he talked about what Coakley said when she DID go on the air (no jobs for Catholics in hospitals), and why she and the other democrats here are so hard to find on the radio.
The writer misses the most obvious issue--the success Brown had with talk radio, compared to the HUGE majority the democrats have in the State House. Why this fear, this boo-hooing over mean ol' talk radio...in a state where dems have overwhelming power?
Too tough to write about. Let's go with the "Republicans are evil and dastardly and poor widdle dems who control papers, TV, the State House are victims" crap.
BTW, Jim and Margery are the most devastatingly dull duo on radio.
Silly liberals just don’t get it. The “peasantry” of America isn’t conservative because talk radio is successful...talk radio is successful because the American “peasantry” is conservative.
This is an article talking about tactics when the strategy has failed. Kind of like German commanders in Stalingrad talking about how best to counter the Soviet snipers after they’ve already made the huge strategic blunder of allowing themselves to be tied down in an urban battle. The article doesn’t even discuss issues. Just how to handle talk show hosts. Pretty worthless from a political standpoint when it’s the issues that have driven the voters crazy.
Everything they touch starts turning into Detroit.
A good part of talk radio’s appeal to conservatives is the convenience of listening while working (or driving to work). Somehow, there’s a disconnect in liberal-land. Fewer of them seem to need to be able to concentrate primarily upon teh task at hand whilst lending an occasional ear to the voice in the background.
Hey moon-bats, don`t let the truth get in your way.
Air-America and it`s ilk fail because they are boring. Just try listening to that boob Alan Colmes at 10:00pm on a Saturday night. His show suks, that`s why he got that prime slot.
Hmm, he doesn’t mention Howie Carr. I guess he doesn’t like Howie (why give him free publicity), who comes on at 3 right after Rush. Howie had Scott Brown on a lot. He also invited Martha, but she didn’t return phone calls.
“Fairness doctrine” here we come.
Big Brother don’t like back talk.
Yes, since there was no exit polling, liberal pundits have now free license to freely conjecture the actual reasons for Croakley’s loss........first thought? Grab the nearest enemy —— talk radio..
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.
LLS
AA = Air A$$es
AA = Air A$$Holes
etc.
etc.