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Right's Reign on Talk Radio Called 'Structural Imbalance'-(Lib 40 Page Report)
CNS News Service ^ | 6-22-07 | Randy Hall

Posted on 06/26/2007 8:26:22 AM PDT by tcrlaf

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To: smalltownslick

“the format can work if given enough resources”

IE, supported through coercion or donation - you’ll never get enough “resources” in the free market because it’s a BAD INVESTMENT.


41 posted on 06/26/2007 9:08:05 AM PDT by MrB (You can't reason people out of a position that they didn't use reason to get into in the first place)
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To: smalltownslick

Well at least she likes Rush.

Er...the BAND. Helped them get their start in the U.S. :)

>> http://www.rush.com.ar/donna.htm


42 posted on 06/26/2007 9:08:41 AM PDT by raccoonradio
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To: robertpaulsen

If the people chose not to listen to them, it’s obvious (and proof that) they aren’t smart enough to make the right choices -

so the elites, through the government (FORCE), will have to make the right choice for them.


43 posted on 06/26/2007 9:09:36 AM PDT by MrB (You can't reason people out of a position that they didn't use reason to get into in the first place)
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To: raccoonradio

The answer to this is in the Constitution of the USA.
“There shall be FREE SPEECH.”
Has anyone made mention of the fact there is NO legal requirement that people MUST listen to the drivel of the “liberal media”? The station selector is under OUR control, not CAP. If I wish to listen I tune in. If I find myself being insulted, I exercise my right to CHOOSE and I go to another station. Even here in Mass, believe it or not, we still retain the freedom NOT to listen. Now, even this right is coming under threat from the “progressive left”.
In Nazi Germany, it was a crime to listen to forbidden radio programs. A serious crime. Is that where we, too, are headed? You answer.


44 posted on 06/26/2007 9:15:34 AM PDT by CaptainAmiigaf (NY Times: We print the news as it fits our views)
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To: tcrlaf
“Our goal is not less speech,” said Free Press Policy Director Ben Scott. “We want more voices on the radio.”

It is good to want. Try this. Gather some true talent, perhaps someone who says intelligent things, is engaging and well spoken, grow an audience (takes time), and build a darn following (may take a while). Like trees in the woods: the big strong ones do well b/c of favorable conditions and natural ability to thrive. There is no conspiracy to it.

45 posted on 06/26/2007 9:16:22 AM PDT by Floyd Rivers
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To: CaptainAmiigaf

>>I exercise my right to CHOOSE and I go to another station. Even here in Mass, believe it or not, we still retain the freedom NOT to listen

I thought the libs were all for “choice”...except here.


46 posted on 06/26/2007 9:22:10 AM PDT by raccoonradio
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To: robertpaulsen
People chose not to listen to them.

And that's what enrages the looney left. People don't want their cr*ppy talk shows, so the left thinks they can FORCE us to listen to them. They've tried and failed to get us to read newspapers, watch the alphabet news, and listen to ErrAmerika and NPR, so now they're trying to take over talk radio.

47 posted on 06/26/2007 9:23:01 AM PDT by hsalaw
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To: i_dont_chat
And "Whites Only" graduation ceremonies. White fraternitiers and sororities. White-only dorms, Miss White America, White History month, WET (White Entertainment Television), white rappers -- no, we have that.

I also want "diversity" in sports. (It's not quotas, don't you call it quotas -- but I'm gonna count the number of white players anyways.)

For example, only two black players at a time are allowed on any basketball court -- the other eight must be white. For starters.

48 posted on 06/26/2007 9:24:03 AM PDT by robertpaulsen
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To: tcrlaf
"In the spring of 2007, of the 257 news/talk stations owned by the top five commercial station owners, 91 percent of the total weekday talk radio programming was conservative and only nine percent progressive."

"Our goal is not less speech, but more speech," said Free Press Policy Director Ben Scott. "We want more voices on the radio."

Wow. Here's a concept even a dumb conservative can grasp. In the above statistic, 91% is conservative and 9% is 'progressive', that represents 100% of radio air time. In order for there to be more 'progressive' talk time, there must be LESS conservative talk time. That would be, Ben, LESS speech.

49 posted on 06/26/2007 10:11:39 AM PDT by T.Smith
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To: tcrlaf

Hypoctitical liberal dirtbags. They want the media all to themselves.


50 posted on 06/26/2007 10:14:56 AM PDT by Buffettfan
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To: Fudd Fan

Savage is awesome.. So is Levin, Ingraham, Medved, Miller, and especially Glenn Beck.


51 posted on 06/26/2007 10:58:54 AM PDT by pacelvi
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To: sono

I doubt Jon Stewart would do well on radio... making a face doesn’t translate well over radio waves.

But i know what you were trying to say, and I agree with you.


52 posted on 06/26/2007 11:00:40 AM PDT by pacelvi
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To: Floyd Rivers
Like trees in the woods: the big strong ones do well b/c of favorable conditions and natural ability to thrive.

There is unrest in the forest,
There is trouble with the trees,
For the maples want more sunlight
And the oaks ignore their pleas.

The trouble with the maples,
(And they're quite convinced they're right)
They say the oaks are just too lofty
And they grab up all the light.
But the oaks can't help their feelings
If they like the way they're made.
And they wonder why the maples
Can't be happy in their shade.

There is trouble in the forest,
And the creatures all have fled,
As the maples scream "Oppression!"
And the oaks just shake their heads

So the maples formed a union
And demanded equal rights.
"The oaks are just too greedy;
We will make them give us light."
Now there's no more oak oppression,
For they passed a noble law,
And the trees are all kept equal
By hatchet, axe, and saw.

Rush - "The Trees"

53 posted on 06/26/2007 11:06:30 AM PDT by r-q-tek86 (Jack Bauer would just whack him!)
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To: raccoonradio

ping to #53


54 posted on 06/26/2007 7:55:17 PM PDT by perfect stranger
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To: Ancesthntr

PING for great retort!
“I want half of every department in every university in America to be staffed with registered conservatives, I want a competing newspaper in every city with the same funding as their leftist counterpart, I want 3 conservative, national TV channels to counter the big three, and for every socialist movie or documentary, I want funding for a conservative counterpoint. I also want a right leaning version of the ACLU, the ABA, and the AMA. “


55 posted on 06/26/2007 11:02:15 PM PDT by WOSG (Stop Z-visa amnesty!! Call the Senators, tell them to vote "NO": 202-224-3121, 1-866-340-9281)
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To: tcrlaf

There is indeed a “structural imbalance” in the media world in which talk radio is an island of conservative voices surrounded by a sea of “progressive” voices.


56 posted on 06/26/2007 11:13:03 PM PDT by windsorknot
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To: tcrlaf

the left reigns on TV and most other forms of media. I don’t hear anything there..


57 posted on 06/27/2007 6:57:03 AM PDT by television is just wrong (Amnesty is when you allow them to return to their country of origin without prosecution.)
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To: tcrlaf
This is what you get when folks on both sides of the aisles believe that the airwaves are a "public trust" and that this somehow makes them subject to government regulation.

It would be disingenuous on the one hand to say that the government has the power to step in and prevent Stern from saying "f**k" on the radio, but with the same breath say they don't have the power to regulate anything else. You either have the power to regulate or you don't.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Col Sanders

58 posted on 06/27/2007 11:22:59 AM PDT by Col Sanders (I ought to tear your no-good Goddang preambulatory bone frame, and nail it to your government walls)
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To: raccoonradio
“I always found, at least in my past life, that it’s tougher to sell advertising on progressive talk,” he said.

"Progressives" are anti-capitalists. Why would they get enthusiastic about the products advertised on their shows and encourage their listeners to purchase those products?

59 posted on 09/06/2009 4:25:44 PM PDT by Jabba the Nutt (Are they insane, stupid or just evil?)
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