Air America died naturally - but its an attempted murder for conservative talk radio
No surprise here that liberals what to force conservative talk radio to shut up or, at least, get equal airtime with the socialist, amoral liberals. Rush Limbaugh and those like him have been exposing these socialists and their inane ideas for years. And it seems as if the baby killers and tax and spenders have decided to do something about it! They want to reintroduce what is known as the “fairness doctrine.” A better name might be the “forget reality doctrine” as Air America went belly up despite being backed by millions of investment dollars.
My theory explaining this embarrassing failure of liberal radio– I admit I have no evidence for this gut feeling - is that more conservatives have jobs than liberals. In addition to explaining why liberals want to steal so much money out of our paychecks to continue their unemployed lifestyle, this explains why talk radio (listened to by most people, I presume, in their cars going to and from work is predominantly conservative. Of course, this is, again, just a theory. More likely it is just that thoughtful, well-informed people are more likely to be conservative and therefore listen to the issues presented on radio than, say, listen to music or who spend more time watching sitcoms on television.
Don’t believe this? Ever listen to one of Sean Hannity’s “Man on the Street” segments? They are frightening! One woman last week could not name which war we fought to gain our independence (her answer, more than a century off, was World War I). But she knew that she would vote for Hillary Clinton (of course, she could not name one single thing Clinton had accomplished that she liked, but she was still going to vote for her just because she was a woman).
No wonder our country is in the shape that it is in- and no wonder we need conservative talk radio. But what we don’t need is a “fairness doctrine” that mandates the equal time presentation of liberal lunacy. Besides, life is not fair- it never has been and, no matter what the liberals do, it NEVER will be. Best to grow up and deal with it rather than give up your freedoms to government in hopes they can impose it upon you.
July 7th, 2007 at 6:31 am
Interesting theory. But I suspect the main reason right-wing hate speech is so popular is because it makes for good entertainment. Everyone has to wonder how far Coulter will go with her vicious insults, who Limbaugh will mock and make fun of next, and who Savage will wish dead today.
And no, it seems that “thoughtful, well-informed people” are more likely to hold liberal views — as is the case with the majority of Americans. Polls show that the majority of Americans say they believe the government should be doing more to help people in need and should help care for those who are unable to care for themselves, overwhelmingly favor an increase in the minimum wage, believe taxes on the upper income level are too low. It is also true that most Americans support stem-cell research, favor reproductive rights for women, favor tougher gun laws, believe protection of the environment should be a government priority, and favor government provided health care for all. All liberal or progressive goals.
Seems to me that conservative talk radio is doing little more than providing us with entertainment.
July 12th, 2007 at 10:46 pm
Douglas - So is that why the listeners of conservative talk radio single-handedly brought down the immigration reform (a.k.a. amnesty) bill?
Yeah, we listen to Sean, Rush, Laura, Savage, Levin, and all the others just for the fun of it. You wish.
We listen to them and support them because they are right and they are fighting and speaking out against all that’s wrong.
July 13th, 2007 at 7:22 pm
Audrey:
Immigration is more important to conservatives than cutting big-government social spending, overturning Roe v Wade, and propping up President Bush’s failed Iraq policy?
Americans are for the most part more liberal than conservative talk radio.
Evidently most of us are not convinced. But we are entertained!