H.O.R.N. or

[SteamWake]

Head on radio network, a mouthpiece for you liberals out there.

Oh and they are off to a rip roaring start /sarcasim

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Im sure this will as well as air america did.:rotfl:

[Enigma]

Liberals don't need a damn radio station, for Christs sake. That's a "republican" racket. You know, Rush the junkie, O'Reilly, Sexual harasser extroidenaire and author of childrens books, Savage, The racist, homophobic, sexist, ...the very man that claimed Autism is a hoax.

Who would want to join that crowd? No, liberals don't need quite as much spoon feeding as some of the so called modern "conservatives".....And I, for one, am not in favor of a bunch of angry people on the radio bickering about such and such. The people mentioned above prove over and over that it's a waste of time and effort....

[SteamWake]

Putting the besmirchments aside how does one explain the success of conservative talk radio vs the miserable failures of the liberal attempts?

[August]

We'll see how little liberals care about conservative talk radio when they start curbing the right to free speech by resurrecting the "Fairness Doctrine".

[Aramike]

Putting the besmirchments aside how does one explain the success of conservative talk radio vs the miserable failures of the liberal attempts?

I think it's due to the very nature of liberalism itself. Conservatives tend to want to discuss and refine their ideas. Liberals, on the other hand, avoid ideas in favor of ideologies. There's only so many ways of saying, "abortion good, war bad."

Not much content for radio hosts...

In all honesty, I don't consider myself either. I define my political stance as Pragmatic.

[Enigma]

First, to deal with the nonsense....

I think it's due to the very nature of liberalism itself. Conservatives tend to want to discuss and refine their ideas. Liberals, on the other hand, avoid ideas in favor of ideologies. There's only so many ways of saying, "abortion good, war bad."

This is all just silly, but just to point out, I'm a liberal who thinks abortion is bad. I just don't think it should be illegal. But lets not get off topic...

We'll see how little liberals care about conservative talk radio when they start curbing the right to free speech by resurrecting the "Fairness Doctrine".

Long on disdain, short on common sense.

Now, Steamwake...First of all, besmirch, great word. To soil.

Also, your question is a very good one. One theory has the vast majority of large media conglomerates in radio leaning right. (see stats below). But, the problem with that theory is that even when there is a liberal media outlet (see: Air America) they don't draw the listeners that the righties do. I've often wondered if it's the Howard Stern effect. In his movie, his program director tells the station manager that %50 of his audience loves him and always want to hear what he says next. However, the other 50% that say they hate him, but continue to listen, and provide the same reasons. They want to hear what he says next.

The sway of elections in our country dispells any idea that the US is just so massivly conservative that there is no room for liberal radio. Basically, lots of theories, and no real answers. I don't mind though. I wouldn't sit around on my ass listening to lefty hate mongers. They would be no better than the scum broadcasting from the right....

• 91% of the programming (2,570 hours per weekday) was hosted by the conservatives, 9% (254 hours) by the progressives.

• 92% of the stations (236 of the 257) broadast no progressive talk radio programming at all.

• Broken down according to station ownership, the numbers are as follows: Clear Channel (145 stations): 86% conservative. Citadel (23 stations): 100% conservative. Cumulus (31 stations): 100% conservative. Salem (28 stations): 100% conservative. CBS (30 stations): 74%. One owner, CBS, stands out from the rest politically, but still shows a 3:1 conservative-to-progressive ratio.

• In some markets (most notably, New York and Chicago), the ratio is close to 1:1. In others (Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, Philadelphia, it’s 100% conservative or very close to it.)

[Frame57]

Originally Posted by Enigma

Liberals don't need a damn radio station, for Christs sake. That's a "republican" racket. You know, Rush the junkie, O'Reilly, Sexual harasser extroidenaire and author of childrens books, Savage, The racist, homophobic, sexist, ...the very man that claimed Autism is a hoax.

Who would want to join that crowd? No, liberals don't need quite as much spoon feeding as some of the so called modern "conservatives".....And I, for one, am not in favor of a bunch of angry people on the radio bickering about such and such. The people mentioned above prove over and over that it's a waste of time and effort....

Savage was pointing out that many of our kids are overmedicated and I agree. Because a normal hyperactive boy is just being a boy, they want to medicate them. When I raised my stepson, the teacher (4th grade) tried to tell me my kid had ADD and a bunch of other acromonious witchcraft terminology. He was just too damn lazy to do his homework, so I gave him a good dose old fashioned discipline and "poof" the ADD was cured and he today is doing fine as an electrical engineer. I can only imagine what Ritalin would have done to him. Savage is 100% right on the matter...

[Kapt Z]

I thought the liberal 'mouthpiece' was the mainstream media. :hmm:

[Aramike]

Heh, O'Reilly is a "sexual harasser extraodinaire" but Clinton was a "great president".



I guess morality depends on who you agree with.