Then note your replies. Carry on. I need breakfast. On Nov 17, 6:15 am, mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am talking to murky. > > On Nov 17, 7:11 am, rigsy03 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I don't listen to talk radio and can barely tolerate NPR for more than > > a few minutes. Garrison Keillor ignites stomach acids with his fake > > voice soothing the Liberal masses- alas, he considers himself a failed > > poet. (There must be a God!) Are you confusing me with Mike?// I have > > turned off my message machine. If you want to contact me, write a > > letter or send a message by carrier pigeon. Why should I feel bound to > > answer any Tom, Dick or Harriet that dials my number??? > > > On Nov 17, 6:02 am, mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > yep the change promised, unbridled unconstitutional censorship. > > > and murkey you never did answer the q\uestion from the other thread on > > > this subject. where has free speech been denied that forces this > > > censorship to be enacted? and why only talk radio? > > > > On Nov 17, 6:53 am, rigsy03 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Do you have any idea of the idiocy of chit-chat? > > > > > On Nov 17, 5:45 am, "mike [move on] 532" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > free speech for all isn't it wonderfull ! > > > > > > On Nov 17, 6:27 am, mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > censorship. the change we were promised. > > > > > > > On Nov 17, 5:40 am, "mike [move on] 532" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > why hello little dick i haven't seen you around lately ! > > > > > > > still supporting the side of evil and greed i see . why don't you > > > > > > > come > > > > > > > into the light and support Gods choice for America Obama ? > > > > > > > On Nov 17, 5:15 am, RichardForbes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Wow. This guy whines even more than you and he makes no more > > > > > > > > sense > > > > > > > > than you. > > > > > > > > > On Nov 17, 4:35 am, "mike [move on] 532" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Former News Radio Staffer Spills the Beans on How Shock Jocks > > > > > > > > > Inspire > > > > > > > > > Hatred and Angerhttp://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/107326/ > > > > > > > > > I first got into journalism because I thought I could make a > > > > > > > > > difference. > > > > > > > > > > I wrote for the school newspaper and did “news” reports on a > > > > > > > > > radio > > > > > > > > > station a friend and I started at my high school in > > > > > > > > > Springfield, Mo. I > > > > > > > > > got my first professional job at age 20, while still in > > > > > > > > > college, at a > > > > > > > > > local radio station’s news department. Three years later, I > > > > > > > > > became a > > > > > > > > > news director, and 12 years after that, in 1995, I was > > > > > > > > > recruited to > > > > > > > > > move to Milwaukee to become news director at WTMJ, one of the > > > > > > > > > largest > > > > > > > > > and most successful news/talk radio stations in America. > > > > > > > > > > That was where my real education occurred. > > > > > > > > > > I worked for three years as news director, and then, in 1998, > > > > > > > > > gained > > > > > > > > > the additional title of assistant program director, a role I > > > > > > > > > held > > > > > > > > > until leaving the station in July 2006. From that position, I > > > > > > > > > worked > > > > > > > > > closely with our talk show hosts and became intimately > > > > > > > > > familiar with > > > > > > > > > how they appeal to listeners and shape their vision of the > > > > > > > > > world. Let > > > > > > > > > me tell you some of the lessons I learned. > > > > > > > > > > To begin with, talk show hosts such as Charlie Sykes – one of > > > > > > > > > the best > > > > > > > > > in the business – are popular and powerful because they > > > > > > > > > appeal to a > > > > > > > > > segment of the population that feels disenfranchised and even > > > > > > > > > victimized by the media. These people believe the media are > > > > > > > > > predominantly staffed by and consistently reflect the views > > > > > > > > > of social > > > > > > > > > liberals. This view is by now so long-held and deep-rooted, > > > > > > > > > it has > > > > > > > > > evolved into part of virtually every conservative’s DNA. > > > > > > > > > > To succeed, a talk show host must perpetuate the notion that > > > > > > > > > his or > > > > > > > > > her listeners are victims, and the host is the vehicle by > > > > > > > > > which they > > > > > > > > > can become empowered. The host frames virtually every issue > > > > > > > > > in us- > > > > > > > > > versus-them terms. There has to be a bad guy against whom the > > > > > > > > > host > > > > > > > > > will emphatically defend those loyal listeners. > > > > > > > > > > This enemy can be a politician – either a Democratic > > > > > > > > > officeholder or, > > > > > > > > > in rare cases where no Democrat is convenient to blame, it > > > > > > > > > can be a > > > > > > > > > “RINO” (a “Republican In Name Only,” who is deemed not > > > > > > > > > conservative > > > > > > > > > enough). It can be the cold, cruel government bureaucracy. > > > > > > > > > More often > > > > > > > > > than not, however, the enemy is the “mainstream media” – > > > > > > > > > local or > > > > > > > > > national, print or broadcast. > > > > > > > > > > Sometimes, it can even be their own station’s news director. > > > > > > > > > One year, > > > > > > > > > Charlie targeted me because I had instructed my midday news > > > > > > > > > anchor to > > > > > > > > > report the Wimbledon tennis results, even though the matches > > > > > > > > > wouldn’t > > > > > > > > > be telecast until much later in the day. Charlie gave out my > > > > > > > > > phone > > > > > > > > > number and e-mail address on the air. I was flooded with hate > > > > > > > > > mail, > > > > > > > > > nasty messages, and even one death threat from a federal law > > > > > > > > > enforcement agent whom I knew to be a big Charlie fan. > > > > > > > > > > In the talk radio business, this concept, which must be > > > > > > > > > mastered to be > > > > > > > > > successful, is called “differentiating” yourself from the > > > > > > > > > rest of the > > > > > > > > > media. It is a brilliant marketing tactic that has also > > > > > > > > > helped Fox > > > > > > > > > News Channel thrive. “We report, you decide” and “Fair and > > > > > > > > > Balanced” > > > > > > > > > are more than just savvy slogans. They are code words > > > > > > > > > signaling that > > > > > > > > > only Fox will report the news in a way conservatives see as > > > > > > > > > objective > > > > > > > > > and truthful. > > > > > > > > > > Forget any notion, however, that radio talk shows are > > > > > > > > > supposed to be > > > > > > > > > fair, evenhanded discussions featuring a diversity of > > > > > > > > > opinions. The > > > > > > > > > Fairness Doctrine, which required this, was repealed 20 years > > > > > > > > > ago. So > > > > > > > > > talk shows can be, and are, all about the host’s opinions, > > > > > > > > > analyses > > > > > > > > > and general worldview. Programmers learned long ago that > > > > > > > > > benign > > > > > > > > > conversations led by hosts who present all sides of an issue > > > > > > > > > don’t > > > > > > > > > attract large audiences. That’s why Kathleen Dunn was forced > > > > > > > > > out at > > > > > > > > > WTMJ in the early ’90s and why Jim and Andee were replaced in > > > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > > mid-’90s by Dr. Laura. Pointed and provocative are what win. > > > > > > > > > > There is no way to win a disagreement with Charlie Sykes. > > > > > > > > > Calls from > > > > > > > > > listeners who disagree with him don’t get on the air if the > > > > > > > > > show’s > > > > > > > > > producer, who generally does the screening, fears they might > > > > > > > > > make > > > > > > > > > Charlie look bad. I witnessed several occasions when Sen. Russ > > > > > > > > > Feingold, former Mayor John Norquist, Mayor Tom Barrett or > > > > > > > > > others > > > > > > > > > would call in, but wouldn’t be allowed on the air. > > > > > > > > > > 12345Next page »- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum
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