Any news talk radio listeners?

[Marlo Manson]

Sometimes.. I used to listen to sports talk radio in my area for years & years, but they changed the personel, they changed the hosts of allot of the shows I was listening too & I gradually stopped listening, & sometimes I listen to other shows whether it be HOT topic or political, just depends on my mood & what I am doing, allot time when I was driving / traveling I would listen to those shows, or when I was working, but now I can't work anymore, & I likewise don't travel very far allot. so yeah I used too, but not much recently. :2 cents:

 

[~~whimsy~~]

I just hate how Savage will carry on about the same old thing, usually when it concerns him, night after night. I mean, when he was defending Colonel Chessani and couple of other legal cases, I didn't mind it. But when something happens to him, like this England banning thing, he just rants and raves, it gets tiresome.

I like it when he talks about a myriad of political events, cooking, and has callers call in to talk about any subject or when he talks about stories in his life and has callers call in to talk about similar or entertaining stories.

Just when he starts the raving for days I stop listening for a while.

I will usually listen for a little bit at first, if it seems fine, I keep with it for the night.

 

[Facetious]

I also like to catch Phil Hendrie when (and where) I can. He's very clever.

I like "Bud Dickman" :rofl:

 

[Facetious]

Not everything is based in fact. What about perceptions and ideologies ?

But some things are. Some people are skilled in creating myths by mixing truth with untruth and/or conscientious omissions.

There those who deftly maneuver words to make a statement sound different from the fact that they're actually saying.

(e.g. Obama was legally required to give the order in the pirate situation. Either the host who uttered that (Hannity) is too dumb to understand the context or being blatantly misleading. The requirement is no action be taken in that situation without his approval....not as it was suggested...he was mandated to act.).

Isn't that an important ingredient in political debate ?
I mean, the best attorneys in the world resort to semantics and dialects in order to persuade a jury or crush their opposition etc..

No, not true. While the current measures employed in political dialog and debate nowadays are akin to the way lawyers argue their cases (i.e. no matter how ridiculous the assertion...as long as you get your "?pert" to counter an assertion to your jurors or audience it's a wash), I disagree with the notion of it being important to political debate.

At the end of the day, a lawyer's legal argument even if a misleading remains factually accurate. That is neither the case nor the criteria for current political discourse and debate.

No need for mere opinions when we have you around. :glugglug: :hatsoff: :bowdown:

 

[jasonk282]

It no longer matters the new diversity czar of the FCC will enact the Fairness Doctrine and the radiostations that do not agree politcially with the Czar and Obama, or are openly speaking out on Obama/Issues will be fined, taxed or shutdown. The end of free speech is near.

 

[Alyssa Rose]

I used to listen to Howard Stern all the time... :shy:

 

[~~whimsy~~]

It no longer matters the new diversity czar of the FCC will enact the Fairness Doctrine and the radiostations that do not agree politcially with the Czar and Obama, or are openly speaking out on Obama/Issues will be fined, taxed or shutdown. The end of free speech is near.

Well the Fairness Doctrine is to provide "equal" time for both conservative and liberals. Mainly it is a underhanded move out of spite by liberals regarding talk radio, as many probably know this.

However, as Michael Savage stated, he will, if this should ever be passed, get his lawyers to get him to be put back on TV because it is "fair" according to the Fairness Doctrine. So we should be able to have The Savage Nation back on MSNBC or, heck, maybe CBS or ABC! Hah!

 

[feller469]

equal time is a bullshit idea. I lean left, but you can't tell people to listen to a show they don't want to. If "liberal" radio were a money-making business, there would be hundreds of them. If "right" radio were that influential, how did Clinton get elected twice and Obama get in? It is a form of entertainment that educates and amuses. Let's keep the gov out of telling radio stations what to play.

What's next, playing Metallica then Lil Kim, to balance out the metal / rap ratio?

 

[Rey C.]

The explosion of subjective talk radio over the past 20 years is in no small way responsible for the extreme polarization of American society that exists today and continues to get worse, not better. A factual presentation of information is good as a general rule but biased propaganda generally IS NOT good (see "Nazi Germany" or "Joseph Goebbels" on Google), especially if that is one's primary or, in many cases, only source of information.

Bullseye! :thumbsup:

 

[feller469]

most of it is smokescreens anyway. people are howling about how the government is intruding on their lives now. I guess the "Patriot Act" was just that then, patriotic. The revolution is coming, but it will be our government informing us the game has changed and the people will just have to accept the new rules. Our government could care less about the common man, other than keeping him occupied and quiet

 

[titsrock]

I think Conservative Talk Radio is the Religion of the 21st Century: THE refuge for the weak-minded and easily manipulated....fwiw.

 

[tiger1977]

Bill Handle & Dave Ramsey on the drive to and from school/work

 

[Facetious]

I just hate how Savage will carry on about the same old thing, usually when it concerns him, night after night. I mean, when he was defending Colonel Chessani and couple of other legal cases, I didn't mind it. But when something happens to him, like this England banning thing, he just rants and raves, it gets tiresome.

I like it when he talks about a myriad of political events, cooking, and has callers call in to talk about any subject or when he talks about stories in his life and has callers call in to talk about similar or entertaining stories.

Just when he starts the raving for days I stop listening for a while.

I will usually listen for a little bit at first, if it seems fine, I keep with it for the night.

I don't listen to Savage often, but what I gathered when I was listening was that he's simply pissed that he was banned for something that was taken out of context and the UK officials will hear no appeal.
I wonder what it was that he said (?) Prolly not worth looking up anyway. If it was real dirt, I want to hear it :1orglaugh ..... anybody ?

I also remember him (again Savage) saying something about his displeasure over the UK not banning Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as well as others that preach hatred and "death to Israel".

 

[Facetious]

I think Conservative Talk Radio is the Religion of the 21st Century: THE refuge for the weak-minded and easily manipulated....fwiw.

And all of this time I thought that it was the willing (or downright gullible) "volunteer dependency class" i.e. University of Cal. @ Santa Cruz and UC Berkeley graduates as well as offshoots of single parent baby boomer hippy radicals who were the malleable types. :dunno: :jester:
I mean, you often hear of these "smart" well mannered kids just graduating from h/s (I personally know of some examples myself) going off to college never coming back to be the same people as they were previous, walking around preaching crap like: "all monetary gains assumed outside of govt work is evil, greedy and verboten". So what about most colleges, aren't the professors preying on and manipulating their young and impressionable "yout" students with the hope of creating a future dominant democratic voting "blok" ?

At least with talk radio we as individuals have the choice to either listen or to tune out, and believe me, it's not often when I opt to listen to political talk radio no matter who the host may be. I generally don't like aggravation politiks, yet at the same time, I have to know whats going on.

IMO We would all be better off today w/out the 24 / 7 / 365 1/4 news and info crap that permeates our daily environs and form our own opinions, you know ? outside of the college atmosphere and away from the glen beck and olberman ranting and raving, that's prolly just me though. :o

 

[busenbust]

^^...but I Love CNN :o

 

[J_Mags]

There is only one real man on the radio. Howard Fuckin' Stern.

 

[busenbust]

^^Does (il)literacy not matter anymore?? :1orglaugh :o

 

[Baill Inneraora]

NPR sometimes. BBC sometimes at night. ESPN radio more than anything else.

 

[Mrs Jolly]

I do like to listen to the crazed callers - which is he whole point isn't it? I mean you can't be listening in to hear what the hosts have to say? They are on air for hours evey week, a regular listener should be able to fill in for these characters.

I usually have C-SPAN on the TV and listen while I'm in and out doing chores. My absolute favorite is when Christopher Hitchens is a guest on a show - he will not toe any line and will disagree with brutal honesty. Hitchens is the best radio guest.

 

[Jagger69]

I forgot to mention Laura Ingraham as another one I can't stand.