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2009-10-20 Home Front: Culture Wars

CNN Psychoanalyzes Talk Radio Listeners, Cites Liberal Study on Format

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Posted by Fred 2009-10-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Liberals tend to be filled with hate, not logic. That makes for dull radio.

Posted by rjschwarz 2009-10-20 09:12|| 2009-10-20 09:12|| Front Page Top

#2 YouTube Video: Chomsky Fibs On Stating How Media Is Right-wing And Controlled By Nazis

Posted by anonymous5089 2009-10-20 09:50|| 2009-10-20 09:50|| Front Page Top

#3 Note the sponsors of the study. It may be dominated by conservatives, but talk radio is two-way street with listeners excercising free speech and the liberty to change the dial if they so choose. The libs are really fascists at heart and get their panties in a bunch when they can't control what others think or do--Anita Dunn, case in point.

Posted by Lumpy Elmoluck5091 2009-10-20 13:02|| 2009-10-20 13:02|| Front Page Top

#4 "what listeners don't know about talk radio."

Says it all, we peons need to be told what we're doing and how to do it. We aren't smart enuff to decide for ourselves. Thank Gaia for the wisdom and guidance of our coastal liberal overlords.

Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839">AlmostAnonymous5839 2009-10-20 14:17|| 2009-10-20 14:17|| Front Page Top

#5 Maybe it is just me, but I've noticed that outside of the Religious Left, there seems to be an awakening that Obama and those that back him are dangerous. And even more importantly, the blind believers are looking more shrill and mean-spirited to those who haven't staked their identity to The Cause of Obama. And this is a huge problem for Obama. They have already had to defend Acorn as being a right wing smear and thus turn away from the fact that these people wanted to set up brothels for teenagers. They've had to find excuses for Polanski's not rape-rape with contortions about how they don't approve of the rape BUT,HOWEVER... They have to look the other way at Dunn's love of a mass murderer (not that hard to do since they've always been big fans of Che and Castro). They have to defend Pelosi's lack of action against ethics violations against democrats that are staggering in their depth. And worse for them is that Obama is wimping out on the war that they claimed for years was the one we needed to fight and make the absurd argument that we should be fighting in Pakistan instead.

I've noticed that just on the Fox battle alone, the hard core believers are having to put multiple qualifiers in their comments. Their logic goes something like this:

I think that Obama should punch up, not down, BUT Fox is not a news organization so I don't really care anyway. Or, I don't think that Obama should be in the process of determining who is and who is not a news organization, BUT....

What I've noticed is that as they get more shrill and more ridiculous in their logic, they are reduced to simply blaming the Religious Right. It's the one topic that the less fanatical dems and independents don't feel the need to back away slowly from. It's really all about a need to feel the love of hating a group that is "lesser than themselves".

But the reason I say that this Fox battle (combined with all of the others) is a problem for Obama is because the member of the Religious Left are finding their excuses for Obama starting to wear thin and worse, they aren't getting much applause anymore for jumping up and screaming at the umpire, every time Obama strikes out.

Posted by Jumbo Slinerong5015 2009-10-20 14:54|| 2009-10-20 14:54|| Front Page Top

#6 the report, which was co-authored by current FCC "chief diversity officer" Mark Lloyd

At that point I said to myself the report isn't credible. The liberal shrink also sounds like she needs a shrink job herself.

Dear Abby: My wife have known some people in town for years. They are self-avowed liberals. They have drunk the Koolade and buy the whole BO deal. Not too long ago I was astounded to find out they had put a block on the FOX channel. Now these two people don't have any kids at home so the only people watching TV is them. Do they not trust themselves to take a peek at FOX? Or are they trying to make a statement of protest? Or are they just moronic about this?

Posted by JohnQC 2009-10-20 16:05|| 2009-10-20 16:05|| Front Page Top

#7 This country is in a race between awakening and awareness on one hand and the rise of fascism on the other. And the stakes are high as can be.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2009-10-20 19:38|| 2009-10-20 19:38|| Front Page Top

#8 That is exactly what I keep saying, Alaska Paul. The Obama administration is not "making mistakes" as some say. They know they have until 2010 to shore up their power if they are to keep it and they are going to go full stop grabbing any and all they can. They don't care how they look. It's just a raw power grab and sadly too many Americans are too naive to see it.

Posted by Jumbo Slinerong5015 2009-10-20 23:15|| 2009-10-20 23:15|| Front Page Top

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