How the free market can stop hate-talk radio

[Gary]

Conservative talk radio stations operate on airwaves owned by the
public, yet consider that only the viewpoints of right wing
Republicans are worthy of promotion. Their entire lineup consists of
programs repeating the "talking points" of the Republican party...Rush
Limbaugh...Sean Hannity...Mark Levin...Glen Beck and their clones.

Moderates, liberals, Democrats, progressives will seldom get past the
call screeners, and those who do will be ridiculed, talked over,
mocked, or hung up on -- "Get off the phone, you dope" is the favorite
way for Mark Levin to end a call from someone not following the "party
line."

The best way to hit "hate-talk radio" where it hurts is in the
pocketbook. After all, they have been the big advocates of "free
trade," tax cuts for the rich and screwing the working people of
America.

Listen to your local station for as long as you can stand it, and note
the phone numbers of their local and
national advertisers (usually there is a 1-800 number for the national
advertisers) Call and simply tell them that you will not buy their
product or service as long as they continue to advertise on that
program.

[Bert Hyman]

Post by Gary
Listen to your local station for as long as you can stand it, and note
the phone numbers of their local and national advertisers (usually
there is a 1-800 number for the national advertisers) Call and simply
tell them that you will not buy their product or service as long as
they continue to advertise on that program.

Is that what killed the left-wing media outlets?

[Where's Me Gold?]

Post by Bert Hyman

Post by Gary
Listen to your local station for as long as you can stand it, and note
the phone numbers of their local and national advertisers (usually
there is a 1-800 number for the national advertisers) Call and simply
tell them that you will not buy their product or service as long as
they continue to advertise on that program.

Is that what killed the left-wing media outlets?
--

Which? MSNBC thrives. Bush destroyed freedom of speech.

[Bert Hyman]

Post by Where's Me Gold?
MSNBC thrives.

If you're using an odd meaning of "thrive."

Post by Where's Me Gold?
Bush destroyed freedom of speech.

Which is why MSNBC was shut down and you're unable to post here.

[Newsgroups restored. What's wrong with you? Still suffering Bush
Derangement Syndrome?]

[Frank Provasek]

Post by Bert Hyman

Post by Gary
Listen to your local station for as long as you can stand it, and note
the phone numbers of their local and national advertisers (usually
there is a 1-800 number for the national advertisers) Call and simply
tell them that you will not buy their product or service as long as
they continue to advertise on that program.

Is that what killed the left-wing media outlets?
--

Which?  MSNBC thrives.  Bush destroyed freedom of speech.

It's time to boycott the sponsors of these programs that outright lie
to the public. One would have hoped that the broadcasters themselves
would be responsible corporate citizens...at least that's what they
argued they would be when Reagan pushed through the abolition of the
Fairness Doctrine.

Read "The Republican Noise Machine: Right-Wing Media and How It
Corrupts Democracy" by David Brock

[Knifefight Afterdance]

Post by Frank Provasek

Post by Bert Hyman

Post by Gary
Listen to your local station for as long as you can stand it,

and note >> the phone numbers of their local and national
advertisers (usually >> there is a 1-800 number for the national
advertisers) Call and simply >> tell them that you will not buy
their product or service as long as >> they continue to advertise
on that program.

Post by Bert Hyman
Is that what killed the left-wing media outlets?
--

Which?  MSNBC thrives.  Bush destroyed freedom of speech.

It's time to boycott the sponsors of these programs that outright lie
to the public. One would have hoped that the broadcasters themselves
would be responsible corporate citizens...at least that's what they
argued they would be when Reagan pushed through the abolition of the
Fairness Doctrine.
Read "The Republican Noise Machine: Right-Wing Media and How It
Corrupts Democracy" by David Brock

Left wing wants to censor the news media? Reminds me of Cuba and
Venezuela.

[The Great Capitalist]

Post by Knifefight Afterdance
Left wing wants to censor the news media? Reminds me of Cuba and
Venezuela.

The free market has God-like Divinity in it's brilliant, but invisible
purpose. We should let the market decide on evrything from who gets health
care, to the courts, to what our military does, what fires our firefighers put
out, to who our paramedics save and what kinds of crimes our police get
involved with.
Right now? Except fot the Military and the justice system, all Those
bastards belong to unions and their salaries are paid for by socialism. My
tax dollars.

I say that we loet the eternal and unfailing wisdom of the market decide on
what's right.


Real capitalists believe in the unfailing wisdom of The Market.


If you don/t like The Market, you hate freedom.

[softsofa]

On Sat, 15 Aug 2009 08:22:55 -0400, The Great Capitalist

I've stopped taking my meds and I'm going to post all day using a
different nym each time because my fingers are my brains and my
brains are 10 times as many as your brains.

Your meds will set you free!



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[softsofa]

On Sat, 15 Aug 2009 03:39:01 -0700 (PDT), Frank Provasek

Post by Frank Provasek
It's time to boycott the sponsors of these programs that outright lie
to the public. One would have hoped that the broadcasters themselves
would be responsible corporate citizens...at least that's what they
argued they would be when Reagan pushed through the abolition of the
Fairness Doctrine.

LA_LA_LA fairness doctrine hooray
LA-LA-LA, my hands are covering my ears
LA-LA-LA. my ideology is truth
LA-LA-LA all other speech must end



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[Buerste]

Post by Gary
Conservative talk radio stations operate on airwaves owned by the
public, yet consider that only the viewpoints of right wing
Republicans are worthy of promotion. Their entire lineup consists of
programs repeating the "talking points" of the Republican party...Rush
Limbaugh...Sean Hannity...Mark Levin...Glen Beck and their clones.
Moderates, liberals, Democrats, progressives will seldom get past the
call screeners, and those who do will be ridiculed, talked over,
mocked, or hung up on -- "Get off the phone, you dope" is the favorite
way for Mark Levin to end a call from someone not following the "party
line."
The best way to hit "hate-talk radio" where it hurts is in the
pocketbook. After all, they have been the big advocates of "free
trade," tax cuts for the rich and screwing the working people of
America.
Listen to your local station for as long as you can stand it, and note
the phone numbers of their local and
national advertisers (usually there is a 1-800 number for the national
advertisers) Call and simply tell them that you will not buy their
product or service as long as they continue to advertise on that
program.

I'd bet the advertisers don't want to sell to the un-American, fringe
liberals anyway...I wouldn't.

[Where's Me Gold?]

Post by Buerste

Post by Gary
Conservative talk radio stations operate on airwaves owned by the
public, yet consider that only the viewpoints of right wing
Republicans are worthy of promotion. Their entire lineup consists of
programs repeating the "talking points" of the Republican party...Rush
Limbaugh...Sean Hannity...Mark Levin...Glen Beck and their clones.
Moderates, liberals, Democrats, progressives will seldom get past the
call screeners, and those who do will be ridiculed, talked over,
mocked, or hung up on -- "Get off the phone, you dope" is the favorite
way for Mark Levin to end a call from someone not following the "party
line."
The best way to hit "hate-talk radio" where it hurts is in the
pocketbook. After all, they have been the big advocates of "free
trade," tax cuts for the rich and screwing the working people of
America.
Listen to your local station for as long as you can stand it, and note
the phone numbers of their local and
national advertisers (usually there is a 1-800 number for the national
advertisers) Call and simply tell them that you will not buy their
product or service as long as they continue to advertise on that
program.

I'd bet the advertisers don't want to sell to the un-American, fringe
liberals anyway...I wouldn't.

Fringe? The majority who elected Obama is fringe? Smoke some more dogshit,
Fool.

[lab~rat >:-)]

On Thu, 13 Aug 2009 09:46:48 -0700 (PDT), Gary

Post by Gary
Conservative talk radio stations operate on airwaves owned by the
public, yet consider that only the viewpoints of right wing
Republicans are worthy of promotion. Their entire lineup consists of
programs repeating the "talking points" of the Republican party...Rush
Limbaugh...Sean Hannity...Mark Levin...Glen Beck and their clones.
Moderates, liberals, Democrats, progressives will seldom get past the
call screeners, and those who do will be ridiculed, talked over,
mocked, or hung up on -- "Get off the phone, you dope" is the favorite
way for Mark Levin to end a call from someone not following the "party
line."
The best way to hit "hate-talk radio" where it hurts is in the
pocketbook. After all, they have been the big advocates of "free
trade," tax cuts for the rich and screwing the working people of
America.
Listen to your local station for as long as you can stand it, and note
the phone numbers of their local and
national advertisers (usually there is a 1-800 number for the national
advertisers) Call and simply tell them that you will not buy their
product or service as long as they continue to advertise on that
program.

Aww, isn't that cute, you're trying to start your own little town hall
thingy. Only difference is you're against free enterprise. That's a
socialist liberal thing.


Remember when liberal hate radio was bleeding sponsors left and right
and had to resort to stealing charity money to survive? Now *that's*
the kinda thing worthy of boycotting. But in the end, the market
seeked it's own level.

Is Air America even on the radio anymore?
--
lab~rat >:-)
Do you want polite or do you want sincere?

[softsofa]

On Thu, 13 Aug 2009 09:46:48 -0700 (PDT), Gary

[. . .]

Only the most hating hateburgers could stand the hate-talk Air America
and similar on-air haters. Advertisers hated paying money for
nothing, so they all fled before the hate.

That's how the free market stopped hate-talk radio.



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[Gary]

Here is a letter you can cut and paste to your friends to join the
Glenn Beck protest


As you may know, right-wing talk show hosts have been bringing race-
based fear mongering into the mainstream, but FOX's Glenn Beck just
took it to another level. On Tuesday, Beck said:


This president has exposed himself as a guy over and over and over
again who has a deep-seated hatred for white people... this guy is, I
believe, a racist.
It's part of a larger argument Beck has been making: that President
Obama wants to serve the needs of Black communities at White people's
expense. This kind of talk stirs up fear, hate, and it can lead to
violence.

I've joined ColorOfChange.org's effort to stop Glenn Beck.
ColorOfChange is already putting calls into Beck's advertisers, asking
them if they want to be associated with this kind of racist hate and
fear-mongering. When the advertisers see that tens of thousands of us
are behind that question, I believe they'll move their advertising
dollars elsewhere, and his show and platform will be history.

Will you take a stand and be counted, and invite your friends and
family to do the same? It takes just a moment:

http://www.colorofchange.org/beck/?id=1778-1019110

Glenn Beck is appealing to the worst in America. Of course, some
Americans refuse to accept the fact that our president is Black or the
idea that he could truly serve all Americans. But the only way these
views fade away is if they're not reinforced by mainstream society.
Instead, folks like Glenn Beck, Lou Dobbs, and Rush Limbaugh are
exploiting racism and race-based fear to bump their ratings, stirring
up racial discord in the process.

The dangers of these tactics are real. We saw the same dynamic during
the presidential race: By the end, the McCain/Palin campaign was
unable to control the violent energy whipped up by their race-baiting.
It resulted in an unprecedented number of threats on Obama's life, a
rise in the number of hate groups, and an increase in the number of
threats and crimes against immigrants and Black people.

FOX has a horrible track record on pushing racist propaganda, but
Glenn Beck appears to be taking the network to an even lower standard.
He's trying to divide and distract America when we should be coming
together and talking about issues that really matter--like health care
and the economy.

The good news is that we have the power to stop this. All major media
is funded by advertising. And advertisers care more than anything what
consumers think. If we want to change what's happening and put an end
to folks like Glenn Beck having a platform, we can do it.

It's up to us, and it can start now. Please join me:

http://www.colorofchange.org/beck/?id=1778-1019110


Thanks.

Here are some links to more info:

"Beck: Obama has 'exposed himself as a guy' with 'a deep seated hatred
for white people'"
http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200907280008

"Glenn Beck: Obama agenda driven by 'reparations' and desire to
'settle old racial scores'"
http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200907230040

"MSNBC's Deutsch encourages viewers to demand advertisers on Beck's
show spend money elsewhere"
http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200907290037

"On Television and Radio, Talk of Obama's Citizenship"
http://tinyurl.com/mb467j

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On Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:49:49 -0700 (PDT), Gary

Post by Gary
Here is a letter you can cut and paste to your friends to join the
Glenn Beck protest [. . .]

Parrots, Unite! Stop all non-parrot speech!

Obama will provide crackers for all!



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