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Old 03-23-2010, 08:07 AM
 
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Serious question and there's no political agenda.

But why is there only right wing conservative personalities (Limbaugh,Beck, Hannity, Levine?) on the radio air waves? I could be wrong but I don't know of any left wing liberal shows on the radio? I know jon stewart is a liberal but he's as far as I know on tv.

Could someone give me a true answer? thanks
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Old 03-23-2010, 08:19 AM
 
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Serious question and there's no political agenda.

But why is there only right wing conservative personalities (Limbaugh,Beck, Hannity, Levine?) on the radio air waves? I could be wrong but I don't know of any left wing liberal shows on the radio? I know jon stewart is a liberal but he's as far as I know on tv.

Could someone give me a true answer? thanks
Ratings. Air America received paultry ratings and promptly went out of business.

Neocons must be better entertainers.
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Old 03-23-2010, 08:22 AM
 
Location: Texas
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The left wing media consistently fails because no one wants to watch/listen to it.
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Old 03-23-2010, 08:24 AM
 
Location: Tampa Florida
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The left wing media consistently fails because no one wants to watch/listen to it.
Would you actually want to have visual display of idiocy, more than there is already?
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Old 03-23-2010, 08:25 AM
 
Location: Fort Worth Texas
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Serious question and there's no political agenda.

But why is there only right wing conservative personalities (Limbaugh,Beck, Hannity, Levine?) on the radio air waves? I could be wrong but I don't know of any left wing liberal shows on the radio? I know jon stewart is a liberal but he's as far as I know on tv.

Could someone give me a true answer? thanks
because left wing shows do not get an Audience
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Old 03-23-2010, 08:25 AM
 
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Because liberals found it difficult to get on a radio everyday and find reasonable and justifiable reasons why the government needs to get bigger, and people turned them off and they couldnt get advertisers..
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Old 03-23-2010, 08:26 AM
 
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They dont even want to listen to their own hate. Plus Name calling and no facts are boring.
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Old 03-23-2010, 08:27 AM
 
Location: Greenville, SC
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For the same reason people slow down and look at car wrecks.

For the same reason that news programs show mainly conflict and drama.

People don't want knowledge, they want entertainment.
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Old 03-23-2010, 08:28 AM
 
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Because the liberals all listen to Limbaugh and Beck so they can have something to rant about.
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Old 03-23-2010, 08:28 AM
 
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Ratings. Air America received paultry ratings and promptly went out of business.

Neocons must be better entertainers.
I would suggest:
  • That liberals and progressives just aren't that tuned into early 20th Century technology.
  • That there are better things to listen to in a car than political discourse, which is about the only place most folks listen to the radio anyway.
  • That Liberals and progressives understand that right wing radio is to debate what the World Federation of Wrestling is to Greco-Roman.
  • That Liberals and progressives (and conservatives who can think) have National Public Radio.
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