{"id":313,"date":"2004-04-05T11:38:44","date_gmt":"2004-04-05T18:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/wp2\/uncategorized\/why-is-there-no-liberal-talk-radio\/"},"modified":"2004-04-05T11:38:44","modified_gmt":"2004-04-05T18:38:44","slug":"why-is-there-no-liberal-talk-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/letters-to-the-editor\/why-is-there-no-liberal-talk-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is there no Liberal Talk Radio?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In response to ”Censorship only recourse for liberals” by Jeremy Reynalds, 10\/5\/98, <\/p>\n

UNM Daily Lobo.<\/p>\n

”But whining and complaining are typical of liberals, who, as a rule, have been unable to compete successfully in <\/p>\n

the conservative-dominated talk radio marketplace.” <\/p>\n

Jeremy Reynalds raises some interesting issues in his recent column. One of <\/p>\n

these is ”why isn’t there any ‘liberal talk radio’?” Could it be that liberals don’t have jobs that let them run the radio all <\/p>\n

day? Could it be that liberals aren’t drawn to a ”self-described idiot entertainer”? What is the liberal equivalent of a <\/p>\n

”ditto-head” (what Rush Limbaugh’s devout fans call themselves)?<\/p>\n

KUNM & Public Radio notwithstanding, liberals aren’t <\/p>\n

sitting around waiting for someone to do their thinking for them and aren’t searching for someone to reduce the complex issues to nice, <\/p>\n

compact phrases that provoke while saying nothing (”femi-nazi”). Perhaps this is why there is no ”liberal” talk radio.<\/p>\n

These days, everyone is shouting & no one is listening. Most people seem to have already made up their minds & they seem only <\/p>\n

interested in hearing those they agree with (an important role of talk radio). Discent is despised.<\/p>\n

After you’re done nodding your <\/p>\n

head to the radio & flinging such labels as ”liberal” and ”conservative”, what are you doing to elevate public discussion <\/p>\n

of the issues that seem to be tearing our nation apart?<\/p>\n

Thirty years ago, this nation was rocked by liberal kids. Thirty years later, <\/p>\n

they’ve become old farts clucking their tongues at the sad state of affairs — and worse, doing everything they can to crush the true <\/p>\n

progress begun a generation ago. The pendulum will swing again. mjh<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

[printed in the UNM Daily Lobo 10\/15\/98]<\/p>\n

PS — yeah, I resurrected this oldie from 6 years ago. Now, we do, in fact, have ”liberal talk radio” (www.airamericaradio.com<\/a>) online. Perhaps this brings balance; will <\/p>\n

it do more? <\/p>\n

By the way, I may have been a little hard on my cohort. Did you know that Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld worked for <\/p>\n

Nixon? So, maybe 30 years haven’t changed things that much afterall. mjh<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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