tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11224468.post4706350273943588477..comments2024-02-15T07:19:24.972-05:00Comments on The Daily Doubter: Radio RushUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11224468.post-14905635215416789072008-05-14T18:34:00.000-04:002008-05-14T18:34:00.000-04:00HG: As you know, I've long held this view about ri...HG: As you know, I've long held this view about right wing radio. And I'm with him all the way to the end and then you see how the right uses OUR values to beat us.<BR/><BR/><I>Feldman ends his essay by stating plainly that he is not calling for censorship of Limbaugh.</I><BR/><BR/>They know we believe in the first amendment, but the first amendment talks about Government censorship.<BR/>Rush is carried on commercially sponsored broadcast radio. And we can and should point out to the people who pay for his salary what he is saying that they pay for.<BR/><BR/>Now we know that when the rightwing wants to get a message out they are happy to throw cash at money losing things like The Washington Times, think tanks and Fox News. Rush's message will get out if Rush didn't exist. His "right to speak" on BROADCAST radio was given to him by the people. His continued speech is supported by management and advertisers. <BR/><BR/>Management of broadcast radio already know that they have some obligations, (no swearing) and they accept them. So they could suggest to Rush that he stop talking about going to war on Democrats. <BR/><BR/>I've got third tier right-wing talk radio hosts on tape saying horrible things which no advertiser wants to be associated with. I fight them because Rush is too well protected and clever because he is a money MAKER for the stations. And since they have positioned to America that they are journalists and any disagreement with them is some sort of censorship the media has a tendency to want to protect "it's own" because they think that people will come after them.<BR/><BR/>That is one reason that they don't want to denounce what Limbaugh has to say on the public air waves.<BR/>Heck M elanie M organ talked about hanging journalists and she was kept on. The station had the misguided idea that she an asset and not a liability.Spockohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17573440269632081525noreply@blogger.com