Talk Radio

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Can Radio with Heart Capture the Heart?

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 07.15.2008 | Media

Read More: Unity, Politics of Fear, Talk Radio, Oprah Winfrey, Rush Limbaugh, Oprah Obama, Attack Ads, Media News

It is possible that there is a greater power in bringing people together than there is in tearing them apart? Could it be that inspirational broadcasting which is Oprah's hallmark can ultimately triumph over calling people names?

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'NYT' Puff Piece on Rush Limbaugh Slammed by NPR, Others

Greg Mitchell | Posted 07.08.2008 | Media

Read More: Npr, Talk Radio, John McCain, Rush Limbaugh, Barack Obama, Media News

Eric Boehlert at Media Matters, ripped the Times today for "duping" its readers by assigning a conservative staffer, Zev Chafets, to write the piece without informing its readers of this "alliance."

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Rush Limbaughland: Where the Elite Meet to Bleat

Lionel | Posted 07.07.2008 | Media

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Let me be plain, Rush: You came across as a diamond-encrusted, gold-plated jerk. You have a legacy that is nothing short of amazing -- yet you harp on your dough. Show some class, man!

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Barack and Rush

Charles Warner | Posted 07.03.2008 | Media

Read More: The Fairness Doctrine, Rush Limbaugh, Barack Obama, Talk Radio, Barack Obama Media Coverage, Media News

Barack was right to dismiss the Fairness Doctrine issue: it might have been a good idea when it was first imposed in 1949, but it became outmoded and cumberson, in addition to being unconstitutional.

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Three Swells

Sam Greenfield | Posted 06.24.2008 | Media

Read More: Talk Radio, Laura Ingraham, Talkers Magazine, Dr. Laura Schlessinger, Bob Grant, Al Franken, Radio, Joe Madison, New Media Seminar, Media News

This year at the New Media Seminar, awards were given to people who have made a real impact on the radio profession. I just think there have to be other people who might be more humane, or even human.

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Is the Tyranny of Right-Wing Radio Coming to an End?

Rory O'Connor | Posted 06.20.2008 | Media

Read More: Shock Jocks, Mark Levin, Fcc, Talk Radio, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Radio, Hugh Hewitt, The Fairness Doctrine, Mike Pence, Fairness Doctrine, Media News

Conservative fears of an impending Democratic attack on right-wing talk radio continue to escalate, despite ample evidence that such an assault is unlikely to occur.

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Talk Radio's Last Stand?

Rory O'Connor | Posted 06.12.2008 | Media

Read More: Joseph Farah, Talk Radio, Newsmax, Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, Don Imus, Shock Jocks, Michael Savage, Hillary Clinton, Bill O'Reilly, Fairness Doctrine, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Barack Obama, Media News

Not surprisingly, the concerted conservative focus on limitations of free speech seems more devoted to stirring up the base than combating any real danger.

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Laura Ingraham: Right-Wing Radio's High Priestess of Hate

Rory O'Connor | Posted 06.09.2008 | Media

Read More: Hate Speech, Talk Radio, Laura Ingraham, Shock Jocks, Media News

Laura Ingraham is ... different. Not only is Ingraham is a younger female right-wing radio host, she brings to the airwaves a snarky brand of aggressive humor fused with an attack-dog sensibility.

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Nice Try, Rush

Al Giordano | Posted 06.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: 2008 Elections, Talk Radio, Hillary Clinton, Rush Limbaugh, Barack Obama, Rush Limbaugh Operation Chaos, Operation Chaos Clinton, Operation Chaos, Limbaugh, Politics News

If Senator Clinton does what she's said she'll do tomorrow at noon and cleanly exit from the contest, Rush Limbaugh's "Operation Chaos" becomes something for the history books.

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Talk Radio's Latest Assault on Blacks: Bob Grant's Lifetime Achievement Award

Scott Pellegrino | Posted 06.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Michael Savage, Racism, Talk Radio, Bill O'Reilly, Bob Grant, Politics News

Jim Crow still reigns all over the airwaves. The godfather of racist talk radio is eugenics promoter Bob Grant, who has been slinging hate since 1964.

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The Most Savage Shock Jock of Them All

Rory O'Connor | Posted 05.23.2008 | Media

Read More: Aclu, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, The Savage Nation, Rush Limbaugh, Allen Ginsberg, Timothy Leary, Homosexuality, Talk Radio, Sean Hannity, San Fran Sicko, Glaad, Homophobia, RockStar Energy Drink, Michael Savage, Bill O'Reilly, Media News

Dig deeper, and the question of who Michael Savage is becomes more complicated. "Savage" isn't his real name; it seems to speak to his heightened sense of masculinity, aggression, and antipathy toward minorities.

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Talking Themselves to Death

John Moore | Posted 05.19.2008 | Media

Read More: Right Wing Media, Hardball, Talk Radio, Kevin James Hardball, Kevin James, Chris Matthews, Media News

Kevin James shows that a distorted and paranoid world view survives quite nicely in the bell jar of talk radio and friendly cable television shows.

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CON GAMES: Real American Values

Michael Conniff | Posted 05.13.2008 | Home

Read More: Operation Chaos, Talk Radio, Intellighent Design, Creationism, Rush Limbaugh, Conservatives, Environment, Academic Freeedom, Science, Evolution, Feminism, Anti-American, Home News

For far too long, conservatives have made political hay with the notion that they are the party of ideas and the party of values -- even as they've he...

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Unearthed: News of the Week the Mainstream Media Forgot to Report

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle | Posted 05.09.2008 | Media

Read More: Gas Prices, Persian Gulf, Right Wing Media, Oil Sands, Renewable Energy, Neal Boortz, Depleted Uranium, Dick Cheney, Tar Sands, Dan Abrams, Environmental Protection Agency, Solar Tax Credits, Oil Industry, Richard Nixon, Dow Chemical, Guantanamo Torture, Michael Savage, John Ashcroft, Mary Gade, Chevron, Dioxin, Solar Power, Thomas Friedman, Tavis Smiley, John Conyers, Karl Rove, Bp, Rush Limbaugh, Exxon Mobil, Mother Jones, Green Building, Lou Dobbs, Iraq Contractors, Co2, John Yoo, Iraqi Interpreters, Shell Oil, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Whistleblowers, Talk Radio, Kbr, Media Consolidation, Don Siegelman, 60 Minutes, Sean Hannity, Conocophillips, Ducks, Fox News, Clean Technology, Glenn Beck, Bush Approval Rating, Bill O'Reilly, Media News

Hundreds of ducks made a fatal landing in oil and toxic sludge; Republicans block federal aid to wind and solar; the shocking testimony of three whistleblowers on US contractors in Iraq.

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Pundit Rule #1 -- If The Truth Don't Work... Make It Up

Steve Young | Posted 04.02.2008 | Media

Read More: Mark Levin, Obama, Hillary Clinton, Glen Beck, Limbaugh, Talk Radio, Michael Savage, Media News

The only way to legitimize talk radio would be to label it with a disclaimer that says it's "a fiction based on actual events."

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If Barack Obama Is Assassinated Will Coulter Think It's Funny?: The Middle Name Gambit

Steve Young | Posted 03.08.2008 | Media

Read More: Bill Cunningham, Talk Radio, Barack Hussein Obama, Ann Coulter, Limbaugh, Media News

The conservative radio hosts are hoping is that using "Hussein" will scare their patriotic fans into not voting for Obama. Sophomoric maybe. But no one ever accused talk radio of complex thought.

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Poetic Justice: Limbaugh Tries to Tear the GOP Apart

Eric Boehlert | Posted 02.12.2008 | Media

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I wonder how John McCain and the Republican Party minions enjoy following behind Rush Limbaugh's broadcast each weekday with a bucket and shovel, cleaning up the mess spread all over the floor.

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No Longer Republican Kingmakers, Radio Hosts' Ratings Still Safe

AdAge | Michael Bush | Posted 02.11.2008 | Media

Read More: Talk Radio, John McCain, Talk Radio John McCain, Rush Limbaugh, Laura Ingraham, Ann Coulter, Ann Coulter John McCain, Rush Limbaugh John McCain, Laura Ingraham John McCain, Media News

Well, that didn't go as planned. Despite the efforts of the right-wing radio's heaviest hitters, John McCain walked out of Super Tuesday with a clear...

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To Republicans: Conservatism Has Failed. Deal With It

Hale "Bonddad" Stewart | Posted 02.09.2008 | Business

Every "true conservative" Republican candidate has failed. The reason? Conservative polities don't work. You guys are trying to sell a typewriter in a word processor world.

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What Happened to the Blogs & Talk Radio?

Donnie Fowler | Posted 02.07.2008 | Home

Read More: Blogs, Talk Radio, Obama, Rush Limbaugh, Mccain, Clinton, Home News

Campaign '08: The Blogs & Talk Radio A whole lot of bark, but where's that bite? Where are they? The self-described voices of the Republican & Democr...

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Does Conservative Talk Still Matter?

John Ridley | Posted 02.01.2008 | Media

Read More: Conservative Talk Radio, Rush Limbaugh Presidential Candidates, Conservative Pundits, Talk Radio, Rush Limbaugh, Rush Limbaugh Republican Nominee, Media News

Limbaugh grandly announced on his radio program that he might not support the Republican nominee, as none pass his conservative litmus test. Does anyone care?

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Who Would Reagan Vote For? What About Coulter? Shockers of the Republican Primary

Steve Young | Posted 02.01.2008 | Media

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With an election filled with the Right's Lord of Loud clamoring for the next Ronald Reagan - while they're not lambasting John McCain - are now confro...

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Evening At The Heritage Foundation Improv: Hannity and Levin Go Andy Kaufman But Some Right-Wingers Don't Get the Joke

Steve Young | Posted 01.31.2008 | Media

Read More: Talk Radio, Mark Levin, Sean Hannity, Media News

Watch out P.J. O'Rourke. Make way, Dennis Miller. The Lords of Loud are going Mort Sahl all over you.

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Right-Wing Talk Radio Savaging McCain

Washinton Times | Donald Lambro | Posted 01.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Republican Presidential Candidate, Republican Primary, John McCain, Talk Radio, Rush Limbaugh, Radio, Mitt Romney, John McCain Florida Victory, John McCain Florida, 2008 Election, Politics News

Conservative talk radio is ganging up on presidential candidate John McCain, attacking him for joining Democrats to push liberal legislation and oppos...

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Electile Dysfunction: Will The Right Wing Lords Of Loud Be Able To Get A Hard-On For McCain When The Big Night Comes?

Steve Young | Posted 01.30.2008 | Media

Read More: Talk Radio, Hewitt, John McCain, Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Media News

One of our favorite talk show hosts spent a half hour on talk radio serving up McCain is the Republican anti-Christ softballs for Mitt Romney to hit out of the park.

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