CNN asks psychiatrist: Why do people listen to Rush Limbaugh?
posted at 9:13 pm on October 19, 2009 by Allahpundit
Via Breitbart. I won’t spoil the surprise by telling you her answer, but suffice it to say, it’s not much of a surprise. I’m not sure why they stopped with a psychiatrist, though. Wouldn’t Jane Goodall have had some potentially valuable insights here? Or an FBI criminal profiler?
Remember, this is the “objective” cable news network.
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Thanks, though I did know the essential differences. What I’m shaky on–and intend to learn–are the code of ethics (what they are, and what they should be).
To me, psychiatry is fine–hard science, it would seem, still very much in the beginning stages of knowing what actually affects what in the brain (the new theories about Vitamin D, for example.)
Psychology, on the other hand, needs to be careful how far out on a limb it goes. The field has some useful insights about human behavior as a mass, but at the end of the day the practioner should not be granted more relevance than a philosopher or a priest, for like those he/she is trying to understand the human heart, and I question whether a few years studying myriad results of controlled clinical trials allows one to suddenly become the judgers of your fellow men and a sage for the ages.
Horatius on October 19, 2009 at 10:05 PM
Well, I already knew I was crazy…
Rightwingguy on October 19, 2009 at 10:05 PM
In other words, does a Psych degree automatically imply wisdom?
Horatius on October 19, 2009 at 10:06 PM
Obama’s shills continue the One’s propoganda campaign designed to desensitize the public to upcoming restrictions on talk radio and Fox. Cass Sunstein, the Regulation Czar, and Mark Lloyd, the FCC Chief Diversity Officer and Chavez lover, are cooking up regulations that will impose restrictions on radio to restrict right-side commentary. This CNN piece is just another part of that propoganda program, which includes includes some story at least every other day. Focus on the statement, as FACT, that more people would listen to liberal oriented talk radio if it were available.
It is coming.
GaltBlvnAtty on October 19, 2009 at 10:08 PM
Hey, Dr. Gail Saltz is not a fanatical Dem but a fairly consistent one:
Holling ’92 $500
Harkin ’92 $250
Moynihan ’94 $1,000
Harkin ’96 $1,000
DCCC ’01 $1,000
Kind of dropped off this past decade, but I doubt she’s changed her stripes. Maybe her practice is in the crapper, and that’s why she taking paying gigs at CNN now.
Dusty on October 19, 2009 at 10:08 PM
“Rando Rhoads, who many say is a liberal talker…”
Says it all about the host at CNN, who most say is a biased non-journalist.
fred5678 on October 19, 2009 at 10:09 PM
During my college years I would routinely ask the psychology majors: “So, what do you think is wrong with you?”
You might be listening to to much talk radio if your kids are named “One”, “Eight-Hundred” and “Call Now.”
Otherwise, no.
viking01 on October 19, 2009 at 10:10 PM
Horseshit pieces like that sample video are exactly the reason I listen to conservative talk radio
cjk on October 19, 2009 at 10:11 PM
Leans back in chair, pencil poised over a pad of paper.
Tell us how you really feel.
Rightwingguy on October 19, 2009 at 10:13 PM
“I just posted his quotes, why not defend that.
harry on October 19, 2009 at 9:58 PM”
A bad joke. I can’t get too hung up on it. A bad joke pales in comparison to the great service Rush Limbaugh performs for us all day in and day out, in correctly spotting and explicitly naming the leftist plague that continues to drag this country down.
Edouard on October 19, 2009 at 10:16 PM
[Horatius on October 19, 2009 at 10:06 PM]
No but it does imply they’ll usually choose the wrong spot to cut the branch they’re sitting on.
Dusty on October 19, 2009 at 10:16 PM
Wow, I wonder who is behind the conspiracy to limit liberal talk radio to 9%?!
The public.
And after the pat on the head from Rahm, CNN decides to push the New Fairness Doctrine.
PattyJ on October 19, 2009 at 10:17 PM
The out in the open arrogant attitude that the left has on full display is amazing. They think we are going to swallow everything they say. It’s like having the ultimate wicked step mother.
Kissmygrits on October 19, 2009 at 10:17 PM
I’m sure that CNN’s healthcare provider must be really pissed to know that CNN asks psychiatrist about Rush Limbaugh during one of their regularly scheduled sessions.
J_Crater on October 19, 2009 at 10:19 PM
I won’t be convinced until I hear Dr. Phil’s diagnosis. He’s the only head doctor I trust.
Cicero43 on October 19, 2009 at 10:23 PM
Time for a new Michael Moore “documentary”
Conservatives in the Mist
Enlightened liberal talks to camera in soft voice behind brush: “The group of the extremely light skinned knuckledraggers is whispering, bowing their heads with folded hands — it almost appears to be some sort of ritual . . .”
Firefly_76 on October 19, 2009 at 10:25 PM
I listen to talk radio because living here in so calif I am fortunate to have living on both sides and across the street from me, annincan, pray for me.
dragondrop on October 19, 2009 at 10:25 PM
Well it looks like the \”main stream media\” have finally put their brown shirts on and are no longer even trying to pretend not to be biased. Heck I saw a report where Dan Blather showed that now 57% of us WANT THE ONE\’S HEALTH CARE. Did I miss a pole this morning, because last time I checked it was the other way around?
Teleycoman on October 19, 2009 at 10:26 PM
Disclaimer-haven’t read the story, or any of the comments.
This was on the same variety show that fact-checked their NBC counterparts at Saturday Night Live, correct?
Del Dolemonte on October 19, 2009 at 10:27 PM
it looked lime a Hollywood Extra report.
Sorry, yeh me Conservative-
look up VDH;s new post on pajamas.
seesalrun on October 19, 2009 at 10:29 PM
Because Rush is my psychiatrist.
redridinghood on October 19, 2009 at 10:29 PM
Do not be fooled good people of Hotair! This is another fraud like the Balloon Boy, only more insidious. Gail Saltz, formerly Galt Saltz, before he, now she, had a sex change operation, is not a real psychiatrist. He, now she, is a in-house patient of mine, formerly the night shift assistant manager at a Taco Bell, who escaped from his, now her, thought to be secure room at night and stole my Doctorate of Psychiatry Certificate, from which he, now she, forged one of his, now her, own with which he, now she, was obviously able to fool the
moronsgeniuses at CNN with. He, now she, also stole very copious quantities of various high potency drugs. Do not be taken in by his, now her, act, or depending on how much, and in what combination, drugs, he, now she, has ingested.Sigmund on October 19, 2009 at 10:30 PM
Would someone please explain to these thick-headed cretins that the reason only 9% of talk radio is liberal is because LIBERALS SUCK AT TALK RADIO. It’s a communication medium for which they have no talent.
And using Randi Rhodes as an example of left-radio? Is this the same Randi Rhodes who ran a “comedy skit” on her show that featured the assassination of President Bush?
Oh, but ours is the side filled with hate, spewing invective and coarsening the national discourse – yeah, right.
Lurking Vet on October 19, 2009 at 10:32 PM
Liberal talk radio doesn’t work because you can get it at to many outlets. CNN, NBC, PBS, ABC, MSNBC, NPR, CBS, ESPN etc.
jpmn on October 19, 2009 at 10:36 PM
Also Liberal talk radio fails because all they talk about is how they hate BOOSH. Who wants to listen to someone feelings for 3 hours especially with no facts but I hate Boosh he EVIL.
I swear Liberalism is a disease, a disease of stupid…
Gracelynn on October 19, 2009 at 10:40 PM
Is she a “DR” like the one at the townhall meetings? Related to some medical people?
Roxxanne the Poser???
seven on October 19, 2009 at 10:40 PM
On a side note, I think psychiatrists are the one group of people who understand psychiatry the least.
JellyToast on October 19, 2009 at 10:42 PM
How else would I know how to think, and act or which talking points I’m supposed to stick to when convincing dbag libs they are wrong, wrong, wrong? Yes, he does have influence over me. Get over it.
kahall on October 19, 2009 at 10:45 PM
(Rush)is operating essentially like the bully…If you’re on the playground wouldn’t you want to be under the bully’s wing–and get some power by proxy? No, not really doc! Your analogy is weak.
This shrink is just one more example of the fact that highly intelligent and highly educated people can, and often are, dumber than boxes of rocks–regardless of how much $ they rake in. At least that’s what I tell the two female ObamaZombie lawyers in the family.
Gang-of-One on October 19, 2009 at 10:47 PM
Misery loves company. I mean both CNN and liberal talk radio are at the bottom so why not commiserate together.
I have actually tried to listen to liberal talk radio but there is no variety of topics or opinions from one to the other, whereas conservatives tend to be all over the place. Sometimes they all get on the same topic at one time but variety is the spice of life. I can listen to Boortz, then tune in Beck and jump over to Ingraham and most of the time they are on different subjects. My other knock on liberal talk radio is the sophomoric attitude they have. The shows seemed geared more to college frat boys, with all the crude jokes, slang and simplistic themes. Not much there to stimulate the brain.
Just A Grunt on October 19, 2009 at 10:48 PM
OK, don’t listen to him. But can your fascistic impulse to prevent others’ listening to him.
ddrintn on October 19, 2009 at 10:48 PM
Why do people watch CNN? Surely it’s not for news?
They delegated that to Breitbart, Beck and the Pimp and Whore ACORN investigators.
CNN……..just so much more irrelevance and drivel.
Instead of looking at the Maoists in the Administration and the lightning fast speed of the Copenhagen global governance trash they focus on Balloon Boy and his tabloid friendly family (poor kid).
Thanks CNN you’re so dependable.
PappyD61 on October 19, 2009 at 10:48 PM
Exactly right. There’s only so much you can take of the lib echo chamber.
ddrintn on October 19, 2009 at 10:49 PM
Jay Severen feeds my crazy in Boston. Best and Brightest baby, I get my fix 5 days a week.
Geronimo on October 19, 2009 at 10:52 PM
This lady sucks at reading a teleprompter.
Emily M. on October 19, 2009 at 10:56 PM
Hey CNN,
Ed Murrow called. Says he real proud of the job yer doin’.
Keep those journalism “standards of excellence real high now.
dissent555 on October 19, 2009 at 11:00 PM
There needs to be some regulation! 8 HOURS??!! It’s like a DRUG!! It’s an indoctrination!! Who knows what it’s doing to the brain chemistry!
Axeman on October 19, 2009 at 11:09 PM
I noticed they left out Shawn Hannity, who is between Durgen and Savage.
DethMetalCookieMonst on October 19, 2009 at 11:12 PM
Question: So exactly why does lib radio have less than 9% of the dial?Answer: Because no sane person will listen to them if they have a choice because they are boring as hell.
1sttofight on October 19, 2009 at 11:13 PM
I love the irony, this story is so balanced that the head shrinker starts with the analogy of Rush as a “bully” and continues from there.
Rush is SOOOO powerful and he’s beating on that pooooor Barry kid who has no power at all in this world. Pardon me while I weep.
Axeman on October 19, 2009 at 11:14 PM
BTW, Bob Durgin’s quite good. So is RJ Harris, although he’s more of a “current events period” kind of guy instead of just politics.
DethMetalCookieMonst on October 19, 2009 at 11:14 PM
OMG…that whole spiel was nothing more than a commercial for the Fairness Doctrine! That was disgusting. Now, off to actually read the rest of the comments to see if anyone agrees with me. lol
Highlar on October 19, 2009 at 11:17 PM
I love Jay, too, but have to admit: I got a little tired (and pissed-off) at his constant ragging on Bush.
Where is your hidden location here in the liberal enclave of MA?
Rod on October 19, 2009 at 11:20 PM
9% of talk radio is liberal because that’s what the market says it should be, but let’s bump it up anyway in the interest of the hosts’ ‘feelings’ and ‘fairness’
/retch
LeBron on October 19, 2009 at 11:32 PM
Not only that but their intellectually lazy habits like ridicule and repeating a stonewall narrative make them tiresome to listen too.
I was traveling through an area of Florida which carried the Harry Shearer show (an SNL, Guest-film, and Simpson favorite of mine). And he was going off on conservatives who objected to the Janet Jackson Superbowl wardrobe malfunction. IIRC, it was quite a while after the event, but he was dredging it up as a case of conservative over-reaction. His argument was that a nipple was nothing more than what your child would see someday–even if only after marriage. How stupid–full frontal nudity would then be permissible on that basis. But that was the extent of his establishing “hysteria” most of the time was taken up from jokes I would have thought too vapid for Shearer. And he was off to another point.
Whereas Rush would have focused on an attempt of liberals to steer the narrative, Shearer was simply getting upset because people had a different reaction from what he thought they should have–e.g. a failure to enforce a narrative.
Because they have to keep putting every extremity possible into all the holes in the dike of the liberal narrative, they are stretched too thin to make a meaningful expression to anybody outside of the choir.
Now, I can accept that I can’t make a blanket statement about Shearer in the dozens of minutes I could stomach him. I can be allowed to hold an opinion of his show based on those minutes, and the fact that in a dozen or so other clips–even when he thinks he’s being humorous–I don’t see the humor. Despite that 1) I knew he was liberal and 2) I find him funny in a number of other vehicles.
Axeman on October 19, 2009 at 11:33 PM
Well, I have to admit that I used to listen to Mike Malloy occasionally back when he was in Atlanta, just to see how crazy-a$$ he would be next. I think that was before Rush’s ratings condemned Crazy Mike to Air America or something and eternal obscurity.
ddrintn on October 19, 2009 at 11:33 PM
I used to say to my wife as we watched Dateline NBC, that each story was another commercial for more government regulation.
Axeman on October 19, 2009 at 11:34 PM
All jokes aside, this is scary. Once “health care reform” is in play, they’ll define Conservatism as a form of insanity. Here, take this flu vaccine.
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TwilightStruggler on October 19, 2009 at 11:38 PM
Aside from Lou Dobbs, why would anyone watch CNN??
DTogo on October 19, 2009 at 11:39 PM
I backup my washed brain with Carbonite.
Django on October 19, 2009 at 11:41 PM
The Soviet Union labeled disagreement with its policies as mental illness…so why is this a surprise?
Perhaps the fine Doctor should be asked what she thinks of celebrities that don’t believe in vaccines or that fire and *weaken* steel?
18-1 on October 19, 2009 at 11:44 PM
LOL
beachgirlusa on October 19, 2009 at 11:52 PM
Heh…or about celebrities who defend a child rapist by saying that he didn’t really rape the girl? :-P
Highlar on October 19, 2009 at 11:53 PM
Because they are brain numb and have deep rooted sadomasochistic tendencies. That will be .02.
redridinghood on October 19, 2009 at 11:59 PM
Very well said by all.
beachgirlusa on October 20, 2009 at 12:01 AM
OK, now from a professional counselor with a “few” years of experience.
Psychiatrist – M.D. with specialized training in psychiatry. They mainly give prescriptions (often treat things like clinician depression, bipolar, and schizophrenia) and often see their clients for less than 15 minutes for a visit. Most do very little actual counseling/therapy.
Medical Doctors – I work a lot in local ERs, school, and outpatient mental health center with children. The ones I see in the ER and Pediatric ICU (usually after an overdose attempt) have a single 9 week rotation in psychiatry during their residency and really don’t like dealing with any type of mental health issue.
Psychologist – they can come in a variety of fields. The most common is a Ph.D. in clinician psychology and they often spend the time long term dealing with clients who have mental health issues. Some will have their doctorate in social work. Other will have it in counseling. And even fewer will have it in marriage and family therapy. Each has a different course load in graduate school and require a variety of hoops to jump through to obtain licensure depending on what state you live in. Each of these specialties is very partisan and protective.
CNNs guest M.D. will have her view and her bias on just about any subject that requires a “subjective” diagnosis. If you put me in a room with 9 other mental health professionals, you will probably get 10 different diagnosis. Her analysis of Rush and other conservative talk shows was basically one that tells me she thinks that we do so as it is a “learned behavior” that can be changed by …
The whole clip was nicely presented to paint conservatives with a certain brush stroke. Too bad I’m like the rest of the conservative group – I’m better educated than the liberals. Plus, I have common sense!!
ny59giants on October 20, 2009 at 12:06 AM
I guess if Progressive Radio Hosts had something to say other than whine about BUSH, they would be #1.
BigMike252 on October 20, 2009 at 12:14 AM
I think the market has been tried in a very big way, called “Air America” How did that work out for them, lots of people lost money on that venture, lib radio cant succeed unless it is required by law, that is where this is headed.
fixer44 on October 20, 2009 at 12:18 AM
There are more conservative talk radio shows than liberal shows because there is a bigger market for conservative talk radio shows. More people want to listen to conservative talk radio than to liberal talk radio.
Why? – no one really knows.
There have been several attempts to start more liberal talk radio shows but they don’t last long because their audience is small and advertisers don’t get a good return from their dollar.
So it’s the free market that is determining the relative amounts of conservative and liberal radio talk shows. It’s not some vast right wing conspiracy restricting “access” to liberal shows. It’s just supply and demand. Bigger demand for conservative shows produces a bigger supply.
westerncanadian on October 20, 2009 at 12:31 AM
I like Rush because of common beliefs in freemarkets, small gov and his ever optimistic attitude
liberal doomsayers are worse than rain at a picnic and as for the mengela psychs,
have you ever seen the gay channels transformers where children who are troubled are written scrips to mutilate there bodies permanently
there is value to psychiatry but they have plenty of blood on their hands
Sonosam on October 20, 2009 at 12:31 AM
Can you say lead up to Fairness Doctrine? Media Alinsky style.
Speakup on October 20, 2009 at 1:00 AM
Here are some reasons why, pointed out by other posters:
Conservative talk radio thrives because it’s truth. csdeven
the reason only 9% of talk radio is liberal is because LIBERALS SUCK AT TALK RADIO. It’s a communication medium for which they have no talent. Lurking Vet
I have actually tried to listen to liberal talk radio but there is no variety of topics or opinions from one to the other, whereas conservatives tend to be all over the place. Sometimes they all get on the same topic at one time but variety is the spice of life. I can listen to Boortz, then tune in Beck and jump over to Ingraham and most of the time they are on different subjects. My other knock on liberal talk radio is the sophomoric attitude they have. The shows seemed geared more to college frat boys, with all the crude jokes, slang and simplistic themes. Not much there to stimulate the brain. Just A Grunt
their intellectually lazy habits like ridicule and repeating a stonewall narrative make them tiresome to listen too.
Because they have to keep putting every extremity possible into all the holes in the dike of the liberal narrative, they are stretched too thin to make a meaningful expression to anybody outside of the choir. Axeman
beachgirlusa on October 20, 2009 at 1:11 AM
In the print media, as well as television, there is a notable separation between the pundit and the audience. They can say or write the most outrageous statements and not fear immediate retaliation. It may take days for rebuttals to be sent and the pundit can censor anything that makes him look bad. Talk radio is different in that there are millions of listeners who can call you and respond the instant you say something. Liberal talk shows are not successful because liberal ideology cannot withstand such close scrutiny. It doesn’t take long to expose the flaws in a liberal’s logic and ultimately they degenerate into ad hominem attacks (“You’re a racist/sexist/homophobe/Christian/Halliburton”) and no one wants to hear that.
And anyone who listens to that psychiatrist ought to have their head examined.
AaronGuzman on October 20, 2009 at 1:32 AM
“By trying to again empower the government to regulate broadcasting, liberals reveal their lack of confidence in their ability to compete in the marketplace of ideas, and their disdain for consumer sovereignty—and hence for the public.
The liberals’ often proclaimed objective is to silence talk radio.
Liberals strenuously and unsuccessfully attempted to compete in that medium—witness the anemia of their Air America.
….Conservatives dominate talk radio—although no more thoroughly than liberals dominate Hollywood, academia and much of the mainstream media.
….Such liberals argue that the paucity of liberal successes in today’s radio competition—and the success of Fox News—somehow represent “market failure.” That is the regularly recurring, all-purpose rationale for government intervention in markets. Market failure is defined as consumers’ not buying what liberals are selling.” George Will
beachgirlusa on October 20, 2009 at 1:40 AM
We like radio because it leaves our hands free to accomplish somthing
Sonosam on October 20, 2009 at 1:51 AM
Q: Why do people listen to CNN?
A: Because they are morons.
Q:Why does CNN listen to psychiatrists?
A: To stop the voices in their heads…
And because they are morons.
JohnGalt23 on October 20, 2009 at 2:02 AM
Hope I don’t get banned for this, but it just seems appropriate to repeat something exceptionally funny from another commenter way back when…
A C**t is a C**t of course of course
And no one can talk to a C**t of course
Hope I get some support when the ban hammer lands
paragon27x on October 20, 2009 at 2:07 AM
The reason that conservatives listen to talk radio so much and are so loyal to talk radio is because talk radio is one of only a few outlets which we have for conservative views and conservative news.
The average liberal can access all of his views on nearly every single news channel: ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN and MSNBC. The conservative has only one: Fox News.
The liberal can access all of his views in the vast majority of newspapers around. The conservative has a much harder time finding a newspaper.
The internet, I would guess, has a much better split (since it is infinitely accessible and large.
The only place where conservatives dominate is talk radio. This (and the internet) were the easiest mediums to which we could gain access. Starting up a newspaper costs millions. Starting up a television network costs hundreds of millions. That is why so few conservative ones have been started recently (thank you Fox!). By comparison, talk radio and the internet is extremely cheap to access and utilize. And both of them have nearly unlimited room to grow. If a radio is really popular, it will be picked up by most markets on at least one station. If a website is really popular (or even not that popular), anybody from anywhere can access it.
Liberals have had all of the media on their side for a long, long time. We have half of the internet, nearly all of talk radio and one, just one, T.V. Network. We have fought long and hard for those outlets, so we are very, very loyal to them because we want them to stick around. They are like oases in the desert that is the rest of the media.
Theophile on October 20, 2009 at 2:18 AM
I got quite a laugh out of this when watching it Monday morning.
I didn’t expect the report to be this bad/laughable even though it was on CNN! I mean, c’mon!
Glad they showed how vile Randi Rhodes was at least.
Along with her claim that if there was more liberal talk radio that more people would listen to it. What an ultra-counterintuitive statement!
JaqobJackson on October 20, 2009 at 3:35 AM
Why do I listen to Rush Limbaugh? The same reason the voices in my head make me listen to Mark Levin. BOOHOOHAHAHAHAHA!
ncborn on October 20, 2009 at 4:02 AM
LOL
Jeff from WI on October 20, 2009 at 4:27 AM
NO, it’s one of those worthless degrees like art or music appreciation.
Jeff from WI on October 20, 2009 at 4:32 AM
Looks like a bobble-headed bimbo!
And she sounds like one too! What’s missing in her critique though, is a discussion of the actual content delivered by the talk hosts. That is, Talk Radio’s “stacks of stuff” helps make their audiences become well informed people, they’re generally good listeners too. And, as informed people, probably are in less need of a pseudo-shrink, or a libtard, to wipe their nose and tell them, you’re OK I’m OK, and Liberal BO is the best.
“Let’s Roll”
On Watch on October 20, 2009 at 4:34 AM
Complete and udder Soviet style propaganda here. If you don’t believe in the collective, you are obviously crazy. Thus the psychiatrist.
moyeti on October 20, 2009 at 6:42 AM
People watch FNC instead of CNN and MSNBC.
People read WSJ in increasing numbers while the NYSlimes circles the bowl.
People Listen to Rush while Air America and other libturd shows go off the Air and out of business.
I see a pattern.
dogsoldier on October 20, 2009 at 7:04 AM
CNN asks psychiatrist: Why are Communications majors, the dumbest people on campus?
Fixed
MNHawk on October 20, 2009 at 7:07 AM
Just as sports players eventually gravitate to the profession of sports broadcasting,lunatics eventually gravitate to the profession of psychiatry.
percysunshine on October 20, 2009 at 7:33 AM
I like how the CNN “journalist” makes sure she is smiling for the camera at all times and how they find obscure people who listen to 8 hours of talk radio per day. Then they pull some quotes from the biggies-Rush, Hannity, Beck-all out of context and with no real meaning to the “news-story.” I’m only surprised they didn’t pull out the “I hope he fails” quote from Rush. Of course, none of that begins to explain what’s wrong with this piece.
Alfresco on October 20, 2009 at 8:02 AM
Psychiatrist asks “why do people listen to CNN?”
Much better.
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locomotivebreath1901 on October 20, 2009 at 8:10 AM
Why do people listen to Psychiatrists?
Herb on October 20, 2009 at 8:32 AM
Too many quotes to laugh at here – but Rhandi Rhodes suggesting that access to liberal talk is why they more people don’t listen to the lefty talkers was pretty cute. Hey Rhandi, call your legislators and suggest the fairness doctrine aka the “Whiner” doctrine.
Conservatives “listen more passionately”?
Who writes this crap?
JeffinOrlando on October 20, 2009 at 9:04 AM
Two thoughts…
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Because some of us prefer the truth.
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Try talking openly on the radio about the positive aspects of abortion, including late term, and for minors without parental consent… Explain how this is good for humanity.
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Then, start a conversation about how it is so good for the government to take more than 50% in taxes from those in the middle class, give it to the politicians (because at 45% now, the next wave of tax hikes will make it at least 50%), and then have them dole it out to worthless causes based on their own perverted priorities list.
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Now, try opening the phone line to take calls on those ideas…
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Any questions?
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RalphyBoy on October 20, 2009 at 9:11 AM
You would think,that after, anita,mao,dunn,said that the wh manipulated the media,that cnn just might LOOK IN THE MIRROR!!!!! Why are they still in business???? I know,I’m screaming,every day it’s freaking something!!!!!!
ohiobabe on October 20, 2009 at 9:13 AM
MORE “NEWS” YOU CAN BELIEVE IN!!!!
B.O.H.I.C.A.
WHOAAAAA!
Cybergeezer on October 20, 2009 at 9:22 AM
These idiots have to be on George Soros’ payroll; Who else would pay for this ignorance?
Cybergeezer on October 20, 2009 at 9:30 AM
This is pathetic.
How about doing a show on why so many media outlets are liberal?
blah, I can’t even watch this to the end. What a freakin’ joke.
I bet this story idea was Rahm’s idea. UGH
bridgetown on October 20, 2009 at 9:41 AM
no access to liberal talk?
WHO CAN’T GET NPR???????!!!!!!!!!!!!
bridgetown on October 20, 2009 at 9:41 AM
Here is what you say to doctors like that:
They should have never allowed women to get advanced degrees, let alone vote.
That way she has reason to hate conservatives…Rush does it best, by tongue in cheek statements that rile up the left.
right2bright on October 20, 2009 at 9:50 AM
Next, CNN will ask her why we watch FNC.
OmahaConservative on October 20, 2009 at 10:00 AM
A degree in psychiatry allows a person that cannot cut medical school and the Boards to write prescriptions for controlled substances for themselves and their friends. It also also allows them to call people crazy and make it stick.
But, more dangerous is their ability to legally incarcerate (in places worse than prison) people based on their diagnosis alone.
Beware who they befriend.
MSGTAS on October 20, 2009 at 10:06 AM
Libs have issues with supply and demand
One comment from the liberal radio host and it is either a lie or she is a moron. She thinks more liberal programs would equal more listeners? How about more listeners make more shows? They do check ratings, and she either knows that and there is a major flaw in the old logic circuit or she is ignoring an obvious truth.
Note that the CNN lady never followed up with “Why aren’t there more liberal shows?
Answer: Cause the libs get Kool Aid from CNN!
IlikedAUH2O on October 20, 2009 at 10:07 AM
You should have. The poor, unfortunate liberal radio host they “interviewed” showed what the whole stupid clip was about: the whole thing looked like a commercial for the Fairness Doctrine to me. It was laughable by the end.
Highlar on October 20, 2009 at 10:19 AM
Errrrrr – Do I get a blue pill now or later?
iam7545 on October 20, 2009 at 10:39 AM
Okay…I just gotta comment on this:
“Randi Rhodes, who many consider a Liberal talker…”
…wow. Can’t wait for them to refer to Rush or Beck as “who many consider a Conservative talker…”
Oh, and brain-dead commentators, how about you actually ask people who listen to the talk radio? (Yes, I know, it smacks of actual journalism, which is garlic to your Béla Lugosi) We can tell you why we listen:
We like to think. We don’t just drink the Kool Aid and march in lock-step. What Rush, Beck, Levin, Savage, Miller, et al, offer that the “liberal talkers” don’t is opinions actually backed up by fact; and, incidentally, this isn’t “facts by majority vote” (such as Global Warming: “We want to believe in it, so,, therefore, it’s true).
The reason I also like listening to the above (and others) is that, yes, they may all be conservative, they may have differing opinions.
I’m just waiting for CNN’s next “expose” on this: “Fox News: Why do people listen to fair and balanced news? How can they let you for your own opinions for yourself? Your opinions shouldn’t be formed based on data. Clearly, it’s a psychological problem. We talk to Voodoo High Priestess Hailijka Malkakia to explain…”
CatsGodot on October 20, 2009 at 10:43 AM
CNN’s chyron labeled Rhodes an “independent” talk radio host. I would assume they are referring to her distributor, but that would be giving the network that promotes racial strife on the weekend too much credit.
JKahn913 on October 20, 2009 at 10:52 AM
Tell me you’re kidding me. Have you ever actually listened to a “left talker”? I have. Granted, it can be fairly difficult, as, true to what you said, it’s a very small market. Fortunately, living in Blue New England with a very long commute provided that opportunity. (And, for a time, now living in California, I had the chance…but the lefty I would turn to on weekends I can’t seem to find anymore…shocking!”
Anyway, I’ll let you in on the secret: No one wants to hear someone rant, cry, and bully callers. That is was the left does, and does it quite well. The arguments on the left, in general, and demonstrated well on their talk radio, is 95% emotion backed by (what they perceive to be) 5% fact. “XYZ is bad, because it makes us all feel bad!”
(Think I’m kidding? I won’t forget the Left Coast talker I mentioned earlier, on Fourth of July last year, of which his *whole hour show* (or more, I had to switch, so bored to tears by him) was about how he wasn’t going to celebrate July 4th, as “our country is suffering!” I kid you not. It boiled down to “Bush is still President, so our nation is weeping!” …AN HOUR OF THAT. Yeah, can’t imagine why listenership would be down…)
Can the same be said for conservative talk? Absolutely. Beck is known to cry on the airwaves, and, unless you’re a masochist, don’t call Levin and tell the screener that you’re a liberal. The difference is, the majority of their content is opinion, backed up by fact. If XYZ in the above example is bad, said righty talker will explain, “the cause of that is abc; and the consequence of XYZ is def”.
Oh, and the whole compassion thing? Yeah, plenty on the right. Actually, far more so. The left would rather give a man a fish every day of his life, making that man dependent on the lefty. (Not very compassionate, IMO.) The right would rather teach that man to fish and be self-sufficient.
I hope that answers the great riddle for you, westerncanadian. Pretty obvious to the rest of us, but, then again, if CNN was clueless, I’m sure there’s others out there that haven’t figured it out either. Granted, it takes the actual effort of listening, but, hey…
CatsGodot on October 20, 2009 at 10:59 AM
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