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by There is a new study out by the Center for American Progress that identifies what most are able to note for themselves - talk radio in America is overwhelmingly conservative. The think-tank's analysis reveals that in the top five commercial news/talk stations 91% of the weekday broadcast is conservative in leaning, leaving 9% described as "progressive." While this imbalance is generally attributed to the poor rating performances of "progressive" radio, the new report disagrees and instead argues that the dominance of conservative radio arises from "multiple structural problems in the U.S. regulatory system, particularly the complete breakdown of the public trustee concept of broadcasting, the elimination of clear public interest requirements for broadcasting, and the relaxation of ownership rules ... " The report also encourages changes that would "diversify radio station ownership to better meet local and community needs." Conservative observers see the Center's report, a body headed by former White House Chief of Staff under Bill Clinton John Podesta, as a thinly veiled attempt to reassert a liberal control over the flow of information.
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Have their cake and eat it too
You know, I'd almost be inclined to say, "Ok! You Smart, Smart Progressives,...go ahead, have it your way." The effect: if progressives want to start tuning into the radio, maybe then they will stop tuning into tv stations such as CNN, CNBC, ABC, CBS, PBS et al (except Fox of course). Maybe then we'll see television less progressive-leaning; after all, you can't listen to the radio AND watch the boob-tube at the same time and actually get something out of it....although, come to think of it, maybe that is exactly what the progressives want...hmmm...,isn't that the same principle as "big government" => A whole lot of stuff going on, but not a lot of working gettin' done...just people gettin' paid!
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So conservative talk radio makes money, progressive talk radio doesn't (Air America, anyone?) If this were, say, twenty years ago, I'd be inclined to say the one-sidedness of talk radio might bother my "get both sides of an issue" inclinationions, but the Center for American Progress' whining rings hollow becouse of a little thing like the Internet!!! Holy, crap, people! Want a progressive opinion? read The Daily Kos, The Huffington Post, Think Progress, Democratic Underground, Pandagon, America Blog, Feministing.com, Glen Greenwald, etc. etc. you get the damn point! It's not as if there is no voice for the progressives out there, it's just not on talk radio. I mean, really, if they get their way and force progressive talk onto the radio waves, do they honestly believe people are going to magically listen? If they can get a host who is engaging enough or at least entertaining in the way that people who hate them will listen (Howard Stern, anyone?) then they will have success.