America's "most liberal"city regains a progressive talk outlet

[Mike Schwartz]

Found this link while surfing and thought I'd post it hear for comments.

http://www.alternet.org/news/154004...beral_talk-radio_back_to_the_nation's_capitol

 

[raccoonradio]

They acted like D.C. was without progressive views on radio. What about NPR?

 

[radiobum]

They acted like D.C. was without progressive views on radio. What about NPR?

You MUST be a conservative if you think NPR is progressive. Amy Goodman and Pacifica are progressive.

 

[wadio]

They acted like D.C. was without progressive views on radio. What about NPR?

You MUST be a conservative if you think NPR is progressive. Amy Goodman and Pacifica are progressive.

NPR goes out of its way to sound "fair and balanced" -- just like Fox -- but this summer try walking into a pledge room during a pledge drive wearing a Romney button.

Despite the obfuscation on the part of both these networks, the audience knows where it feels at home.

 

[johnbasalla]

If NPR is actually "fair and balanced", then there should be no problem with someone walking into their environment with a Romney or even a Santorum button.

 

[wadio]

If NPR is actually "fair and balanced", then there should be no problem with someone walking into their environment with a Romney or even a Santorum button.

That's my point. You'll find Public Radio stations to be a very progressive environment where you're free to speak your mind as long as you're on the correct wavelength. It's like being in a room full of Giants fans -- agreement is simply assumed.

Just as Fox News looks and sounds much like every other news outlet, NPR's air product doesn't scream "progressive." Yet each network has its own subtle slant that attracts a partisan audience. I don't know if NPR is even doing it on purpose -- it's just the way it is.

 

[indystorm]

HAHAHA---- NPR IS absolutely progrssive Liberalism. And Liberalism is a mental disorder...!

They acted like D.C. was without progressive views on radio. What about NPR?

You MUST be a conservative if you think NPR is progressive. Amy Goodman and Pacifica are progressive.

 

[raccoonradio]

Well even conservative talk shows can have liberal callers I guess (whose views are quickly rebutted
by the hosts). Boston conservative host Howie Carr has callers like "Josh From Vermont" (Howie's
syndicated throughout New England) who seems to inject "Republican", "Bush", "one percenters" into
every sentence. ("Howie, Republicans like you..."--even though Carr is officially "unenrolled"). Howie will say something and Josh will ignore it and proceed to his next point.*

*--so much for debate with callers, when they won't respond to the host's question, etc. I recall one
time when Laura Ingraham had on someone from "Lawyers Against the War". Calmly, Laura asked him
if we were better off with Saddam out of power. He refused to answer the question and hung up in
disgust. Later, the man called back Laura's producer, or the prod. called him back, and the man swore
at the prod. off-air...refused to come back on to answer the question.)

 

[radiobum]

Do you have alters of Michael Savage and Laura Ingraham in your rooming house ?

HAHAHA---- NPR IS absolutely progrssive Liberalism. And Liberalism is a mental disorder...!

They acted like D.C. was without progressive views on radio. What about NPR?

You MUST be a conservative if you think NPR is progressive. Amy Goodman and Pacifica are progressive.

 

[Al Timiter]

Do you have alters of Michael Savage and Laura Ingraham in your rooming house ?

HAHAHA---- NPR IS absolutely progrssive Liberalism. And Liberalism is a mental disorder...!

They acted like D.C. was without progressive views on radio. What about NPR?

You MUST be a conservative if you think NPR is progressive. Amy Goodman and Pacifica are progressive.

Here's the thing: Most Progressives are much more likely to listen and analyze other points of view while most Conservatives want only to hear their beliefs validated-(parrotted back to them by hosts, commentators, etc). This has been proven time and again and radiobum proved it just now.

 

[raccoonradio]

Not necessarily; I'm mostly conservative yet will listen to someone like Juan Williams or Harry Shearer
(though his voice gets monotonous). If anything conservative hosts have been able to get big
audiences on talk radio, from all parts of the political spectrum--and in many cases are the "alternative"
to the left-leaning mainstream media. Now if they could only get subsidies from the CPB... (Let me
know when conservative hosts or "the Tea Party show" airs on NPR)

 

[Mike Schwartz]

Not necessarily; I'm mostly conservative yet will listen to someone like Juan Williams or Harry Shearer
(though his voice gets monotonous). If anything conservative hosts have been able to get big
audiences on talk radio, from all parts of the political spectrum--and in many cases are the "alternative"
to the left-leaning mainstream media. Now if they could only get subsidies from the CPB... (Let me
know when conservative hosts or "the Tea Party show" airs on NPR)

In 1994 NYC's NPR outlet WNYC-AM gave Curtis Sliwa a late morning talk slot. The threats from listener/members of the station forced the station to back off relatively quickly. Wikipedia offers an interesting explanation for why this conservative voice was offered a platform on WNYC

"In 1994, the then city-owned and operated WNYC hired Sliwa, who had been released by WABC. Some, including Sliwa, have suggested that he was forced on the station by newly-elected mayor Rudy Giuliani, whom he had supported in the mayoral race. Sliwa stayed four months in the position before moving back to commercial radio".