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Daily News: Giordano Rolls Over for Gov

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FredLeonard

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From today's Daily News:
Balk radio

... (PA governor Tom Corbett made) his monthly appearance on Dom Giordano's WPHT (1210-AM) radio show, where Corbett batted the host's rhetorical softballs with ease.

Corbett took particular aim at Wendell Young IV, president of the union representing state liquor-store employees and a key player in the defeat - for now - of the governor's push to privatize that system. ...

Giordano took some calls from listeners. A producer told him Young was waiting on the line. And then . . . nothing. Giordano didn't pick up, leaving Young on hold as Corbett wrapped up his appearance. ...

Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20130712_Balk_radio.html#XG6I6L17sQC3MB4q.99
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Maybe this station deserves to die. Softball questions for an office holder. Let him personally attack someone on the other side of an issue. Don't let the other guy on the air. As the article suggestions, this would have made great radio but the governor didn't want that. So for whom is Giordano (or CBS management) working here? Politicians call the shots? At least politicians of the same political stripe as the station's talk programming.

If this is what comes with local-live talk, I can see why the station only gets numbers from the Phils.
 
FredLeonard said:
From today's Daily News:
Balk radio

... (PA governor Tom Corbett made) his monthly appearance on Dom Giordano's WPHT (1210-AM) radio show, where Corbett batted the host's rhetorical softballs with ease.

Corbett took particular aim at Wendell Young IV, president of the union representing state liquor-store employees and a key player in the defeat - for now - of the governor's push to privatize that system. ...

Giordano took some calls from listeners. A producer told him Young was waiting on the line. And then . . . nothing. Giordano didn't pick up, leaving Young on hold as Corbett wrapped up his appearance. ...

Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20130712_Balk_radio.html#XG6I6L17sQC3MB4q.99
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Maybe this station deserves to die. Softball questions for an office holder. Let him personally attack someone on the other side of an issue. Don't let the other guy on the air. As the article suggestions, this would have made great radio but the governor didn't want that. So for whom is Giordano (or CBS management) working here? Politicians call the shots? At least politicians of the same political stripe as the station's talk programming.

If this is what comes with local-live talk, I can see why the station only gets numbers from the Phils.
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That's sad. Giordano should have not done that. You are right people listen to 1210 for the Phillies, not the local talk shows.
 
What's really sad is that people are using the "quote" function when it's really not necessary.
 
That's what u think is really sad? It's about time u put ur really sad priorities in order.

Much more importantly, what's really sad is that Dom Giordano rolls over like a pet dog when he has guests on who he's afraid of. PA Gov. Corbett is only the latest example of Dom's bending over so that ppl' like the Gov will continue 2 appear on his show. Have u ever heard him ask anything but softball ques. 2 his guests from the Catholic church hierarchy? Has he ever had an on-air discussion w/ any of those guests about the child abuse scandal in the church? No. Has he ever let a caller ask a ques. about the scandal 2 church leadership? Again, the answer is no. I no Dom has been around since Marconi invented radio, but he is just another example of how biased the mainstream media is & how afraid they are 2 question those in power.
 
Setting aside your my reaction to your disregard of the rules of English grammar, spelling and punctuation, I have to agree with your basic point. The media, in general, have become toothless. This includes so-called broadcast journalists and talk show hosts, who roll over in the name of continued access. This interview is just one example. False equivalency ("he said - she said") reporting was bad enough; now they just do "he said." "He" meaning those currently in authority.
 
ProducerGuy said:
Is it "rolling over" for a politician when you simply agree with them and are helping them to spread a message?
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Yes it is. If the purpose of a given host's show is simply to spread the viewpoint/propaganda of a given politician or political philosophy (which seems to be the case w/ Dom's show), then that host is being nothing but a hypocrite when he or she criticizes others of a different political viewpoint for doing the same thing. If it's bad for one "side" to do it, then it's equally bad for the other side. Even worse, the radio station is using these public airwaves to hide and ignore questions that should be answered by public figures (e.g., Catholic church hierarchy not being asked about the church's child sexual abuse scandal). Doesn't the host owe his listeners a full airing of a given issue? On a practical level, it also shows the host (in this case, Dom) to be a coward (as well as irresponsible) for being afraid to ask his guests questions that his guests don't want to answer. That's why Dom's credibility is nil.
 
HarrytheK1 said:
Doesn't the host owe his listeners a full airing of a given issue?
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No. Let's be honest, most of them don't WANT a full airing of some issues. All he owes them is a show done to the best of his ability.
 
ProducerGuy said:
HarrytheK1 said:
Doesn't the host owe his listeners a full airing of a given issue?
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No. Let's be honest, most of them don't WANT a full airing of some issues. All he owes them is a show done to the best of his ability.
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If the host doesn't WANT a full airing of any issue, then the host should be up-front & honest & straightforwardly state that to their listeners. If the host isn't asking guests certain questions because the guests don't want to be asked those questions, or if the host doesn't allow certain callers to go on-air because of their point-of-view, then the host ISN'T doing a show to the best of their ability. In that case, the host is just playing the role of a ventriloquist's dummy. Of course, if the best the host can do is to be a ventriloquist's dummy, in that case then the host IS doing the best Dom - oops! I mean he/she - can do :)
 
A talk show is entertainment, not Meet the Press, Face the Nation, or Fox News Sunday. Dom also wants ratings, having the PA gov as a guest probably pulled in a larger share that day as any guest of interest. Most politicians don't want a full airing of an issue, especially if its going to make them look bad. They probably avoid the talk show hosts where they believe the "gotcha" questions will be asked. No one wants to look like a "Sarah Palin" in an interview.

Let's face it how many DEMS would accept a spot to be interviewed on Fox News Sunday, or Republicans accept an invitation to appear on MSNBC's version. I remember during the election where GOP candidates would only appear on Fox News programs, because they didn't want the "gotcha" questions that would be asked on the other networks.

So yes, you and I would prefer the full airing of some issue, the best way to get that is in the debates where its live and and unscripted. You hear the actual candidate say their comments, replying to stuff the other guy is saying, etc, etc. The other shows offer a slanted view and serve to at least get some info out there, but it is one sided. It is what it is.

Listen to Rush interview a Republican [has he ever interviewed a DEM?], he's so respectful and polite, same with Hannity. Now Hannity has interviewed DEMS on his radio show and the difference between the GOP guest with the polite respectful questions vs the when you stopped beating your wife questions with the sarcastic interrupting talking over the DEM guests makes my point. Haven't listened to Hannity on the radio or TV in a few years, but remember him being quite rude to Ariana Huffington and really wanted to hear her point of view and his counter point [could have been compelling radio], but with him cutting her off and talking over her being sarcastic, etc, made that interview a farce and a waste of air time, in my opinion. That was the last time I've listened to Hannity's radio or TV shows. THAT is NOT an interview, its an ambush.
 
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