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Does the Bill Bennett affair hurt or help Salem?

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Here's what I think: maybe help.

I don't think Salem will can Bennett. That's because upper management is more
"true believer" than most other radio chains, and they would see firing or suspending Bennett as a concession to "the enemy." They did suspend Michael Savage on some of their stations after MSNBC gave him a pink slip, but soon brought him back.

Could a potential boycott against advertisers by civil rights groups hurt Salem? I think not. For one thing, their preacher-teacher format is based on block programming and that's pretty impervious to any boycott. Most of the national spot advertising on the talk format appears from my cursory listening to be for smaller companies and business aiming at the conservative base, without much exposure to African-American dollars. Plus, the "Fish" probably has a large exclusive cume that family-friendly sponsors can't afford to ignore for long.

How will this help Salem? Bill Bennett has gotten tons of free pub from cable news and every other talk radio station in town. In most cities, the Salem talker is a poor second, or an even poorer third, with a very low profile. This blowup may cause a few conservative talk fans to cut loose from their current station and scan the dials looking for "Morning in America."
 
> How will this help Salem? Bill Bennett has gotten tons of
> free pub from cable news and every other talk radio station
> in town. In most cities, the Salem talker is a poor second,
> or an even poorer third, with a very low profile. This
> blowup may cause a few conservative talk fans to cut loose
> from their current station and scan the dials looking for
> "Morning in America."

I agree.

Bennett may be boring but, in general, the
Salem talkers are more educational and
less outrageous than their CC counterparts.

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> > How will this help Salem? Bill Bennett has gotten tons of
> > free pub from cable news and every other talk radio
> station
>

It will be forgotten after a few days.

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with no remorse, a little out of context statement will quickly fade into the background.

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</P><P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by mr_arbitron on 10/01/05 02:10 AM.</FONT></P>
 
ya see, that was just a ...bad comedy bit versus blantant racism (in response to a wacko caller) :) subtle difference I know...
 
> ya see, that was just a ...bad comedy bit versus blantant
> racism (in response to a wacko caller) :) subtle difference
> I know...
>

subtle like a freight train......lol
 
Bill Bennett came out to california with his buddy Jack Kemp and opposed prop187 (illegal alien bill- that pasted by a huge margin) Bennett was financed by big business ...Bennett just wants to get money to pay for his problem gaming and his other "activities" in Vegas...a true phoney
>
 
Mike Gallagher, heard on most Salem Conservative talk stations, pokes fun on various people and ethnic groups almost on a daily basis, Yet, he is still on the air without any public outrage.
 
> Mike Gallagher, heard on most Salem Conservative talk
> stations, pokes fun on various people and ethnic groups
> almost on a daily basis, Yet, he is still on the air without
> any public outrage.

Heard at 3am on a Salem talker near you...
 
> Mike Gallagher, heard on most Salem Conservative talk
> stations, pokes fun on various people and ethnic groups
> almost on a daily basis, Yet, he is still on the air without
> any public outrage.
>

Do you really want to live in a country where "pok[ing] fun" at people is supposed to produce "public outrage"? Sheesh.
 
> > Mike Gallagher, heard on most Salem Conservative talk
> > stations, pokes fun on various people and ethnic groups
> > almost on a daily basis, Yet, he is still on the air
> without
> > any public outrage.
> >
>
> Do you really want to live in a country where "pok[ing] fun"
> at people is supposed to produce "public outrage"? Sheesh.
>
I bet there will be public outrage if one of the Genesis Communication Network hosts like Alex Jones, Joyce Riley or Dave Von Kleist had chance to speak their mind to a wider mainstream audience on the information and issues that really matter. There will be public outrage despite the documental evidence. They expose the left wing and the right wing which would cause public outrage from both sides. While everyone is losing their rights, people are focusing on unimportant issue like the latest sports scores, Michael Jackson, and the "poking fund" comments by guys like Mike Gallagher. How much propoganda can one take? I am thankful for alternative media sources like Genesis Communications Network. <P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by The RadioFan on 10/03/05 11:29 AM.</FONT></P>
 
Brit Hume Knows More About Racism Than Juan Williams?

It appears the fallout from this incident is now starting to taint some of the Bill Bennett defenders. Brit Hume has been carrying the water for the defense of William Bennett's pondering new and exciting ways to control crime by aborting black babies and that now has him in some hot water with the NAACP and some other minority groups.

It appears most of this stems from some rather ridiculous appearances on some of the Fox radio and TV shows, with the most nutty being on Fox News Sunday where Hume unwisely decided to lecture Juan Williams, a black Latino on what racism is in America today. In addition to interrupting Williams on more than one occasion (while allowing the conservative panelists to speak uninterrupted), Hume actually pulled an Al Gore sigh at one point in exasperation at what he must have thought as Williams uppity challenges of Bennett and Williams offense at that.

http://movies.crooksandliars.com/Fox-News-Hume-knows-better-than-Juan-10-02-05.wmv
 
Re: Brit Hume Knows More About Racism Than Juan Williams?

It always gets me who someone who's not the target or victim of racial attacks and bigotry tries to tell someone who is how the feel. To see Britt Hume try and tell Juan Williams how he should feel about Bill Bennett’s comments was a reminder of how some people just don't get how offensive words can be given the history of racism.<P ID="signature">______________
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