Many in the talkradio audience think talk hosts are journalists. I've heard them say it...and I've also heard (or not heard) hosts correct them.Talk radio is entertainment, not news. Knowingly disseminated false information isn’t protected by the First Amendment. Talk radio has gotten around getting in trouble for that by not being information. Phil Valentine was never news. A large portion of the talk radio audience, however, doesn’t seem to be aware of that. I don’t know how you overcome that.
I still don't understand why all the so-called RINO's don't turn that around and point out that the REAL RINO's are trump and his supporters! THEY are the ones who are calling themselves "Republicans", but who do not resemble a traditional Republican in the least.The horse has left the barn on that. We've had talk show hosts saying seditionist things and dog-whistling for decades, and as long as they brought in the $$ no one put a stop to it. Even the conservatives I grew up around would have, at the time, found some of this stuff from the likes of Levin and Bongino appalling and unpatriotic. Now it's expected and if you dare moderate your tone, you're called a RINO and exiled (Walsh, Medved...)
Yes, RINOs include anyone who does not provide 100% fealty to Donald Trump, a lifelong Democrat.I still don't understand why all the so-called RINO's don't turn that around and point out that the REAL RINO's are trump and his supporters! THEY are the ones who are calling themselves "Republicans", but who do not resemble a traditional Republican in the least.
What gr8 said. + They are scared of him. If Trump told his followers to run into the middle of a local interstate, and stand there 10s of millions would. Here is the most ironic part: Republican lawmakers- much like the tobacco industry has for a century- are KILLING OFF THEIR CONSTITUENTS for no reason other than to hold the party line.
Out-trumping trump is a very dangerous proposition.Apparently the current strategy the governor's connected to Trump are going with is even more deadlier than we previously thought.
Out-trumping trump is a very dangerous proposition.
The Program directors and GM's that do have integrity in news/talk radio on average work for NPR News/talk affiliates not traditional talk radio.Many in the talkradio audience think talk hosts are journalists. I've heard them say it...and I've also heard (or not heard) hosts correct them.
How do you overcome this problem? EASY! You have talkradio programmers who have an ounce of INTEGRITY and do not allow their hosts to spread TOTAL bullcrap on the air. If you have to lie and make crap up to get an audience to agree with you, then your argument is garbage and you should reassess your position. If you have to make crap up and lie to entertain people, then you suck as a host.
No host has free reign to do and say what they want on a radio station they do not own. Management has been complicit in this all along and maybe they need to pay a price for that since legal/financial liability is the ONLY thing they'll respond to.
Yep, there will be sticker shock around open enrollment time. We'll see what local hosts quit in protest.And Cumulus has made covid vaccinations mandatory for all employees.
They don't refer to Phil in this, but as they're paying his hospital bills...
And Cumulus has made covid vaccinations mandatory for all employees.
And a mandatory return-to-office directive by Oct. 11.
Oof.
Other than re-hashed news stories, there's been no genuine update since Aug 13. This could be status quo for awhile![]()
‘Pray for a miracle’: Conservative radio host Phil Valentine in ‘grave condition’ amid COVID-19 battle
Conservative radio talk show host Phil Valentine remains in “grave condition” a month after being hospitalized with COVID-19, according to his family.www.wfla.com
Here is an update on Phil Valentine's COVID-19 condition.