Liberal Talk Radio

Clear Channel is trying out a new strategy for advertisting: For example, the D.J. will identify Southwest Airlines, one of the station’s first advertisers, as the sponsor at the beginning of the program. In a prototype provided by the station, the D.J. later discusses the South by Southwest music festival, a popular annual event held [...]

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This is the first I’ve seen of the “Onion News Network.” It’s pretty funny: In The Know: The U.S. Moat Not the most brilliant thing I’ve ever scene, but it’s got potential. The Onion is wisely extending its media reach to podcasts and video news satire. Smart move. For a newspaper that makes its bones [...]

E.J. Dionne puts the case against Democratic debates on Fox rather succinctly Tell me again: Why do Democrats have an obligation to participate in debates on Fox? I am an avid reader of conservative magazines such as National Review and the Weekly Standard. But if these two publications teamed up to sponsor a Democratic debate, [...]

Michael Tomasky at the Prospect explains the FOX network more succinctly than I did: FOX is not per se a ‘right-wing’ network devoted to conservative principles. It is a soulless propaganda network devoted to keeping the Republican Party in power. Those are two very different things. The American Prospect is dedicated to the liberal creed, [...]

The Onion has an hilarious article on the NYT’s most-emailed list that’s hilarious precisely because it’s awesome satire of a real and fascinating phenomenon. So read the article for some good humor, I’ll proceed to make some semi-serious comments about the internet and society.

For domestic reasons, I’ve ended up watching more American Idol this season. The show is not very compelling, although it’s clear that some of the contestants are really talented. But the more I watch it, the more I’m convinced that the show — aired on Fox — is actually a subtle propaganda piece designed to [...]

My day job is keeping me busy these days … seems like all I have time for are these terse Jeremiads from the void of corporate hell. Anyway, has there ever been a bigger Republican domestic policy blunder than “Just Say No” and its legacy?  All the War on Drugs has ever accomplished is to [...]

Ron Brownstein has a typically lucid and insightful opinion piece in today’s L.A. times about the Nevada Democrats’ decision to cancel a debate on FOX news. My initial instinct was that this was a silly idea. Regardless of FOX’s biases, it’s still a couple of hours of uninterrupted Democrats talking and getting their ideas out [...]

Ten years ago or so, media consolidation was predicted to be the precursor to the Fall of the Republic. Consolidation will eliminate choice, destroy local flavor in broadcasting, and generally turn our children into mindless zombies enslaved to corporations like McDonald’s and the Gap. Admitedly, I was in the camp with the naysayers. The only [...]