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Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee To Issue Talk Radio Ban for Self, State Workers
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyRadio silence in Rhode Island. The Ocean State's new governor, Lincoln Chafee, is planning to ban state workers -- including himself -- from giving talk radio interviews while on the clock. The governor, an independent, will issue a directive this week that spells out his administration's policy against talk radio, spokesman Michael Trainor told the Providence Journal Tuesday. Trainor told the newspaper that Chafee, a former Republican, believes talk radio is essentially "ratings-driven, for-profit programming," and "we don't think it is appropriate to use taxpayer resources" in the form of ...
Ginni Thomas' Talk Radio Faves: Rush Limbaugh, Laura Ingraham, Glenn Beck
By David Knowles - AOL News(Oct. 20) -- Drink your tea, but don't touch that dial! Liberty Central, the political nonprofit, nonpartisan but anti-big government and tea party-supporting organization founded by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' wife, Virginia "Ginni" Thomas, is "led by a principled and dedicated team that actively listens to others," according to the organization's website. Specifically, some of those others include right-leaning hosts Rush Limbaugh, Laura Ingraham, Mark Levin and Glenn Beck, according to her online bio. Of course, that's not a big surprise given that the staunchly conservative ...
Will Dr. Laura Schlessinger Survive Her Racial Rant?
By Mara Gay - AOL News(Aug. 13) -- Dr. Laura Schlessinger would appreciate it if her remarks were taken in context. "Don't take things out of context. Don't double NAACP me," the conservative talk show host said on-air this week, after repeating the "N-word" more than 10 times during an uncomfortable exchange with a black caller. Later, though, Schlessinger decided she'd crossed the line. Or the trip wire, at least. "I was attempting to make a philosophical point, and I articulated the N-word all the way out -- more than one time," she said in an apology the next day. "And that was wrong. I'll say it again -- ...
Opinion: Wingnuts Are Hijacking Politics
By not in system - AOL News(April 16) -- American politics is being hijacked by hyperpartisans. We've seen an increase in incivility and outright death threats directed at members of Congress from both parties. Fear and hate are deployed to rally competing factions, dividing our country in the pursuit of political profit. It's not just your imagination. Things are getting worse because the wingnuts are on the attack. What's a wingnut? It's someone on the far-right wing or far-left wing of the political spectrum -- the professional partisan, the unhinged activist and the paranoid conspiracy theorist. It is the person ...
Limbaugh, Beck Say Prize Shows Obama's Ties to Anti-American 'Global Interests'
By David Sessions - Politics DailyWaking up to the news that President Obama had been awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize, the American media reacted with confusion and skepticism. Many commentators had some reason why the unexpected award reflected poor judgment by the committee or might end up hurting Obama. Some worried that it would fuel the president's critics, who already attack Obama's inexperience and international celebrity. Their alarm proved well-founded as conservative talk radio personalities took to the airwaves Friday. Mark Davis, who hosts a morning show on Dallas' WBAP and writes a weekly column for the Dallas ...
Health Care for Illegal Immigrants? 'Simply Not True,' Says Obama
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyCallers to Michael Smerconish's radio show on Thursday fought through their nerves to ask President Obama about the nuts and bolts of health care reform and other issues. With Smerconish and his crew set up in the Diplomatic Room of the White House, Obama took caller questions on everything from health care reform to cash for clunkers to the release of the Lockerbie bomber. Smerconish led off the questioning, asking about the unprecedented expansion of government into several areas of the economy. Obama said he did not start the intervention into the banking or auto industries. "They were ...
Sarah Palin's Uncertain Future in Radio
By Bonnie Goldstein - Politics DailyI'm glad Ria brought up Alaska ex-governor Sarah Palin's possible move into radio because I was just reading this bulletin from Paige Albiniak at Broadcasting and Cable Web site, who says the Wasilla native is not feeling the love. ...
Michael Savage Says 'Rush Limbaugh is a Fraud'
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyControversial, Barnum-esque radio host Michael Savage lashed out at fellow right-winger Rush Limbaugh over Rush's failure to come to his defense over his banishment from the UK. HuffPo has the transcript:(audio at Media Matters)SAVAGE: And yet here in America, I've had some people come to my aid. They see the bigger picture. They're not like [Bill] O'Reilly; they're not like Limbaugh, who's the biggest disappointment of all. Limbaugh has turned out to be the biggest phony of all of them, all of them. Amongst all of them, he is the biggest fraud. Rush Limbaugh is a fraud. When he was accused of ...
Talk Show Wars: Obama vs. Cramer
By Dave - Politics DailyJim Cramer, unlike Rush Limbaugh, cannot be written off as just another right wing talk show host reflexively opposed to all things Obama. Here's how he describes himself today.To be totally out of the closet, I actually embrace every part of Obama's agenda, right down to the increase on personal taxes and the mortgage deduction. I am a fierce environmentalist who has donated multiple acres to the state of New Jersey to keep forever wild. I believe in cap and trade. I favor playing hardball with drug companies that hold up the U.S. government with me-too products....But these are issues that ...
Huck: Romney in the Me-Too Crowd
By Dave - Politics DailyThis also is entirely predictable: "Right now there's a great big me-too crowd coming together," said Mike Huckabee who said he wasn't surprised by Mitt Romney's endorsement of John McCain. "There's a lot of the folks sort of in the establishment of the party that is now not wanting to be left out," he said. Romney announced he would be telling his delegates to throw their support behind McCain, but Huckabee argued today Romney can't force them to do so. Unfortunately for Huckabee, he's not the one to make a conservative last stand rally, and he has only himself to blame. Right now he needs ...
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