Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : The Left Wing Porch -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Mighty_Mezz who wrote (1155)	12/16/2000 9:50:00 AM
From: Don Pueblo	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6089

I don't understand why you feel the need to attack these people with such vigor. Can you please elaborate your idealogical arguments? I sincerely want to understand the basis of such intense disagreements.

To: Mighty_Mezz who wrote (1155)	12/16/2000 12:50:45 PM
From: YlangYlangBreeze	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6089

We're gonna have a tough time getting coverage on the stories, Mezz. Press isn't invested in airing Republican scandal. Hardball trotted out Jim Hightower a liberal caricature, but certainly no more than Rush Limbaugh. Rush seems more imposing, attracts more sponsors. "Ain't nothin' in the middle of the road but yellow stripes and dead armadillos." Texas Agriculture Commissioner Jim Hightower "If ignorance ever goes to $40 a barrel, I want drillin' rights on that man's head." Texas Agriculture Commissioner Jim Hightower discussing President George Bush's policies. Excerpts from the interview,entitled "Hell Raising liberal Fights to Stay on the Dial" It's old, but there are many quotable quotes. Q: Do you think it's possible for a show like yours to actually attract advertisers? A: We're exploring that right now. We'll find out. Mother Jones advertised with us for a while, but they got sick of ABC because its Broadcast Standards and Practices division wouldn't let the magazine say certain things on the air in their ads--even though those things were factual. And some unions wanted to advertise on the show, but Standards and Practices decided there couldn't be any "advocacy" advertising. ABC rejected what could have been at least $100,000 a year worth of advertising right there. Q: Why is it so hard to get a progressive voice on the radio? A: A handful of companies own all the stations here in Austin, and that's repeated all across the country. With the new telecommunications bill, any one company is allowed to own a third of the stations in America. Those stations are not inter-ested in talking about the class warfare their parent companies are waging against the American working people. Also, the program directors and general managers of these stations are worried about their own butts, so they tend to program in a "me- too" fashion. You'd think that if one station has Rush Limbaugh on, across town the competing station would say, "Well, hey, I'm gonna fight back with the other market niche." But no. Instead, they say, "Hey, Rush Limbaugh seems to be working, I need a Limbaugh, too." And so they go get the Black Avenger in Denver, or Gordon Liddy, or Ollie North.