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McCain’s Gracious Congrats
August 28, 2008 | Filed Under Democrats/Leftists, Elections, Media Bias, News, President, Publius Contributor, Security/Safety, Society/Culture, Warner Todd Huston | No Comments
Obama Campaign Tries to Shut Down Chicago Radio Show
August 28, 2008 | Filed Under Democrats/Leftists, Elections, Media Bias, News, President, Publius Contributor, Security/Safety, Society/Culture, Warner Todd Huston | 1 Comment
-By Warner Todd Huston
Members of Barack Obama’s campaign HQ in Chicago tried to shut down a local radio show on the City’s most powerful radio signal, WGN 720, because they didn’t like a conservative guest that was on going on the air to discuss Senator Barack Obama’s ties to local terrorist William Ayers. This is a shocking attempt at stifling political free speech and a bald attempt to quash debate by the office of the Democratic Party’s nominee. The funny thing is, WGN is the most liberal station in the City with every host but one slavishly supporting the junior Senator from Illinois.
Show host Milt Rosenberg, the station’s only conservative leaning host (probably to be considered more libertarian than Republican), had on short notice asked conservative writer Stanley Kurtz to come on the air to discuss his work on uncovering Obama’s ties to terrorist Wiliam Ayres and the Annenberg Challenge project. Kurtz was just in Chicago for his investigation and Rosenberg contacted Kurtz only that morning to appear. At the same time, Rosenberg’s producer contacted the Obama campaign’s HQ — which is but blocks from the radio station in downtown Chicago — to offer some time on the air with Kurtz to debate Kurtz’ claims about Obama and Ayres. The campaign, however, flatly refused the offer of the equal air time and instead tried to drum up via email a protest of the show, trying to get it stopped.
After the refusal of host Rosenberg’s offer to appear on the air with Kurtz, the Obama campaign issued an extensive email (The Chicago Tribune has the full text) to drum up protests of the radio station, which said in part…
Ohio Dem. Party Chairman Says Americans are Selfish and Against ‘The Least Among Us’
August 28, 2008 | Filed Under Communism, Constitution, Democrats/Leftists, Economy/Finances, Education, Elections, Government, Corruption, Media Bias, News, Patriotism, Publius Contributor, Security/Safety, Socialism, Society/Culture, Taxes, Warner Todd Huston | No Comments
-By Warner Todd Huston
Chris Redfern, the Democratic Party Chairman of Ohio, apparently thinks that Americans are so stingy and selfish that the only way charity work gets done is if government taxes the people to make it happen. In a recent radio interview, Redfern expressed the assumption that “unfortunately most Americans would not” help out the poor. Even worse, Redfern honestly believes that freebies and charity work is just as much the proper role of government as funding the “military, law enforcement, and fire protection,” proving he hasn’t a clue what the proper role should be of the government America’s founders created.
In an interview with Toledo radio station 1370 WSPD, Redfern made the outrageous comments on how selfish Americans are and how we need government to force us all to care for, as he put it, “the least among us.”
Radio host LeFebvre, however, wondered why people making subsistence pay should be forced to pay the way of those who refuse to work? Using the situation of his board operator, Don Zellars, LeFebvre asked Democratic Party Chair Redfern why the lower middle classes should be expected to float the indigent? Close to the end of the interview, this exchange took place:
Forsaking Print? The Future of the Associated Press
August 28, 2008 | Filed Under Democrats/Leftists, Media Bias, News, Publius Contributor, Society/Culture, Warner Todd Huston | No Comments
-By Warner Todd Huston
More bad news for the newspaper industry. Anyone paying attention to the current state of financial distress in the print news industry will realize that saving money is the order of the day industry wide. Yet, not long ago the Associated Press announced that it was to raise its prices to the print news industry causing consternation everywhere. This new rate structure has caused quite a few newspapers to begin the process of dropping AP content giving pause to consider what the future of the AP might become?
Several papers have already announced that they are preparing to drop the AP, the latest of which appears to be the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. The Minnesota paper has announced it will cease using AP content by 2010. The Star-Trib joins The Bakersfield Californian, and two papers from Washington State, The Yakima Herald-Republic and Wenatchee World. Also The Post Register of Idaho Falls informed the AP that they were going to drop their service in early August.
And according to a June 26 article in The Wall Street Journal, the eight largest papers in Ohio are banding together to create their own news service.
Big Three Networks Ratings Fall for DNC Convention
August 28, 2008 | Filed Under Democrats/Leftists, Elections, Media Bias, News, President, Publius Contributor, Society/Culture, Warner Todd Huston | No Comments
Warner Todd Huston
The ratings for the Democratic National Convention for ABC, CBS and NBC fell by a million viewers compared to the opener for the 2004 convention with headliner Bill Clinton TVWeek is reporting. On the other hand, the cable newsers saw a ratings jump from their 2004 convention ratings. This reveals the further decline in the old paradigm with the big three networks steadily losing their news influence bit by bit to cable outlets.
ABC, CBS and NBC brought in 12.1 million viewers in the 10 p.m. hour, down one million from 2004, according to preliminary, fast-national data from Nielsen Media Research. NBC scored the largest audience.
But the cable news networks saw some pretty impressive gains in ratings for the DNC opening.
Voting Conscience, Not Color
August 28, 2008 | Filed Under Democrats/Leftists, Elections, Media Bias, Nancy Salvato, News, President, Publius Contributor, Race, Religion, Security/Safety, Society/Culture | No Comments
-By Nancy Salvato
When Chuck Wilder on CRN’s George Putnam show asked me what I was going to write about next, I said to give me a minute and I would think of something. What I didn’t say was that I wanted to write about the election, write something meaningful and from the heart. Because I didn’t want to parrot what everyone else had already written about, I didn’t have a story…until now. Thanks to James Taranto and the “Puffington Host.”
In his “Best of the Web Today” (August 20, 2008), Taranto brings to our attention one Seth Grahame Smith who presents his inane hypothesis that white people don’t want a black president because it will bring them down a notch…that they will no longer have their superior status in our society. Seth admits in the beginning of his post that he is an idiot, but doesn’t ever “cop” to being a racist. Let me be one of the first to concur, Seth, you are an idiot and I’ll go one step further to say that you are a racist, too. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to tell you why.