Not a Talk Show Host

[Don Juan]

I could see this is getting personal, so I'll just quit this now.

You don't seem to want to have a conversation......You simply want to state that things are the way you want to believe they are.

Again, if you want to point to the ratings track records that you claim in your earlier post, then we can have a discussion.  But facts are stubborn things.

[FPB]

>You don't seem to want to have a conversation......You simply want to state that things are the way you want to >believe they are.

>Again, if you want to point to the ratings track records that you claim in your earlier post, then we can have a >discussion.  But facts are stubborn things.
>
GRR!
I'm sorry I don't collect track records to whip out upon command.  But I know what I've seen and heard and I don't just make stuff up to suit myself.
Here's one, for what it's worth:http://www.jones.com/releases/ed-schultz-show-takes-its-high-ratings-fargos-kqwb-am

Please don't tell me that I don't want to have a conversation just because you haven't convinced me.  I'm not the one who reduced this to name-calling.  Usually, in a conversation, when somebody dismisses the other person's thoughts as "consipiracy theory" and tops it off with name-calling, it's a pretty good indication of who doesn't want to have the conversation.

If you want to continue this with a civil tone, fine.  Otherwise, I'm finished.

[Don Juan]

Please don't tell me that I don't want to have a conversation just because you haven't convinced me. 

If you want to continue this with a civil tone, fine.  Otherwise, I'm finished.

No, I'm telling you you don't want to have a conversation because you don't want to deal with facts.

If you want to continue this with facts and not wishful thinking, fine.

[raccoonradio]

>>Right wing radio rules because radio is owned by right wing people.

It also could be because older people tend to listen to talk radio and many people either have some conservative tendencies in them (social? fiscal?) already, or lurched to the right as they aged. It's the listeners who have made
the format a success, and early on hosts like Rush expressed viewpoints that many other people shared but these
views were not as prevalent on radio, TV, and in newspapers. The success of Fox News* (their prime time lineup
dominates) is also a reaction to the various left-leaning media out there; there was a demand and they met it.

Take note again that not all hosts are strictly left or strictly right; Phil Hendrie or Dennis Miller may have some
libertarian/ liberal streaks in them but also can be right wing on certain issues. These hosts air on either conservative talk stations like WTKK or WRKO (Miller is on wknds) or even progressive talkers (I think the L.A. progtalk station
runs Hendrie)

*--34 per cent increase lately
http://jammiewearingfool.blogspot.com/2009/07/fox-news-surges-to-record-primetime.html

If Rush didn't attract listeners and/or advertisers, he'd be back to playing records as "Jeff Christie"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HB8UO-3aDf0