Talk Show people

[Dan Strassberg]

We've been though this subject a few times on this list. I think it is
generally agreed that a talk host's skill set must include being well
informed on the subjects he/she discusses. A big part of the trouble with
many of hosts is their lack of knowledge. OTOH, the ability to consistently
string five or six words together into a coherent sentence while sitting in
front of a live microphone is also a requirement.  To cite one example, Al
Franken passed the first test but too often flunked the second. And you do
not need to pass either of the above tests to be able to identify would-be
hosts who do and don't pass the tests. Just because I don't qualify on
either count, doesn't mean that I can't identify others who are trying to do
the job and are failing at it.

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Dan Strassberg
dan.strassberg@att.net
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim" <rdavisson@neo.rr.com>
To: "Russ Butler" <songbook2@comcast.net>;
<boston-radio-interest@rolinin.bostonradio.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2006 12:01 PM
Subject: Re: Talk Show people


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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Russ Butler" <songbook2@comcast.net>
> To: <boston-radio-interest@rolinin.bostonradio.org>; "Russ Butler"
> <songbook2@comcast.net>
> Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2006 2:37 PM
> Subject: Talk Show people
>
>
> <Am I the only listener who finds talk radio hosts to be very
>  loud, repetitive and silly as they "entertain"?......
> They're not funny, but all have huge egos and huge ratings, so what's the
> matter
>  with me??>
>
> Please understand, these people are e-n-t-e-r-t-a-i-n-e-r-s......not news
> readers, historians, or teachers.
>
> If you listen to or read the words of these folks and taking it as a
genuine
> source of information on which you form your
> political ideas and opinions, you're skating on thin ice.
>
> Really...take them for what they truly are....media entertainers.
>
>