Axe falls on WRKO news Dept.

[Laurence Glavin]

>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Donna Halper" 
>To: "Bob Nelson" , boston-radio-interest@rolinin.bostonradio.org
>Subject: Re: Axe falls on WRKO news Dept.
>Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 13:35:03 -0500


>Umm, at the risk of seeming like a shill for Ed Schultz and 
>Stephanie Miller, both shows are profitable, both have good ratings 
>in their target demos, neither insults Wal-mart, and yet both have 
>had trouble getting stations to sign on as affiliates. Thom 
>Hartmann and Rachel Maddow of Air America similarly don't insult 
>corporations either. As all talk show hosts do, including the 
>righties, they question and discuss certain current events. When 
>corporate greed or corruption is in the news, of course they are 
>gonna talk about it. I think it's a myth that progressive talkers 
>"constantly criticize" big business. They do sometimes criticize 
>greed and corruption, but I would expect talk show hosts to discuss 
>that, no matter who is doing it-- wouldn't you?

One of my favorite shows is the faux-news quiz show "Wait, Wait Don't
Tell Me" on NPR.  From time to time, they have aired vicious one-liners
against Wal*Mart...and for a period of time the Bentonville
behemoth was an UNDERWRITER for the show!

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