"T. Early" wrote in message
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"dxAce" wrote in message
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http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewNation.as...20040617a.html

An interesting story, and Rush spoke about it during his first hour
today.

Rush made a good point that his show is only on AFN for an hour, and
a
great deal of the remaining programming is indeed of a liberal bias.

And it is 'on topic'... as AFN is indeed carried on shortwave... so
all
ya numbnuts out there stuff a sock in it!


Still, it -is- a taxpayer funded medium, and there's no question that
Rush is -overtly- political on his show. I don't think that
conservatives can constantly question taxpayer funding of liberal
outlets like NPR and public TV without at least recognizing that the
"other side" has the right to question taxpayer-supported
dissemination of Limbaugh. What's good for the goose.....




Anyone that says that a great deal of the programming on AFN is liberal has
never listened to AFN. As it's all I HAVE to listen to, I know differently.

The primary programs carried on our AFN outlets are music programs (C/W,
rock, urban, oldies). The other programming is a pretty balanced mix of
Rush, Dr. Laura, Sports Overnight USA, Jim Rome, and, yes, All Things
Considered (which here, runs in the middle of the night). They also run
other NPR (Public Radio International) programming on the weekends, but
those programs are mostly non-political (Car Talk) or satire/entertainment
(Prarie Home Companion). News sources on the radio include local and
Pentagon news sources, ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, CNN and various independents. In
short, AFN works quite diligently to balance their programming so that no
one point of view is pushed over another. Considering the military is a
right-leaning institution, I think that's quite commendable and in keeping
with the spirit of the First Amendment.