"David" wrote in message
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On 2 Feb 2006 08:06:07 -0800, "John S." wrote:


All the newscasters and program moderators I've heard carry their own
biases and beliefs into their presentations. We just have to realize
that news and information no matter the source has been filtered in
some way.

Give us some examples, please.

Pull your head out of your butt and look around. Lemmie guess, you think
buzzflash and scoop are not biased?

What more can I say? www.ddaymuseum.org

I can say much more,for instance,back in the early 1940's,when I was a
kid in Carthage,Mississippi and I used to step into that feedstore and
lay up on them big sacks of feed and go to sleep.
cuhulin

Got a flyer in my snail mail today,,, big new Home Depot store grand
opening at 5000 Hampstead Blvd in Clinton,Mississippi
(Clinton,Mississippi doesn't have anything to do with them
klintoons,y'all can believe that for sure!) Blueberry doggy had me out
in the front yard.I was looking at the Home Deeeepot thingy,the 37 year
old blonde Bell South technician woman next door (Julie) drove up next
door.The 30 year old brunette woman (Vanessa) was in their back yard
next door,fiddle f..tin around with her potted plants/flowers.I told
them,y'all can pick some of the Dafodill flowers in my yard anytime
y'all want to.The 37 year old tomboy Bell South woman next door,she
isn't into flowers and stuff like that.She said the the other woman
(Vanessa) she can have them!
cuhulin

IR wrote:
The left has gone right, and the
true left is off the mainstream map.

The true left is Radio Pacifica. I do ocassionally listen to it. If you
get a chance, please do so (I'm guessing that it must be available over
the web if not a local station to you.)

The true right is the John Birch Society.

The "republican right wing" has just a tiny bit in common with the John
Birch Society. Less now than say in the Reagan years.

Tim.

I heard (somewhere) a very convincing program which was demonstrating
that NPR isn't really liberal, that if liberal, it is to the extreme
right of that category. Not that it necessarily started out that way.
I believe the program was based on an analysis of the amount of time
given right or near right spokesmen versus the amount of time (and
number) of left/liberal commentary. The left has gone right, and the
true left is off the mainstream map.

If NMPR is so successful, why is it that they need government funding for
100% of their operation? Contrast that to conservative talk radio, which
barely has enough time to fit in all the interested advertisers.

John S. wrote:


running dogg wrote:
John S. wrote:


Torinda de Algodon wrote:
wrote in news:12219-4379758A-1071@storefull-
3257.bay.webtv.net:

www.humaneventsonline.com

All of the talk radio shows around here are conservative.
cuhulin


Liberal mainstream media is dedicated to abortion, atheism, and sodomy.
This results in a large audience of conservatives who want an alternative.
Conservative talk radio fills that need while the liberals are content
with the mass media fare and don't need an alternative such as Air America.

Why is talk radio so conservative you ask?

Well, maybe the conservatives are trying to play catchup with their
wildly successful liberal competition on NPR. Conservatives have been
unable to create a single network that can provide the quality of
programming and informative news that is available on NPR. Indeed the
polished presentation skills of NPR talk show hosts far outshines the
usual strident delivery of most conservative talk show personalities.
Consequently conservatives have decided to flood the AM airwaves with
ranting personalities like Rush Limbaugh spouting extremist gibberish
for hours on end.


Touche! Besides, without large numbers of conservative talk show
hosts, AM radio would have DIED an unholy death 20 years ago. All these
extremist ranting far right talk show hosts have kept AM radio in the US
from utter extinction. They're literally its bread and butter. The only
other significant formats on AM are evangelical preaching and Spanish
language formats meant for Mexicans who may not have cars with FM
radios, or who may not be familiar with FM (FM's limited distance makes
it impractical outside of major cities, and Latin America has a large
amount of sparsely populated jungle and desert). In major cities AM also
provides a home for other languages such as Asian tongues where there is
a demand for native language programming but the community doesn't have
a lot of money. AM provides cheap airtime. Outside of a) right wing
ranters b) preachers and c) foreign languages there is NOTHING on AM.
All the music is on FM, and satellite radio is just beginning to cut
into FM listenership. So basically, if you buy an old radio on Ebay and
it doesn't have FM and you need to test it out the right wing provides a
way to do that.

No doubt there is a preponderance of ranters and ravers on AM. But
there is still some good stuff om AM too. I've got two DX oldies
stations that pop into the east coast around 7:00PM. And the all news
stations are always good for a quick update and traffic report. And to
be honest I enjoy the mexican music when in California.

It's anyones guess as to where standard AM and FM broadcasting are
headed. If satellite radio takes off and one standard emerges then I
suspect that more quality programming will shift to that medium, but
how much is a guess. I think it will take a merger of the two
satellite radio providers before that will happen.


Well, here in Northern California the three formats I mentioned are the
preponderance of AM. There is one all news station, KCBS in San
Francisco, which only covers the Bay Area (of course, but useless if
you're in Sacramento). There are no oldies stations left on AM. There
used to be a big band station in Sacramento (KCTC, 1320) but they dumped
their format after determining that their listeners were all dead. (They
went to Air America, which probably caused some heart attacks among the
remaining members of the greatest generation.) Most stations that
advertise as being "oldies" in fact play a lot of hippie rock and 70s
stuff, not Elvis era stuff. AM simply isn't commercially viable outside
of a narrow range of listeners. Preachers like AM because it's cheap,
for the same reason that most domestic SW in the US is religious (and a
lot in Latin America too). Minority communities like AM because they can
serve their communities easily and cheaply. The rest of the stations
fight to survive by loading up on ranting Rushes.

On Thu, 2 Feb 2006 12:49:36 -0600, "MnMikew"
wrote:


"David" wrote in message
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On 2 Feb 2006 08:06:07 -0800, "John S." wrote:


All the newscasters and program moderators I've heard carry their own
biases and beliefs into their presentations. We just have to realize
that news and information no matter the source has been filtered in
some way.

Give us some examples, please.

Pull your head out of your butt and look around. Lemmie guess, you think
buzzflash and scoop are not biased?

I already know how I think. I asked so I might figure out what you
mean and whether there is a significant factual underpinning.

Scoop?

My fave these days is the right-wing www.antiwar.com

On Thu, 2 Feb 2006 12:03:37 -0600, wrote:

I am not biased.(at least I dont think so anyway) I HATE Everybody in
fed govt and everybody whom was ever in fed govt,I will HATE everybody
in future fed govt too.I believe in VIGILANTE LAW. VIGILANTE LAW,every
since I started buying and reading them The VIGILANTES comic books at
Hughes news stand store on Capitol Street in Jackson,Mississippi,back in
the 1940's and 1950's.I Believe in VIGILANTE LAW,auld style Western days
Justice.
cuhulin

vigilance

On Thu, 2 Feb 2006 12:17:50 -0600, wrote:

NPR is as liberal as liberal can be!
cuhulin

Compared to what?

Or is it absolute?

On Thu, 02 Feb 2006 13:19:56 -0800, running dogg wrote:

John S. wrote:

Well, here in Northern California the three formats I mentioned are the
preponderance of AM. There is one all news station, KCBS in San
Francisco, which only covers the Bay Area (of course, but useless if
you're in Sacramento). There are no oldies stations left on AM. There
used to be a big band station in Sacramento (KCTC, 1320) but they dumped
their format after determining that their listeners were all dead. (They
went to Air America, which probably caused some heart attacks among the
remaining members of the greatest generation.) Most stations that
advertise as being "oldies" in fact play a lot of hippie rock and 70s
stuff, not Elvis era stuff. AM simply isn't commercially viable outside
of a narrow range of listeners. Preachers like AM because it's cheap,
for the same reason that most domestic SW in the US is religious (and a
lot in Latin America too). Minority communities like AM because they can
serve their communities easily and cheaply. The rest of the stations
fight to survive by loading up on ranting Rushes.


KCBS covers the Western third of North America at night.