A Couple Of Observations About Progressive Radio....

[global1]

I listen to it most of the day - while I'm gardening or driving in my car. What I've come to realize is that most Progressive radio hosts seem to have bought into Hillary and are abandoning Bernie. They even bought into the fact that there was violence at the Nevada Convention caused by the Bernie people and threats made to someone that ran the session. They are calling Bernie a grump old man and they are completely dissing him.

Interesting enough though - most of the calls that they get are very supportive of Bernie and down or negative on Hillary. One in fact used the meme today that the Bernie people are extorting Hillary - by saying they will not rally around her and vote. I actually see it the other way around that the Hillary folk are extorting the Bernie people by using SCOTUS as the lever.

Now I do understand how important it is to make sure the Dems are the ones that set up the Supreme Court for future generations - I'm not stupid and I think most Bernie supporters realize the importance of that as well. I just don't like these extortion tactics being used on us Bernie supporters instead of trying to mend fences and be a little more conciliatory. What's the old saying - you catch more flies with honey.

The other thing I notice - and I posted this yesterday - and listened hard today as well - these Progressive radio hosts always end their show with a last caller that supports Hillary. That's what screening calls accomplishes.

I'm really surprised that these Progressive shows didn't embrace Bernie from the beginning. I got to think that they feel Bernie is more Progressive than Hillary. Yet they shunned and kinda made fun of Bernie right from the start.

One other observation is that I don't hear any talk about Hillary's impending FBI Investigation at all. They seem to be ignoring it altogether - yet we've found out it is real and there is a strong possibility that something will come out of it.

And instead of talking about what we'll do if something happens to Hillary - I'm hearing talk that they would be for drafting Biden or O'Malley in her place should something happen that she had to drop out.

Has the establishment gotten to our Progressive talk show hosts? Now I'll grant you this - I don't listen to all Progressive hosts - so if I'm wrong - will somebody here set me straight or are you making the same observations as I.

I know that Bill Press is probably the only one that I listen to that still sticks up for Bernie.

I'll end this here - so have at me folks.

[LiberalArkie]

1. I think that is because www have Democratic party radio and Republican party radio.

[RoccoR5955]

2. I have been noticing exactly the same thing.

I wonder how much Hilliary paid them to dump Bernie.
There is one holdout though, and he's Mike Malloy. You can catch his show streaming at 9PM eastern time for two hours at www.mikemalloy.com

[jillan]

3. I completely agree. In the afternoon they have on Leslie Marshall. Do you get her?

I can't listen to her. At all.
Yesterday she was blaming Bernie for Hillary losing. I kid you not.

I listen to Hartmann and a local progressive show we have on for an hour.

That's it. But I'm not going to really complain. I'm in Phx and we lost our progressive talk for 3 (?) years. They came back around the first of the year. I know after the primary season is over and we are well into the GE, I'll be back listening most of the day.

I love Bill Press but he is on while Phoenix is still sleeping
I wish he was on later. I wish he would take Leslie Marshall's time slot.

[ALittleBirdie]

4. Which progressive radio talk hosts?

Not all of them are equal.

[Bernin4U]

5. "Progressive" as in "against the Republicans"?

One wonders how much longer even that weak-sauce definition will hold, as certain "progressives" shift their alignment to include anyone in the "#NeverTrump" camp.

[Oixi1993]

6. Not my experience

I suggest listening to TYT or Secular Talk. I have just started listening to RT as well. These are all fantastic programs online.

[Dont call me Shirley]

7. Nicole Sandler on radioornot.com

[deepestblue]

8. Wow

So these hosts were all for Bernie and then they bought in to the Lasvegas Lie?

None of them spent a minute or two scouring the web and Youtube to see that there were a grand total of zero violent acts committed by Sanders supporters? Or that the Sanders campaign was utterly disenfranchised during the proceedings?

At least TYT, Secular Talk, Humanist Report, RT, Ed Schultz and others are still supporting Bernie.