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YoungDemCA

(5,714 posts) Tue May 16, 2017, 07:41 PM May 2017

There's a simple reason for why liberal/Left talk radio isn't really a thing - two words, actually. [View all]

Clear Channel. Or as they are now known, iHeartMedia.

Ask Natalie Maines (of the Dixie Chicks) just how fucking liberal or even ideologically "balanced" Clear Channel/iHeartMedia is - a for-profit corporation that has as much as a third of total market share in American radio. They sure gave her a fair hearing back in 2003! Free Speech, amirite?

(I created this thread in light of the recent trend at MSNBC and the "librul lamestream media" meme more broadly, BTW.)

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There's a simple reason for why liberal/Left talk radio isn't really a thing - two words, actually. [View all] YoungDemCA May 2017 OP

There are many advertisers that want a gullible audience ThoughtCriminal May 2017 #1

Yup the sooner the GOP realizes there is no liberal media, the better we'll be, I think. Initech May 2017 #2

We're not as insecure, and self-absorbed that's one thing... Manly_Scream May 2017 #3

On a lighter note, iheartmedia is nearly bankrupt. n/t DefenseLawyer May 2017 #4