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2016 Postmortem

KharmaTrain

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18. Interesting Timing...

Reply to Voice for Peace (Reply #10)

Sat Jul 14, 2012, 12:13 AM

Jul 2012

Bain bought into Cheap Channel the year before Mittens first run...and while there are many on the unhinged right who didn't like him, you didn't hear Rushbo or Hannity say a bad thing. They may have favored others but didn't join the Rmoney bashing that went on the blogs and on religious radio.

The curious post election story is the large debt...over $14 billion Cheap Channel has and will need to reschedule next year. Bain's been doing it's "magic" on this company...taking the big fees and downscaling the company. Over 10% of the company's employees were let go on the day President Obama was inaugurated...there've been other purges with more ahead. If Mittens doesn't win and his political future is over then lets see how quickly Bain dismantles Cheap Channel as it no longer serves their purpose...

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Guess who owns Clear Channel Communications, giant media purveyor of Rush Limbaugh, [View all] pnwmom Jul 2012 OP

Am I the only one who didn't know this? pnwmom Jul 2012 #1

Nope... KharmaTrain Jul 2012 #2

too recent to blame Romney, maybe? but a great reason to keep playing those Bain ads Voice for Peace Jul 2012 #10

Interesting Timing... KharmaTrain Jul 2012 #18

I think having this network will still serve his purpose, even if he leaves politics. pnwmom Jul 2012 #20

Greed Is What Greed Does... KharmaTrain Jul 2012 #22

This is about the time Ed was kicked off our station... Frustratedlady Jul 2012 #29

Yes, there's a connection. Clear Channel likes to replace liberal talk shows pnwmom Jul 2012 #30

Fortunately Fox Doesn't Own Radio Stations... KharmaTrain Jul 2012 #31

That explains it. Just another corrupt business with a bunch of corrupt loudmouths judesedit Jul 2012 #3

It's all a web of deceit and corruption. Faygo Kid Jul 2012 #4

With a big fat bow. n/t pnwmom Jul 2012 #5

Geez. Talk about monopolies! It's so wrong! The Wielding Truth Jul 2012 #6

(George Takei voice) Oh, my! hifiguy Jul 2012 #7

That's fairly recent, only four years ago. Ilsa Jul 2012 #8

It's a wonder Halliburton isn't in there somewhere? Rosa Luxemburg Jul 2012 #9

We should play "Six Degrees of Halliburton" thesquanderer Jul 2012 #14

I was looking for Diebold . . . pnwmom Jul 2012 #17

K&R drm604 Jul 2012 #11

It makes perfect sense. chollybocker Jul 2012 #12

Joseph Smith, revenge on the US gov for killing Joseph Smith siligut Jul 2012 #21

Yes. Joseph. Duh. Thanks. chollybocker Jul 2012 #34

Yet Limbaugh was not enthusiastic about Romney! (n/t) thesquanderer Jul 2012 #13

2008? That was about the time when The Stephanie Miller Show rocktivity Jul 2012 #15

Here's a statement from Clear Channel's parent co.'s Annual Report: Honeycombe8 Jul 2012 #16

Holy sh*t. snot Jul 2012 #19

Dayum! That's a hell of a post. Solomon Jul 2012 #23

That wasn't a typo, it was a Freudian slip. pnwmom Jul 2012 #25

LOL. I think you're right. Somebody just posted Solomon Jul 2012 #32

I LOVED that. Made my whole family watch it on TV during dinner. pnwmom Jul 2012 #33

Who owns Fortune? n/t malaise Jul 2012 #24

AOL, with its purchase of Time Warner. n/t pnwmom Jul 2012 #26

Well then, maybe it will go out of business soon. Atman Jul 2012 #27

no wonder stickman rmoney is sticking it out! ellenfl Jul 2012 #28