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nikto

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18. On most stations (which are owned by mega-corps like Comcast, Clear Channel, etc) it IS an agenda

Fri Feb 20, 2015, 02:36 AM

Feb 2015

Agreed.

The agenda is set at the highest levels.

Limbaugh was subsidized in his early years. Others are not subsidized. Why was he?

Because he served a corporate agenda.

Obvious cui bono.

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Time Magazine Affirms - Rush Limbaugh Is In Trouble [View all] TexasTowelie Feb 2015 OP

bull. The stations that allow the drug addict to spew his garbage don't care. It is part of still_one Feb 2015 #1

Most of the radio stations airing Limbaugh Jenoch Feb 2015 #3

Unless Limbaugh purchases the time outright. PSPS Feb 2015 #6

I agree. nikto Feb 2015 #19

That model is prohibitively expensive. It can run into the stevenleser Feb 2015 #36

What's a few million a month when you get billions back? PSPS Feb 2015 #46

He doesn't get billions back. No one is footing the bill for him. Even if we accept your premise stevenleser Feb 2015 #55

I never said "he" makes billions. PSPS Feb 2015 #60

Rupert does it. Dont call me Shirley Feb 2015 #59

They Don't Own TV Networks and Newspapers to Make a Profit on those Businesses AndyTiedye Feb 2015 #64

Propaganda is their business. On paper it looks like they're losing money, but in reality not. Dont call me Shirley Feb 2015 #68

I'm not much for conspiracy theories JohnnyRingo Feb 2015 #43

Actually, it's not a theory at all PSPS Feb 2015 #47

What you are talking about is what most businesses do in the beginning stevenleser Feb 2015 #56

His radio show was FREE when it first came out.... Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2015 #48

Yes, see my #56 nt stevenleser Feb 2015 #57

Actually, he spread at a unique time in history. It was when most people weren't political.... Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2015 #69

Most of the stations are owned by a select few quakerboy Feb 2015 #12

What is your experiemce in broadcasting? Jenoch Feb 2015 #20

Im happy for you quakerboy Feb 2015 #22

San Francisco is a perfect example. Essentially liberal talk radio is gone from San Francisco. A still_one Feb 2015 #24

Many liberals do not like talk radio FrodosPet Feb 2015 #37

Excellent point. I could never stomach Air America RufusTFirefly Feb 2015 #41

I think you're right about that. PSPS Feb 2015 #51

And many do quakerboy Feb 2015 #67

The only reason liberal talk radio has not Jenoch Feb 2015 #63

The agenda is little more than increased profits for shareholders. LanternWaste Feb 2015 #25

That seems a bit pollyanna quakerboy Feb 2015 #27

Correlation does not equal causation. Certain media are simply in decline stevenleser Feb 2015 #38

when there is a rapid and large change in audience immediately following a quakerboy Feb 2015 #66

It's to promote the Right Wing.... Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2015 #52

True JohnnyRingo Feb 2015 #42

Bain Capital, LLC and Thomas H. Lee Partners? Of course there is no agenda! LiberalAndProud Feb 2015 #14

Yes, people out there should know that there's yet another obscuring name change to Iheartmedia cascadiance Feb 2015 #34

On most stations (which are owned by mega-corps like Comcast, Clear Channel, etc) it IS an agenda nikto Feb 2015 #18

You mean he didn't pull himself up by his bootstraps? nxylas Feb 2015 #31

That feels mighty good... Fumesucker Feb 2015 #2

OxyRush is a slimy weasel. He'll adapt. lpbk2713 Feb 2015 #4

I thought Rush was subsidized by the masters he serves. jalan48 Feb 2015 #5

You're right. PSPS Feb 2015 #7

I fall in the middle... sendero Feb 2015 #50

Hard-core listeners PSPS Feb 2015 #54

Perhaps... sendero Feb 2015 #58

If they don't get that bang for their buck, they'll stop backing him. MADem Feb 2015 #8

I see Rush as part of the propaganda network. jalan48 Feb 2015 #11

Everyone I know who listens to radio is within 20 years of a hundred--except for the NPR crowd. MADem Feb 2015 #13

I quit listening to NPR during the run-up to the Iraq War. jalan48 Feb 2015 #15

Let's hope the internet survives erronis Feb 2015 #40

When Bob Edwards was gone, so was I rurallib Feb 2015 #45

Bob Edwards Weekend is still ongoing. alp227 Feb 2015 #62

Our local stations don't carry it rurallib Feb 2015 #65

Like a high-priced superstar athlete, he's locked-in at over $30 Million/year, regardless of ratings nikto Feb 2015 #21

No such thing as "locked in" in the media world. There are out clauses in every contract stevenleser Feb 2015 #39

Flush rush blkmusclmachine Feb 2015 #9

Limbaugh's job is to get people angry. The Wizard Feb 2015 #10

Anger is also addictive and will keep people coming back for more Fumesucker Feb 2015 #28

Hate radio is like Hydra Midnight Writer Feb 2015 #16

That's why the protest needs to be spread. Arugula Latte Feb 2015 #53

awwwww Vestigial_Sister Feb 2015 #17

Great news. Thank you TT!! RiverLover Feb 2015 #23

Gee. He might one day run out of listeners or sponsors, and have to retire to his mansion? Orsino Feb 2015 #26

We need to spread the protest to all the rightwing radio hatemongers. Arugula Latte Feb 2015 #29

KamaAina Affirms - Rush Limbaugh Is Trouble KamaAina Feb 2015 #30

Flush Rimjob..... concreteblue Feb 2015 #32

It is a source of Doc Holliday Feb 2015 #33

How sad. Another attack of anal warts spreading to his brain? Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2015 #35

Who's the Father? charles d Feb 2015 #44

K and R no text.. Stuart G Feb 2015 #49

MEGA-DITTOS!!! KansDem Feb 2015 #61