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"They ... resent the very existence of a program thats been wildly successful for 24 years and spawned a powerful conservative talk industry which reaches an overall weekly audience of more than 40 million and which more than 1 in 8 Americans describe as very credible.
Limbaughs critics seem unable to accept the fact that many of their fellow citizens actually appreciate the opportunity to listen to his opinions on a regular basis, so rather than persuade those poor benighted souls to listen to something else, they mean to take away the broadcast that they enjoy."
"Rather than continuing to compete in the open marketplace, lefties merely yearn to shut down the other side with sponsor boycotts."
"The logic seems to suggest that since were suffering at the moment then at least we can make you suffer too; we may not be able to help the poor but we can certainly hurt the rich.
"This reflects the similarly resentful attitude toward powerful voices in radio. There, the left argues that since we cant get our own messages out to millions of enthusiastic fans, then the least we can do is to stop Limbaugh and colleagues from imparting their dangerous messages to an immense and eager audience. At this point, the critics of the conservative talk medium seem far more concerned with shutting up right-wing voices than with raising left-wing voices as a constructive alternative."
Rush Limbaugh: Why the Left Is Envious - The Daily Beast
"They ... resent the very existence of a program thats been wildly successful for 24 years and spawned a powerful conservative talk industry which reaches an overall weekly audience of more than 40 million and which more than 1 in 8 Americans describe as very credible.
Limbaughs critics seem unable to accept the fact that many of their fellow citizens actually appreciate the opportunity to listen to his opinions on a regular basis, so rather than persuade those poor benighted souls to listen to something else, they mean to take away the broadcast that they enjoy."
"Rather than continuing to compete in the open marketplace, lefties merely yearn to shut down the other side with sponsor boycotts."
"The logic seems to suggest that since were suffering at the moment then at least we can make you suffer too; we may not be able to help the poor but we can certainly hurt the rich.
"This reflects the similarly resentful attitude toward powerful voices in radio. There, the left argues that since we cant get our own messages out to millions of enthusiastic fans, then the least we can do is to stop Limbaugh and colleagues from imparting their dangerous messages to an immense and eager audience. At this point, the critics of the conservative talk medium seem far more concerned with shutting up right-wing voices than with raising left-wing voices as a constructive alternative."
Rush Limbaugh: Why the Left Is Envious - The Daily Beast
So? The size of the audience does not affect the value of the message. ATC and ME get listeners from the pool of people that do not have sense enough to listen to conservative talk shows.All Things Considered and Morning Edition on NPR get approximately the same size audience as does Limbaugh.
"They ... resent the very existence of a program thats been wildly successful for 24 years and spawned a powerful conservative talk industry which reaches an overall weekly audience of more than 40 million and which more than 1 in 8 Americans describe as very credible.
Limbaughs critics seem unable to accept the fact that many of their fellow citizens actually appreciate the opportunity to listen to his opinions on a regular basis, so rather than persuade those poor benighted souls to listen to something else, they mean to take away the broadcast that they enjoy."
"Rather than continuing to compete in the open marketplace, lefties merely yearn to shut down the other side with sponsor boycotts."
"The logic seems to suggest that since were suffering at the moment then at least we can make you suffer too; we may not be able to help the poor but we can certainly hurt the rich.
"This reflects the similarly resentful attitude toward powerful voices in radio. There, the left argues that since we cant get our own messages out to millions of enthusiastic fans, then the least we can do is to stop Limbaugh and colleagues from imparting their dangerous messages to an immense and eager audience. At this point, the critics of the conservative talk medium seem far more concerned with shutting up right-wing voices than with raising left-wing voices as a constructive alternative."
Rush Limbaugh: Why the Left Is Envious - The Daily Beast
Did someone compare NPR to Limbaugh? Telling...
Did someone compare NPR to Limbaugh? Telling...
I compared audience size.
According to Talkers', the top four talk radio shows are
Limbaugh, NPR's Morning Edition, NPR's All Things Considered, and Hannity.
"They ... resent the very existence of a program thats been wildly successful for 24 years and spawned a powerful conservative talk industry which reaches an overall weekly audience of more than 40 million and which more than 1 in 8 Americans describe as very credible.
Limbaughs critics seem unable to accept the fact that many of their fellow citizens actually appreciate the opportunity to listen to his opinions on a regular basis, so rather than persuade those poor benighted souls to listen to something else, they mean to take away the broadcast that they enjoy."
"Rather than continuing to compete in the open marketplace, lefties merely yearn to shut down the other side with sponsor boycotts."
"The logic seems to suggest that since were suffering at the moment then at least we can make you suffer too; we may not be able to help the poor but we can certainly hurt the rich.
"This reflects the similarly resentful attitude toward powerful voices in radio. There, the left argues that since we cant get our own messages out to millions of enthusiastic fans, then the least we can do is to stop Limbaugh and colleagues from imparting their dangerous messages to an immense and eager audience. At this point, the critics of the conservative talk medium seem far more concerned with shutting up right-wing voices than with raising left-wing voices as a constructive alternative."
Rush Limbaugh: Why the Left Is Envious - The Daily Beast
Neither compares. Franken doesn't have 40 million people behind him...and Maddow can't touch Limbaugh in terms of followers.
I repeat:
NPR has TWO daily news/commentary shows that get approximately the same size audience as Limbaugh.
And? I know many that listen and they are not liberal.
WOW, the pathological liar lost about half his audience from the "slut" crap. Liar that he is, he says his audience is larger than it's ever been."They ... resent the very existence of a program thats been wildly successful for 24 years and spawned a powerful conservative talk industry which reaches an overall weekly audience of more than 40 million and which more than 1 in 8 Americans describe as very credible.http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/03/11/rush-limbaugh-why-the-left-is-envious.html
Neither compares. Franken doesn't have 40 million people behind him...
I repeat:
NPR has TWO daily news/commentary shows that get approximately the same size audience as Limbaugh.
And? I know many that listen and they are not liberal.
True. That's a lie that is often told about NPR - that they're "liberal". They're not.
But they ARE very high quality. Ain't no way anyone can say that about that disgusting, fat, drug addicted, drug smuggling, nasty mouthed, lying, woman hating and woman fearing pile of shit.
(Did I miss anything?)
Ironically Limbaugh built his radio career around a set of standard pro-conservative complaints,
one prominent one being the complaint about the supposed dominance of the liberal media
Once conservatism became the dominant force in radio, suddenly, predictably, conservatives decided that anyone who complained about that was a cry-baby.
"They ... resent the very existence of a program thats been wildly successful for 24 years and spawned a powerful conservative talk industry which reaches an overall weekly audience of more than 40 million and which more than 1 in 8 Americans describe as very credible.
Limbaughs critics seem unable to accept the fact that many of their fellow citizens actually appreciate the opportunity to listen to his opinions on a regular basis, so rather than persuade those poor benighted souls to listen to something else, they mean to take away the broadcast that they enjoy."
"Rather than continuing to compete in the open marketplace, lefties merely yearn to shut down the other side with sponsor boycotts."
"The logic seems to suggest that since were suffering at the moment then at least we can make you suffer too; we may not be able to help the poor but we can certainly hurt the rich.
"This reflects the similarly resentful attitude toward powerful voices in radio. There, the left argues that since we cant get our own messages out to millions of enthusiastic fans, then the least we can do is to stop Limbaugh and colleagues from imparting their dangerous messages to an immense and eager audience. At this point, the critics of the conservative talk medium seem far more concerned with shutting up right-wing voices than with raising left-wing voices as a constructive alternative."
Rush Limbaugh: Why the Left Is Envious - The Daily Beast
