Reply #9: Ratings are secondary to ideology. [View All]

There was a local AM radio Rush wannabe show that ran for 2 hours every weekday. They probably had a regular listening audience of about 12. I used to call in sometimes just to annoy them. They were pretty dumb so it was easy to get the best of them.

The guy who owned the station, as well as several others, died. His daughter, the sole heir, canceled the show because it had been running at a loss. For decades. Her dad had been using money from a profitable FM station to subsidize the propagandafest.

The moral of the story is something most of you already know: Rich Republicans own just about all our 'news' media and they are pressing their advantage to bombard us with a steady stream of right wing propaganda. Most of you here at DU know how to think for yourselves but goofy people vote too. We need to bring back the fairness doctrine and break up consolodated ownership of TV & radio stations.