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Originally posted by tw
Most towns have no such all news stations.

And don't need them, either. News is one of the most expensive formats. The only time people under age 50 listen to radio news is when they are automobile-bound. If a city's rush hour lasts less than an hour, not enough people will listen to make it worthwhile.

And in about 10 years, not even those people will make it worthwhile. Wireless is going to kill old-fashioned broadcast. Mourn your news radio now and get it over with.

News comes from the Christian evangelical broadcasters who are on a campaign to remove PBS radios from the countryside.

There isn't a force on earth, or off for that matter, that can take away a high-level broadcasting license right now.

To Evangelical Christians, PBS is also pinko, communist, corrupt leftist liberal propaganda.

That's nonsense. PBS is not corrupt.

When George Jr first talked of attacking Iraq, there was widespread support. As reality of facts finally leaking down even to the talk radio crowd, then his majority is diminishing. But it takes time to get the full story through the hype of political rhetoric and extremist talk shows.

One wonders whether the 15 countries that unanimously passed the UN resolution listen to talk radio. Or the congressional majority.

You're late to the story anyway. Public support waned to a low point and has increased since.

The point of talk radio is not to communicate news, but opinion, and while I agree that it doesn't support a broad set of views that creates a healthy marketplace of ideas, well... I see it like fast food. If you make it your only diet, you'll be unhealthy. But there's nothing wrong with a little indulgence once in a while and most would say that a little fun food makes for a more enjoyable life.

But here's your biggest problem tw. To say that the viewpoints of talk radio listeners are automatically invalid, is to commit EXACTLY the same kind of intellectual sin that you're accusing of those listeners.

Ironic, innit?