[lbo-talk] NYT on French unions

[Michael Hoover]

>>> jdevine03 at gmail.com 03/31/06 5:49 PM >>>
Rush himself was created, purchased, by big money guys.
there are a whole bunch of other media outlets that push
Limbaugh-like right-wing opinions (including those of Bill O'Reilly).
They dominate AM talk radio. The corporations -- e.g., Clear Channel
-- get their audience partly via monopolizing it (or, more correctly,
by sharing monopoly control).
It is true that supply does not automatically create demand. All of
these right-wing outlets cater to a somewhat mellowed version of the
white-male (etc.) resentiment and bile that spawned Timothy McVeigh
and the militia movement 15 years ago or so. (As does Dubya.)
Jim Devine
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not sure i'd characterize very many right-wing outlets as mellow with
respect to anything...

as for limbaugh, his show was 'loss leader' for local stations throughout the 
country for some number of years, company for which roger ailes was front-
man at the time (mid-to-late 80s, if memory serves), made limbaugh
available at gratis, was more important politically to build syndication base/
listenership, of course, it turned out to be good economic strategy was well
when decision was made to cash in on size of limbaugh's audience, fees for 
local stations carrying limbaugh are by far (or used to be anyway) highest in 
the business...   mh