[lbo-talk] progressive media cratering - Drudge

[Chuck]

jthorn65 at sbcglobal.net wrote:
> Holy crap Chuck, I know quite literally dozens of people who listen to right-wing radio but they don't think of 
> it as right-wing. They think it's middle-of-the-road. In their mind it's simply regular folks with good common 
> sense talking. While I think the audience numbers have fallen off from their peak don't delude yourself with 
> the idea that they are all codgers waiting to die off. There are still far too many young O'Reilly, Limbaugh, 
> Colson, and Hannity fans to completely ignore. I teach occasionally at the community college and I can  
> assure you this shit is popular here. I doubt this place is somehow exceptional.

It's interesting that people actually think this crap is middle-of-the-road.

So what do we do to disabuse them of this conclusion?

The right wing conservatives and their media mostly appeal to the older 
generations. Yes, there are young people who lap this shit up, but there 
have always been young conservatives.

Chuck