Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Talkers
AOL News, showing no concern for the truth whatsoever, has put Michael Moore in the company of Ann Coulter and Howard Stern: “They’re all known for saying anything.” Unbelievable. Why don’t the good people at AOL line up the worst statements of Ann Coulter and Michael Moore and see if there is any parity whatsoever.
There are inflationary pressures at work because of the high cost of gasoline. I, and many Americans, are concerned about inflation eating away at our economic growth.
Talker’s Magazine has come out with its latest rankings of the radio talkers in America. I overheard Ed Schultz saying he was in at #10…but this list puts him at #13. Either way, Ed trails only Randi Rhodes according to Talker’s list. Admittedly, Talker’s list uses some very subjective categories to establish its rankings (“courage, effort, impact” as well as “ratings, recognition,” and “revenue”).
Sadly, Limbaugh and Hannity still hold the #1 and #2 slots for audience. Talker’s puts Michael Savage in the #4 slot, Laura Ingraham at #7, and Neal Boortz at #9.
I’m surprised at Randi’s ranking. She is an entertaining and talented speaker. Amusingly, her talk is essentially long rants against the Bush Administration.
I find it disturbing that they rank Michael Savage so highly. His more “colorful” moments have been well-covered by mediamatters.org. You actually only have to listen to him for an hour or so to hear him say something indefensible. I actually read his latest effort at writing, The Political Zoo. I have to say I appreciated the full-page drawings at the front of every two-page section and the 14-point font. It gives you an idea of the reading level of his audience.
You have to admire a guy who has the brass to castigate Bono for doing charity work for a generation, mainly to benefit Africans, although Savage is not alone. The knock of Bono (from Savage) is that he doesn’t donate his own money to Africa and his millions aren’t taxed by Ireland as the revenue of Irish musicians is exempt from Irish taxes.
Well, well. Look who’s suddenly pro taxes all of a sudden! First of all, Bono donates massive amounts of his time traveling the world, convincing world leaders and corporations to give to charity. He gives when he could be spending that time sleeping or performing more concerts to make more money for himself, you dumbass. Secondly, Bono doesn’t write tax law in Ireland. If Savage has a problem with Irish tax law he should criticize the people who wrote the law.
But, oh, according to Savage Bono is still a hypocrite because he doesn’t give his own ill-gotten tax dollars. But wait…what’s this? Bono is the “founder, spokesman and chief benefactor of DATA, a nonprofit, debt-relief advocacy group,” Time magazine relates. Oh, yeah, and he gave money here, too.
One of the many problems with Savage, besides being a hirsute little troll whose guttural ramblings on the radio sound like the rants of a drunk and unemployed dockworker, is that he’s a liar. Time magazine, dumbass.
Attention Deficit comes in at #7, a blow to truth and intelligent discourse. Mediamatters has some of her lowlights. I remember this one vividly. Her smears are well documented, as are her bizarre non sequiturs, which I have written about periodically. Talk radio still has a long way to go.
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