How Long Can It Take To Say "Democrats Vote On Wednesday?"

Well it certainly isn't news that DJ isstill an ashole! (4.00 / 1)

It would be a giant surprise if he wasn't!

Only after the last tree has been cut down. Only after the last fish has been caught. Only after the last river has been poisoned. Only then will you realize that money cannot be eaten. Cree Nation Tribal Prophecy

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by: piggieheart @ Thu Jun 28, 2012 at 02:09:22 AM UTC

Correct. (0.00 / 0)

The sky is still blue ... or at least it was here in Alabama before the sun went down.  How's your weather down in Florida?

Work harder and work smarter!

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by: mooncat @ Thu Jun 28, 2012 at 03:48:05 AM UTC

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Can such work for good? (3.50 / 2)

"The People Who Choose What We Need to Know" is where I can see Dale being invited. "Need" is where it gets trickiest for me.  

I can appreciate the idea that Dale's job is largely to make Cumulus money and that being an "entertainer" (el Rushbo's term) or "rodeo clown" (Glenn Beck's term) drives market share.  Maybe he's also aware of where his audience is and talks/types accordingly.  Then again, I've been pleased to recently read him briefly scold some factions in the clearly dominant party in Alabama. I also accept that self-promoting seems to be part of the talk radio culture. If a bloviating, intellectual lightweight like Sean Hannity can move up from Athens, Alabama to such fame and fortune, surely Dale has to think about advancing. Top "talent" in his field can make some serious money with books, talks, and such.

Still, is what's different for any of these others who've been invited somewhat a matter of the media in which they work?  I understand there are rules or standards for actual journalists but does that hold for people working in talk radio or other infotainment formats?

Maybe events like this will have Dale thinking about the responsibility which comes with that microphone and keyboard? Again, what do we "need" to know and how can talk radio or other media best make that decision? Surely it can't just be about market shares and such low measures. If so, isn't it a race to the bottom? Hope springs eternal possibly that good can come of this event yet optimism is part of being a good lefty isn't it?

A larger question is how media consolidation, techonogy changing the print model, and returns on investment influence much of what citizens can easily hear and read.  (I personally find the idea of subsidizing non-profits in gathering, then printing and/or transmitting, news attractive yet figure that's a hard sell in today's climate.) I worry that with the Newhouse papers slashing, as well as Gannett trimming, folks here in Alabama may be longing for a vibrant and responsible press.

Respectfully, john gunn

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by: Captain Plaid @ Thu Jun 28, 2012 at 02:16:17 AM UTC

I don't think this goes for the journalists on the LH panel (0.00 / 0)

But for the bloviators entertainers on talk radio, veracity is optional ... sometimes it even seems undesireable.  The "Democrats vote on Wednesday" episode is a prime example.  He was unabashed by what he'd done. 

It isn't about "choosing what we need to know" for those folks -- it's somewhere between "choosing how we can make the most money" and "choosing how we can best advance our philosophical agenda."  Neither has much in common with journalism.

Work harder and work smarter!

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by: mooncat @ Thu Jun 28, 2012 at 02:25:37 AM UTC

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Entertainer my a$$ (0.00 / 0)

Dale and his ilk are paid to push an agenda.  That they may have drunk the koolaid and believe everything they say is immaterial.  When Dale or any of them opens his mouth in front of a microphone, he is a propagandist for the .01%.

And the .01% today have a propaganda machine that Stalin would envy...

Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.
- John Adams

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by: herding old cats @ Thu Jun 28, 2012 at 03:22:59 AM UTC

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Auburn talk radio and NBC tells me ... (4.00 / 1)

When I can stomach listening to the talkers in Speaker Mike Hubbard's WANI AM 1400 stable, I am always amazed that they never, ever discuss anything about neoliberalism's conseqequences to their audience. Structural factors and the like which clearly impact the low brow, dittohead sorts which love their Rush and his ilk are ignored as they push the ever reliable buttons of distract, divide, distort ... on pretty much every issue. They exclude military contractors raking it in and corporate welfare from woes as to the budget.  As to Citizens United and the power of money as to influence, it's crickets. They'll tread carefully around, and at times unashamedly stroke, the religious nutjobs and nativists and neo-cons and ... who influence so much in today's GOP.  

But I'm not so sure they are paid directly to do this. Yup, it's how they keep their bread buttered. I'm thinking Chomsky's model I guess.  And in fact, I'd argue there's not too much difference between the centrism embracing David Gregory sorts on the Sunday morning shows and the hate talkers.  They know they'd be out of the club and committing career malpractice if they go off the reservation. I'm far more worried about David than Dale.

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by: Captain Plaid @ Thu Jun 28, 2012 at 04:12:07 AM UTC

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Dale Jackson: A leader and a disgrace (4.00 / 1)

 You have to give credit where it's due. Dale is a leader when it comes to booking candidates and elected officials. Almost all of them has been on his show. (from the left and right) But it's an absolute disgrace how he won't ever throw hard balls to his right-wing guests. If Mo Brooks shot puppies on Capitol Hill, Dale would only ask him what he had for lunch afterwords.

October 2012 was the 332nd consecutive month with a global temperature above the 20th century average. The last month with below-average temperature was February 1985. - N.O.A.A.

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by: Dragontide @ Thu Jun 28, 2012 at 05:58:12 AM UTC

pore ol dale (4.00 / 1)

i kind of deel sorry for dale. here he is following -- well, stuck is a better word -- in the footsteps of hannity, who went from bush league right wing ranting here to big millions ranting in the big leagues. and dale is stuck here. i gave up when he published a blog item saying i must like mexicans better than americans because of my immigrantion position. good lesson to me. what;s the use of debating on that level? said good bye. saved a lot of time and got out of the slime. 

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by: ivan @ Thu Jun 28, 2012 at 18:42:02 PM UTC