Once you eliminate #2 then wave bye bye to #1
Are there ANY so called "MSM news sources that still allow ANY comments from the public...?
Believe this..if this forum [One of the few forums that respects / allows free speech] had millions of views every day..there would be who knows how many so called "Liberals" doing their best to sabotage it and to get it shut down.
It's funny that you mention this. There is a long time radio station here in the St. Louis area, KMOX, a 50,000 "Red Hot Watt" clear channel radio station. Many of you may have heard of it, as it is legendary for broadcasting St. Louis Cardinals baseball games that go way back to when the Dead Sea was sick. On a clear night, people have called in to the station from coast to coast, and I have heard many stories related from many sports celebrities who said they listened to KMOX on car radios at night to listen to games at all four corners of the country. It was owned for a long time by CBS, and then has gone through a series of new owners. It was where I listened to Rush Limbaugh at every opportunity, so it was considered a conservative station. The long time station manager, Bob Hyland, passed away years ago and things slowly changed as time went by and then ownership changed. One of the popular features, and one that I participated in often was "Open Line " where they would take calls from listeners. There was an over night personality named Jim White who was legendary across the country for this. I think he was the first one to coin the phrase, "You can't fix stupid." and even distributed bumper stickers printed with that. They had "Open Line" at any hour of the day or night if the segment called for it, even on sports programs. Over the last few years there were wholesale changes of personnel and on air personalities where shuffled round to other stations owned by the mother company, Audicy Broadcasting , I think it is. Suddenly, no more open line. All the new on air staff ( I won't call them personalities because generally, with one or two exceptions, they don't have any personality!!) are mostly left leaning and really just kind of silly. Early on, when they would say they would take some calls and I would try to call in, their switch board would kick me off. I fully believe that they use computer technology, AI or what ever you want to call it, to screen out anyone that may have called in before with opposing beliefs. I know this from previous years where I could call in and their switch board operator would call me by name when he answered, before I would say a word. Lately, when I have been listening to it primarily for traffic information or weather (that's all the station is good for now) they could be talking about any current issue that is in the news, and ever take any calls from listeners any more. I think an overwhelming percentage of listeners are conservative types, and rather than take those calls and look stupid, they just stopped the practice. Their ratings have been on a downward trend, except for Cardinal Baseball broadcasts. I'm not the only one that I know that has noticed this trend. I quit taking the local newspaper for the same reason, and the fact that the cost had quadrupled in these year or two I subscribed . It is well known for censoring stories and letters to the editor. If I haven't been living this, and seeing what has changed in my hoe town, I probably would not believe it.
Type at you later,
Dan McEntee
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