“The campaign of character assassination waged [against President Clinton] by the right was a singular, unprecedented effort. Nothing like it exists on the left. What I object to on the right is the obsessive hatred, the bigotry, and the personal savaging of their opponents, all achieved through an echo chamber of talk radio, the Internet and Rupert Murdoch's media outlets. That kind of well-funded disinformation campaign has no analog on the left.” WellsKindCharacterLeftPresidentEffortMediaObjectsInternetHatredClintonRadioCampaignsOpponentsBigotryEchoesOutletsChamberObsessiveUnprecedentedAssassinationPresident ClintonAnalogTalk RadioCharacter Assassination Author:David Brock
“There are two theories of evolution. There is the genuine scientific theory; and there is the talk-radio pretend version, designed not to enlighten but to deceive and enrage.” TwoTheoryEvolutionRadioGenuineVersionsDeceivingEnlighteningScientific TheoryTheory Of EvolutionTalk Radio Author:Edward Humes
“But the thought leaders on talk radio and Fox do more than shape opinion. Backed by their own wing of the book-publishing industry and supported by think tanks that increasingly function as public-relations agencies, conservatives have built a whole alternative knowledge system, with its own facts, its own history, its own laws of economics.” ThinkingBookWholeFactsLawLeaderOpinionIndustryShapesBuiltEconomicsFunctionRelationWingsRadioAlternativesAgencyPublishingFoxesTanksPublic RelationsTalk RadioPublishing IndustryBook Publishing Author:David Frum
“Conservatives, despite their increasingly powerful presence on cable TV and talk radio, feel excluded and disregarded by the longstanding preponderance of liberal voices on public television.” FeelsVoicePowerfulTelevisionTvsRadioDespiteCablesExcludedDisregardedTalk RadioCable Tv Author:Michael Medved
“Right now, politics follows the rules of talk radio - using conflict, tension, fear, and resentment to find new recruits.” Right NowConflictRadioTensionResentmentRecruitTalk Radio Author:John Avlon
“I got into politics when I was eight years old. Six years now. And I got involved because I started listening to talk radio. It goes back to one event. The Democrats filibustered something in the Senate when I was eight years old. I don't remember what it was on and I didn't honestly care when I was eight years old. I cared about the history and the Senate rules.” YearsCareRememberEventsListeningInvolvedSixDemocratRadioEightHonestlySenateI CareTalk Radio Author:Jonathan Krohn
“Conservative talk radio works because there are lots of conservatives who are convinced that they are not getting the whole story from the regular media.” WholeStoriesMediaConservativeRadioConvincedTalk Radio Author:Paul Weyrich
“So along with several very popular Internet sites, talk radio has served as alternative media that gives listeners information that they otherwise would not hear.” GivingSongMediaInformationInternetRadioAlternativesListenersSitePopular SongVery PopularTalk Radio Author:Paul Weyrich
“What was the more likely cause of the Oklahoma City bombing: talk radio or Bill Clinton and Janet Renos hands-on management of Waco, the Branch Davidian compound?...Obviously, the answer is talk radio. Specifically Rush Limbaughs hate radio....Frankly, Rush, you have that blood on your hands now and you have had it for 15 years.” YearsHandsHateCausesAnswersCitiesBloodManagementBillsClintonRadioBranchesCompoundsBombingOklahomaTalk RadioOklahoma City Author:Keith Olbermann
“On my morning run, I listen to sports talk radio.” RunningSportsMorningRadioFogTalk Radio Author:Lisa Guerrero
“The reason that conservative talk radio works is because there is an audience for it.” ReasonAudienceConservativeRadioTalk Radio Author:Paul Weyrich
“With the exception of the New York Times, Fox news, and Lou Dobbs of CNN, and talk radio, the rest of the mainstream media has basically been silenced like a bunch of dumb monkeys.” MediaNew YorkNewsRadioBunchDumbExceptionMainstreamFoxesMonkeysNew York TimesCnnFox NewsMainstream MediaTalk Radio Author:Curt Weldon
“Talk radio has made an enormous run around establishment media. But the Interne is making an end run around talk radio. Suddenly we're faced with an information age.” MadeEndsRunningAgeMediaInformationRadioEnormousEstablishmentInformation AgeTalk Radio Author:Pete du Pont
“Talk radio has almost ruined the sports fan.” SportsFansRadioRuinedSports FanTalk Radio Author:Phil Simms
“I think Ronald Reagan is what happened....The age of Reagan brought conservatism into the mainstream....It also brought us the beginning of the new media-talk radio, the internet, cable television.” ThinkingAgePoliticsHappenedMediaTelevisionInternetRadioMainstreamConservatismCablesNew MediaTalk Radio Author:Douglas Brinkley
“New forms of media - first movies, then television, talk radio and now the Internet - tend to challenge traditional codes of conduct. They flout convention, shake up the status quo and sometimes provoke outrage.” FirstsSometimesFormChallengesMediaTelevisionInternetRadioTraditionalCodeShakesConventionsProvokingStatus QuoOutrageTalk Radio Author:Willow Bay
“I never realized that growing up in Brooklyn, flying jets, working on Wall Street and starring in a sci-fi series was the prerequisite for the fast-paced demands of talk radio. But, if that's what it takes to succeed, I'm glad I did it all.” IfsGrowing UpGrowingStreetsWallSucceedDemandSeriesRadioGladFlyingSci FiJetBrooklynFast PacedPrerequisitesTalk Radio Author:Jerry Doyle