General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLet me ask a question about Hate Radio
If there were 1,200 radio stations that pumped out nothing but hatred for Retrumplicans, and spent 24/7 demonizing and dehumanizing CONservatives, rural America, Donnie Short Fingers and Faux News... would they be operating with impunity, or would there be protests and unending phone calls and targeted boycotts?
We have ignored this cancer too long.
peggysue2
(10,842 posts)on his way to Wyoming. I talked to him last week and he said the talk-radio spew was beyond outrageous, an alternative Universe. It was after the release of Trump's comments about the Left and the November elections, the threat of Dems getting violent if . . . they won. Made no sense on the face of it. However, on the radio shows, they were screeching for armed rebellion if the Republicans lose the elections: How many patriots are out there? the speakers repeated endlessly. Are you ready to take the fight to the Libtards, yada, yada.
It's toxic, and it's 24/7, inciting people to act on their worst instincts.
So, should they be targeted with boycotts? Yes!
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,045 posts)PSPS
(13,617 posts)The shows are syndicated. Local stations make money only on the spots they sell at the hard breaks and, if a real sponsor doesn't show up or they fall short of revenue for some other reason, a "mystery buyer" will buy up the slots to keep the station in business. This is all financed by the likes of the Kochs, the Mercers and the kremlin. The purpose of these shows isn't to make money but, rather, to sow discord.
maxrandb
(15,360 posts)I've made the point that we can't get to Sinclair and the other national syndicates, BUT what we can do is get to the local stations.
If they broadcast one second of Hate Radio, boycott the "local" advertisers that advertise on ANY of their daily shows, "Morning Zoo, Fishing and Cooking Shows, whatever.
Go after the Universities that broadcast their Football and Basketball games on radio stations that broadcast nothing but hate for the rest of the week. Why in the hell should Ohio State Football, or Basketball, subsidize a radio station that broadcasts nothing but Limbaugh, Hannity, Savage and all the other "cookie-cutter" hate talkers for the rest of the week?
Quite a few of these local stations have their offices and studios right in the heart of blue cities that went 70-30 for Hillary Clinton.
Those stations rely on the infrastructure and educated workforce of "blue cities".
That's why I argue that we can make a hell of a lot more significant impact, if at the next large protest, instead of gathering 10,000 at a downtown park, GATHER ON THE SIDEWALKS IN FRONT OF THESE LOCAL STATIONS
We simply must stop throwing up our hands and saying "that won't work".
"Was it over when the German's bombed Pearl Harbor"!!?? - John "Bluto" Blutarsky
dembotoz
(16,844 posts)They have no idea, and I think it is why President Obama did not take any action against it when he had the power those first 2 years. It was hopeless after that.
And I do think these haters will be very violent if the begin to lose power.
Hopefully they will shoot each other
But there are wackos
Tumbulu
(6,292 posts)we have been under attack for decades now. It is no joke, and nobody has ever taken our situation seriously. Look at what they did to the researchers at that Wildlife refuge?
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)Living in a redstate surrounded by the Trump cult sucks to put it mildly.