Conservative talk radio on the wane in California
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Tune in to conservative talk radio in California, and the insults quickly fly. Capturing the angry mood of listeners the other day, a popular host in Los Angeles called Republican lawmakers who voted to raise state taxes "a bunch of weak slobs."
With their trademark ferocity, radio stars who helped engineer Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's rise in the 2003 recall have turned on him over the new tax increases. On stations up and down the state, they are chattering away in hopes of igniting a taxpayers' revolt to kill his budget measures on the May 19 ballot.
But for all the anti-tax swagger and the occasional stunts by personalities like KFI's John and Ken, the reality is that conservative talk radio in California is on the wane. The economy's downturn has depressed ad revenue at stations across the state, thinning the ranks of conservative broadcasters.
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I nominate this the dumbest story of the year (so far)...
The bolded line is the kicker...
Anyone with an IQ above 5 can say "The economy's downturn has depressed ad revenue at stations across the state, thinning the ranks of (
inset ANY kind of broadcaster here)...disk-jockeys...news reporters..."on-air personalities"...sports commentators...NON-Conservative broadcasters...
But they HAD to point out conservatives over EVERY OTHER issue and non-issue related broadcasters simply to take a partisan cheap shot...
It's like a car company having their sales plummet on every car in their inventory and a story pointing out that sales are down on ONE of them...
