Wisc Badger
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Tue Jan-04-05 04:08 PM
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Not listening to Conservative Radio has cleared my brain |
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I spent so much time as a Navy man and after that I used to listen to nothing but conservative radio.
In the last two years I have got sick of it, I now listen to my baseball (Cubs, White Sox or Brewers) or leave it off (although recently a local station started carrying the Ed Schultz program, and I enjoy this one so I may start listening to political radio again).
This morning I tuned into a local conservative radio program (Charlie Sykes on WTMJ Milwaukee) and could only stomach about 5 minutes of it.
This has led me to wonder, was listening to conservative radio stoking and conditioning me to a more conservative viewpoint than I would have normally felt comfortable with?
My family says that I am easier to be around since (except when the Cubs lose) I changed my radio habits.
Just wondering.
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Tue Jan-04-05 04:11 PM
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1. Welcome back to the land of the living. |
bunkerbuster1
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Tue Jan-04-05 04:13 PM
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2. Great question. I often wonder if, when we "monitor" hate radio |
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we progressives just become shriller ourselves because we think we have to be as much of an unfeeling monster like Rush or Hannity.
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Tue Jan-04-05 04:17 PM
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3. The times that I have listened to conservative radio, |
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it seemed as though they were reducing opposing perspectives to "strawman arguements" that were easier for them to criticize, and so I think that those who listen to conservative radio don't gain an accurate understanding of what the opposing perspectives are.
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Tue Jan-04-05 04:20 PM
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4. You can listen to progressive |
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Air America Radio over the internet. I listen everyday. http://www.airamericaradio.com click on http://www.airamericaradio.com/listen.aspand choose either Real One or Media Player. Dana ; )
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Wisc Badger
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Tue Jan-04-05 04:30 PM
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the computer I use at work does not have audio capability, and listening to radio is locked out. DARN IT!:puke:
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Stephanie
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Tue Jan-04-05 04:23 PM
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We really need a scientific study on this. Day after day, hour after hour of unjustified rage and lies. I'd like to know exactly what kind of damage it's doing to the listener.
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proud patriot
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Tue Jan-04-05 04:29 PM
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6. Conservative Radio conditions people to believe that |
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rich and powerful people are the underdogs . rush and the like make the poor masses believe the people who run everything are the underdogs and that poor (gays, women , and different races) are the reason life is tough on them .
rw radio keeps those of us who struggle in this society divided . They are always hollering how "liberal elites" are ruining for the "average" person.
Little do they know that Rush limbaugh , goes to Paris France for vacations and stays in the fancy Elite hotels . While he is there he puffs on Cuban cigars . I bet he chuckles to himself and thinks of his listeners while he lights his cigars with 100 dollar bills .
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Tue Jan-04-05 04:31 PM
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8. Could not have said it better |
MsTryska
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Tue Jan-04-05 04:46 PM
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9. I absolutely believe listening day in and day out |
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can affect your viewpoints beliefs, and and your behavior.
even with me, if i listen to nothing but air america all day long, i can get quite unpleasant to be around. I remember at the height of my listening, people i knew for years were accusing me of ranting and raving, and not making sense, where i used to ahve well-thought arguments before.
which is sorta true - i was a bit out of control and shrill - especially after listening to randi.
i still listen these days to Morning Sedition, and Randi int he evening, but i take a break with some music during the commercials.
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Tue Jan-04-05 04:54 PM
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10. our local station started carrying thom hartmann |
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it's really had an impact on my moods. he's a real breath of fresh air.
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Tue Jan-04-05 04:58 PM
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cable news does the same thing.
talk radio has replaced communists with american liberals. worst thing is, there actually were communists; the american liberal is a figment of their imagination. a
all of us hold hypocritical, complicated & contradictory opinions.
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