Monday, May 3, 2010

Talk radio doesn't help

If I want to explain to my son why I'm conservative, talk radio does me no favors. What I consider conservative and what, say, Michael Savage or Mark Levin might call conservative might be two different things, depending on the topic, but even their approach just doesn't help.

The other day Mancow was on, and he referred to Obama as "our Muslim president." Doesn't exactly win over the youth of America. I'm disappointed to learn that 860AM has dropped Joe Scarborough and expanded Mancow to three hours. (Unless Joe's dropping his radio show...?)

Rush Limbaugh's gone overboard since Obama took over. Sean Hannity's always been a predictable talking-points partisan. Michael Savage is who he is. I can't stand two minutes of Neil Boortz. Bob Lonsberry's voice is like chewing tinfoil. Glenn Beck's radio show is more playful than his TV show, but you never know when you're going to wade into "conspiracy theory" waters. Jerry Doyle... meh. Michael Medved's probably the most thoughtful one on around here. The last couple times I tried Mark Levin he literally yelled his monologue. Dennis Miller never takes himself too seriously. Laura Ingraham can be okay sometimes. I liked Joe Scarborough, but he's gone. I like the Washington Times opinionated newscast.

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