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Date Posted: 09:59:49 02/06/03 Thu
Author: Freddy
Subject: Final Nails

I listened to Glenn Beck this morning and unbeknownst to him he spelled out one of the top reasons talk radio has lost much of its original attraction.

Glenn wants listeners to call into his program today and tell him what they think about Powell's UN speech and the impending war with Iraq. Glenn made a huge point of how usually he isn't the least bit interested in what "Carol on the Cell Phone" or any other caller has to say. To him, talk radio is an unwritten contract between the host who explains events and his vision of the world to the listener who should be silently captivated and just listen to his brilliance.

Glenn, you occasionally have some good insights but why would someone who is such a believer in the small town values of Rockwellian American dismiss potential callers to your program in such a denigrating manner?

There are many callers with nothing to say, but there are some that offer info and insights that not EVEN YOU with your Wizard of OZ like omnnipotence can provide.

The country has been dumbed down but there are still many intelligent people out there with something to share and they want to do it in a public forum and talk radio used to be the best forum for that sharing. The patronizing arrogance of a Beck or a Smerconish is driving the final nails into the talk radio coffin.

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[> You would have loved Beck's reading of an email from the shuttle with that sappy heart tugging music playing in the background. That was the last straw for me so I didn't hear what ticked you off. Smerconish is ok. He's being himself in a way Beck never can. Why does every post you make have to take a shot at Mike? If you don't like it, stop listening. -- SF, 11:00:13 02/06/03 Thu


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[> [> Because -- Freddy, 14:52:30 02/06/03 Thu

I don't listen to Smerconish except for 15 minutes every so often in order to stay updated on his latest patronizing methods. Whether Smerconish is OK or not is DEFINITELY a matter of personal taste.


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[> [> If you don't like Freddy's posts, stop reading them. -- "Vince From Villanova" (Master of the Obvious), 00:09:22 02/08/03 Sat


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[> Final Nails -- Jill, 13:47:17 02/06/03 Thu

Don't forget to add Dom "G" to this mix. He rarely lets his callers even finish a sentence.


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[> Beck? -- Captn Hank, 22:58:26 02/06/03 Thu

I have been asking the question since he arrived.... "What does he bring to the table"? It's WIP for me, when he comes on. If it was my daddy's store, I would pay him up to the minute. Please take your things, and don't say good bye to the staff. The people responsible for hiring him, would be escorted out of the building. Maybe Kent Voss can find him a job.

Grace, I know you monitor this board. At one time, I was on the Big Talker email list.... I see that I have been removed (negative comments about Beck?). Which, I will aways have! Beck and O'Reilly will be the down fall of your station. I get upest when I hear a commercial about him while listening to Rush. With all going on in the world, he is talking about pissing off his wife by buying a big screen tv. In the words of Mike Missanlli from WIP, "He is stealing money."


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[> The day I need Glenn Beck to explain things to me - please...pull the plug. -- Rockford, 09:44:04 02/07/03 Fri


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[> Let's face it, he has a point: the average Joe is a moron. -- Jim "H.L. Mencken is my hero" Walsh, 22:57:45 02/16/03 Sun

So there.


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