Why Liberal Radio Bombs?

April 16, 2009 7:00 AM 13 comments
Taking themselves too seriously?

Taking themselves too seriously?

Camille Paglia is a great thinker and I always enjoy reading her books and column.  I came across this interesting bit on Salon.com that you may enjoy:

However, the popularity of conservative radio shows is a round-the-clock phenomenon. There are flamboyant evening hosts as well as night replays of the major daytime shows, extending well past midnight to dawn. Clearly, conservative hosts have an instinctive rapport with AM radio, which I have been arguing for years is a populist medium (an idea that finally seems to have taken wing in its invocation by other commentators).

Salon reader Cecil W. Powell writes: “The failure of talkers on liberal radio is in large part due to an absolute inability to poke fun at themselves.” How true! Liberal hosts like to snap and snip and chortle snidely, but they are weighed down by a complacent superiority complex, a paralyzing sanctimony. They mistake irony for wit. The conservative hosts love to rant and stomp and bring down the house. They’re doing breakneck vaudeville while liberal hosts are primly stirring their non-caffeine green tea.

I have six AM stations programmed into my car’s radio and as I flip through the presets on my drive to and from work I listen to a Liberal station sometimes.  Stephanie Miller is on in the morning and, between the goofy sound effects and canned laughter I mostly hear snarkiness and snide remarks that do not make any larger point except to be ironic.  I won’t listen to any host, Liberal or Conservative, who behaves like this which is why San Francisco’s Liberal station doesn’t get much airtime in my car.  And judging by how “well” Air America has been doing, I’d be willing to be it doesn’t do too well in any car.

 

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