Another Slate Sellout, this time it's about Talk Radio
Marc Fisher, whoever he is, writes in an article datelined the 21st about the innocuousness of talk radio hosts like Limbaugh, Savage, O'Reilly etc... He seems to be preemptively striking on behalf of MSNBC for Slate in the Savage matter. I have to say that his column/op-ed/whatever is second only to Howard Kurtz's ass-kissing of Rush and all the others.
According to Fisher, as long as Limbaugh and his ilk continue to produce ratings and thus profits for the suits at Clear Channel and other media conglomerates, then everything they do is "entertainment" akin to the Top 40 schtick they did as "air personalities" ie. DJ's. Here's a quote from Fisher:
What talkers say hardly matters; how they say it is everything. Those who succeed follow the dictates of Top 40 radio: Move fast, connect with the essential minutiae of listeners’ daily lives, hit listeners’ emotional core, and never get in too deep.
What they say hardly matters? Really? So when Rush impugned my honor and patriotism and that of other Vets who oppose war with Iraq, it was a meaningless statement? How does Fisher reach that conclusion?
I think that Marc Fisher put words on paper (so to speak) to get paid for writing an article for Slate. No one could be that stupid or deaf, dumb and blind. Or maybe he's trying out for Howie Kurtz's job on his knees....who knows.
