Shutting Down Conservatives....Not What You Think

Ok so they want to shut us down. We know the left can't handle the truth. They tried with Rush. They tried with Chick-Fil-A. And they won't stop. We know that.

But then there's the greedy little station owner too. We seem to forget about them. What if Mr. station owner says, "Lite weight, No fight"? Stay with me here. WRDU just axed Jason Lewis. Dang, they could have released Hannity instead. Jason controls his audience. Hannity just lets them get to the point of insanity before he stops a Tamara Holder or Debbie Big Mouth.

But back to my point: What happens when Mr. Station owner says he/she wants a softer, kinder voice and more of the pie? Well first we find out they have no clue who really pays the bill...after all, conservatives let their pocketbooks do the talking. Carbonite just admitted their profits suffered when they ran away from Rush all in the name of "political correctness"! And we don't engage judges. And then this:



The real threat to conservative talk radio is not what you think
Posted by William A. Jacobson    Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at 8:52am

You already know how Media Matters, Think Progress, and other left-wing groups are targeting Rush Limbaugh’s advertisers with threats of secondary boycotts.

The Rush secondary boycott is part of a strategy which has been refined by left-wing groups like Color of Change over the past several years to bully advertisers into dropping right-wing speech.  That strategy has resulted in several of the highest profile conservative talk show hosts being put on an advertiser blacklist, including by companies such as Ford, Sony and Amex which still do business with left-wing websites like Gawker.  (added:  see comment re Amex)

It’s not clear how financially effective the threats have been in Rush’s case.  While Rush has lost numerous high profile advertisers, many of the advertisers who have “dropped” Rush never advertised in the first place.

The NY Times reports today that the financial effect on Premiere Networks, which syndicates Rush’s show, has been minimal.  A report yesterday that Premiere was suspending “barter spots” was taken as a sign that Rush’s programming was in trouble, but The Times reports that isn’t the case:

On Monday, Premiere caused a stir by telling its news and talk affiliates — the ones that carry Mr. Limbaugh’s show — that for the next two weeks, they could stop running the barter ad spots they were normally required to broadcast….

Premiere said the suspension of its barter spots (which are played by stations in lieu of paying for services directly) did not affect live programs like Mr. Limbaugh’s show, but its critics interpreted the move as proof that local radio stations were being affected by the boycott.

That said, something in The Times article caught my attention:

Read more: http://legalinsurrection.com/2012/03/the-real-threat-to-conservative-talk-radio-is-not-what-you-think/