You might not be aware , but I sometimes have conservative views, mixed in with fairly liberal and libertarian views, so often I listen to various talk radio shows because I like listening to the issues and the mix of idiots that call in. I usually get a good chuckle at how the hosts cut people off and hang up on them when the callers makes a good point or disagrees with the host.
So when I arrived in Florida for a little holiday, I looked for a radio channel broadcasting the late night show CoasttoCoastAM (pls don’t laugh, I don’t care for the alien or bigfoot topics) I sometimes listen to. It so happens that the station is a FOX/Murdoch radio station, and during the day time they start to broadcast the conservative Glen Beck and the drug addict hypocrit Rush Limbaugh. For those not aware, Rupert Murch was a big George Bush and Republican supporter. Now as I started to listen to Beck and Limbaugh and their anti-government talk I realized that many of the ads on the station where actually government paid ads and PSAs. Now, I don’t totally discredit Beck, he might be a sensationalist but he does make some good points. However, if you are a conservative who believes in less government how can you possibly justify ‘paying the radio station bills’ using government sponsored ads! This just seems like ‘Evil Big Government’ enterting our homes via the airwaves. If Murdoch and his hosts were running such great private enterprises, and be so anti ‘government hand-outs’, they should be able to pay the bills without government ads.
The ads on the conservative Murdoch station should only or mostly be private businesses who make up the free market. If government’s hand is involved in radio ads, then this will distort the market and increase prices for the average business owner looking to advertise.
Ultimately all the fat cat radio execs are going to get fat bonuses paid for by average ‘patriots’.
Ok FOX, Murdoch, Limbaugh, and Beck, I agree that too much government can lead to excess and waste. But sometimes when business is tough and the country is about to fall off a cliff the hand of government might be necessary (ie. keysian economics). Obviously your radio station is not affraid to suck off the goverment tit and dole. So your business must be hurting and you need government help, thus shame on you for being so weak, and a poorly run business (therefore the market should bankrupt you). Or your business is doing fine and a well run capatalist enterprise; thus Murdoch for taking government money you are just a greedy business, willing to go against your values whenever you know that easy gov’t money can be put in your bank account.
Come on Beck, Murdoch, Limbaugh and team, just admit you like government handouts when it helps make you rich. So who is the greedy bankers now, and wasteful government now?
