Never mind the economy; forget about Iraq, even socialism and the race card can be pushed to the last segment. Radio talkers must talk about Rush Limbaugh. ~ Bill O'Reilly is talking about... Rush Limbaugh. Glennn Beck is talking about... Rush Limbaugh. Sean Hannity is talking about... Rush Limb...

This will be scoffed at by the usual codgerly defenders of talk radio, but consider this from AllAccess' Perry Michael Simon:'s weekly newsletter: You know about Twitter and Facebook already, and you probably even use them, but it's fascinating how much they can behave like talk radio: T...

Lowbrow conservatism, name-calling, neocons, bullying bluster, blind loyalty to George Bush and the abandonment of elitism on talk radio have allowed carny barkers to run away with the right. Although we've said similar stuff many times, this time it's an influential conservative magazine. (...

Seems the the Partay of No! ain't much of a partay anymore. The socialist overlords have even fucked up their cable service and Fox (of course) Sports. Conservatives are now kvetching about Comcast; the patriots are not amused -- as a matter of fact, they want to kill!   (One of our reader...

Each day, every hour, we're a little closer to having the first talk radio host as a U.S. Senator. Another glass ceiling shattered! (we're just grateful it wasn't a talk host like Rush, Hannity, or Don O'Neill!) Politico, the non-partisan political site addresses the question whether...

We've never heard him so pissed. But despite all Rush Limbaugh and right-wing radio's Sturm und Drang, they lost another big one today as an agreement was reached in congress to pass the Stimulus Package in President Obama's time frame. With his leadership, popularity, ability to talk, a...

Rush Limbaugh, what he thinks, and the spines he can dissolve in Congress sitting on his momentous ass in West Palm Beach remain the top storis in media. But once the Obama recovery bill is passed, what will be left? Seems Big Pants didn't have all that much to begin with... even with Republican...

A ship with no captain; shit creek without a paddle; a noodle without a butter pat. We strain for the perfect cliché. The Republican Party will be rudderless all next week as Rush "I Hope He Fails" Limbaugh announced Wednesday: "I will be taking next week off for golf and football.&q...

In a letter to employees, Clear Channel CEO Mark Mays predicts a "deep, sustained" recession, and announced deeper cuts than predicted. (photo: Mark Mays) They eliminated about 1,850 positions, approximately 9% of the total workforce. The size, diversity, and resources of Clear Channel giv...

A new day dawnin' for US media. Barack Obama says he'll nominate Julius Genachowski, 46, FCC Chairman. And we've finally read those sweetest of words for which we've waited so long: Kevin Martin will resign. Effective Inauguration Day. A former Harvard Law School classmate of Obama&#...