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My question is how much pain pills does 400 million buy? No, but seriosuly I don't understand how people like Rush Limbaugh or even people on the left making that much can speak for the average Americain.

The "goddess" of liberal talk radio is now the top rated lib talk host in the country. In the most recent Talking Radio survey of syndicated lib talk hosts, Randi Rhodes has ended Ed Schultz’ two year reign as the number one talker and held off aggressive challenges from number three Thom Hartmann and number four Stephanie Miller.

Despite improving his time period on about 20 stations, Schultz slipped to number two in the quarterly survey. Schultz was hurt by his continued lack of coverage in New York, a downgrade in Los Angeles, and the loss of carriage on KTRH in Houston. There is also some speculation that critical comments made by Schultz about other liberal talkers and AAR, which angered many listeners, also contributed to his decline. On the other hand, Rhodes hung on to all of her stations and received time period upgrades on eight stations.

The TR survey* rates the performance of virtually all of the syndicated lib talkers who broadcast on weekdays. You will notice that the hosts are rated by the percentage of the total audience that they reach.

Furthermore the positioning of the hosts is based on all radio listeners, not the so-called money demo, i.e. adults 25-49. You will have to go to other sources e.g. trade magazines or the host's websites to find specific data concerning ratings, shares, AQH's and cumes. Here is the ranking of syndicated lib talk hosts as of April 15, 2007:

... interesting note.... Rush is the only talk show allowed on Armed Forces Radio....

can you say PROPAGANDA????

Liberal radio talker Ed Schultz was eagerly anticipating his debut yesterday on Armed Forces Radio, which agreed last month to carry his program to nearly a million soldiers around the world.

But at 7 a.m., Schultz's producer got a call from Allison Barber, the Pentagon's deputy assistant secretary for internal communications, who said without explanation that the deal was off.

Ed Schultz thought he had a deal to broadcast to U.S. soldiers, but the Pentagon now says otherwise.
Ed Schultz thought he had a deal to broadcast to U.S. soldiers, but the Pentagon now says otherwise.

Perhaps, Schultz said in an interview, it was just a coincidence that he spent the end of last week chastising Barber for coaching a group of U.S. soldiers in Iraq before a teleconference with President Bush.

"It kind of floored us," Schultz said from his studio in North Dakota. "The fact is, they don't want dissenting voices or any other kind of speech unless it's going to be promotional for them. Obviously, these people are making sure they're not going to have any opinion other than the Rush Limbaughs of the world."

Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) won approval last year for a nonbinding resolution urging Armed Forces Radio to offer more political balance in programming. Limbaugh strongly objected, noting that the network carries National Public Radio and declaring, "I am the political balance."

Late last month, Manny Levy, chief of the radio division for Armed Forces Network, told Schultz's distributor, Jones Radio, by e-mail: "AFN Radio has squared away everything on our end to begin carrying the first hour of 'The Ed Schultz Show' each day, beginning Monday, October 17, 2005."

Levy added: "I'm sorry that there were so many panicked, 'I need an answer soon' calls, false starts and unexpected delays on our end. An awful lot of people in the government had (or tried to have) a hand in [the] program selection process that ended with the decision to add 'The Ed Schultz Show.' "

Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said last night that Levy "got ahead of the process" and that no decision had been made in a review of which programming to add to the network. When asked about Schultz's insistence that his criticism of Barber played a role, Whitman called that "an unfortunate misperception on his part. That has nothing to do with this."

Barber was seen repeatedly on television last week asking mock questions to soldiers in Iraq, who generally gave responses similar to those they would momentarily provide to the president. Schultz played some of these clips on his show. The Pentagon said the soldiers were not rehearsed but apologized for "any perception that they were told what to say."

Barber was traveling and could not be reached yesterday. Schultz says Barber told his producer she could not say when, or whether, Armed Forces Radio would carry the show.

i think thats just living proof. this country is going down the wrong path,rush is like most who never served. they talk a real good game. but nothing more.

can't pretend that I understand why anyone with a brain would listen to this guy

I think people might listen to Rush out of curiosity .. I remember years ago when Clinton was in office I would hear people talk about how Rush was so hard on Clinton...moderates wanted to know what Rush was saying because many times he would bring stories to the public that otherwise would not be heard on the MSM...I think it's good to have people like Rush and others who make us think...whether we agree or not.

After a considerable search on my part, I could find absolutely nothing - no documentation whatsoever - that Rush Limbaugh was added to the AFR lineup by a vote from the military personal. I did, however, find lots of commentary about how the Senate Republicans, crying censorship, strong-armed the show on the air.

I do not see any reason to blindly believe any such voting took place.

Liberals do NOT listen to his show to get NEWS! Liberals might listen to know what the neocon talking points are, but no one on the left believes Rush is aything more than a purveyor of misinformation.

That he got an enormous contract is an example of what is wrong with America, not what is right. That someone who spreads so many lies and deliberate misinformation can become extremely wealthy doing so is a sad commentary on what we have become

None of the military personal I've know have made a big deal, nor even mentioned Rush.

You can fool some of the people all of the time, (Rush listeners), you can fool some of the people some of the time (those who don't care) but you can't fool all of the people all of the time.

I have only ever hear him say one thing that was true. I know when I'm being lied to and I resent it.