{"id":6728,"date":"2009-10-20T07:20:30","date_gmt":"2009-10-20T07:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2009\/10\/cnn-whos-listening-to-talk-rad.html"},"modified":"2009-10-20T07:20:30","modified_gmt":"2009-10-20T07:20:30","slug":"cnn-whos-listening-to-talk-rad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2009\/10\/cnn-whos-listening-to-talk-rad.html","title":{"rendered":"CNN: Who’s listening to talk radio?"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the Obama approved network<\/a>, CNN asks a psychiatrist, why do people listen to conservative talk shows like Rush Limbaugh? And of course the answer is predictable. If they really wanted an answer, they would only have to watch their news channel for a day and then listen to Rush. They’d notice that Rush has covered topics that they don’t. You get far more information from Rush than you do from watching the other networks combined (except for the days he goes off on a tangent like he is now over the NFL incident<\/a>). And of course there is the entertainment factor.
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\nBTW, the liberals do have access to a very popular radio station, NPR. And does CNN mention that? This slanted and insulting newscast is a great example of why people are listening to Rush and CNN’s ratings are in the toilet.
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