You can't handle it
Last week in Tucson, 104.1 "The Point" aka Z104.1 (your home for modern hit music) was converted to 104.1 The "Truth." Note the discreet change in quotation mark placement.
The "Truth" is very amusing to me. First, because the name is ironic. You see, The "Truth" is a conservative talk show station now. It broadcasts such "esteemed" media personalities as Laura Ingraham (gross!), Neal Boortz (sick!), Jerry Doyle (disgusting!), and Papa Bear Bill O'Reilly (swoon). Calling conservative talk shows the "truth" is like calling fullerene "C64." It's just not right!
The other reason it amuses me is because of their subject matter. Or lack thereof. For a solid week, all they've talked about is Don Imus. In case you've been living under a rock, he's the radio host who got fired for making racist/sexist comments on the air. Here's a picture to make it completely obvious why he would be making disparaging comments about other people:
As you can see, he looks like a dessicated version of Bill Nighy. Or a slightly rehydrated version of the Crypt Keeper.
Here's my quick and dirty summary of the whole controversy: a guy who gets paid to be an asshole on the radio got fired for being an asshole on the radio. Pretty simple, right? He crossed the line, offended his audience/sponsors/bosses, and he got fired. Case closed.
Ha! You wish! His actions and the subsequent fallout created a veritable thyroid storm of media frenzy. He's been dominating all of the essentially useless 24 hour news networks. When you've got 24 hours to fill, I guess you need to make the most of what little you've got. And nowhere is this more true than on 104.1 The "Truth."
Legal Counsel noticed it first. If you listened to 104.1 at any point last week, you would hear the words "Don" and "Imus" at intervals no greater than 2 minutes, sometimes down to 2 seconds. Granted, one incident was the announcement that a wonderful performance of Don Giovanni was being put on in Imus, Cavite in the Philippines. But the rest pertained to Don Imus the radio guy.
In typical conservative fashion, they tried to use this incident of racism and sexism to prove that racism and sexism do not exist anymore. In typical liberal fashion, I vomited into my CD player. They spent air time describing why we shouldn't be spending air time on this, they seemed to use this incident as an argument against the 1st amendment (and somehow the 3rd), and a bunch of white folks argued why the comment wasn't offensive to minorities. They managed to make a bunch of completely ridiculous statements seem totally rational. It was breathtaking.
So I've been spending my time laughing at conservative talk radio, completely centered around Imus. By the way, if you live in Tucson and saw a big goofy guy LOLing in his car, don't worry. It wasn't a crazy guy, it was just me. Well, maybe I'm a little crazy.
There seemed to be no end in sight. Then this shooting happened. And the "truth" wasted no time swooping and and using it for political means. The best part is that they actually said it would be wrong to use this incident as support for gun control, then preceeded to use it as support for everything on their platform. Hypocritical much? It'd be funny, if it wasn't so sad this time.
That's all I have to say about that. I'll try not to blog about conservative talk radio in the future. Their antics provide enough fodder to fill an entire blog, and lots of people already do that. I just wanted to let you know what has been keeping me entertained as of late. Also entertaining me: a rat with a snickers tied to his tail. He just keeps going in circles!
PS - hosts on The "Truth" also really love Bill Cosby.
The "Truth" is very amusing to me. First, because the name is ironic. You see, The "Truth" is a conservative talk show station now. It broadcasts such "esteemed" media personalities as Laura Ingraham (gross!), Neal Boortz (sick!), Jerry Doyle (disgusting!), and Papa Bear Bill O'Reilly (swoon). Calling conservative talk shows the "truth" is like calling fullerene "C64." It's just not right!
The other reason it amuses me is because of their subject matter. Or lack thereof. For a solid week, all they've talked about is Don Imus. In case you've been living under a rock, he's the radio host who got fired for making racist/sexist comments on the air. Here's a picture to make it completely obvious why he would be making disparaging comments about other people:
As you can see, he looks like a dessicated version of Bill Nighy. Or a slightly rehydrated version of the Crypt Keeper.Here's my quick and dirty summary of the whole controversy: a guy who gets paid to be an asshole on the radio got fired for being an asshole on the radio. Pretty simple, right? He crossed the line, offended his audience/sponsors/bosses, and he got fired. Case closed.
Ha! You wish! His actions and the subsequent fallout created a veritable thyroid storm of media frenzy. He's been dominating all of the essentially useless 24 hour news networks. When you've got 24 hours to fill, I guess you need to make the most of what little you've got. And nowhere is this more true than on 104.1 The "Truth."
Legal Counsel noticed it first. If you listened to 104.1 at any point last week, you would hear the words "Don" and "Imus" at intervals no greater than 2 minutes, sometimes down to 2 seconds. Granted, one incident was the announcement that a wonderful performance of Don Giovanni was being put on in Imus, Cavite in the Philippines. But the rest pertained to Don Imus the radio guy.
In typical conservative fashion, they tried to use this incident of racism and sexism to prove that racism and sexism do not exist anymore. In typical liberal fashion, I vomited into my CD player. They spent air time describing why we shouldn't be spending air time on this, they seemed to use this incident as an argument against the 1st amendment (and somehow the 3rd), and a bunch of white folks argued why the comment wasn't offensive to minorities. They managed to make a bunch of completely ridiculous statements seem totally rational. It was breathtaking.
So I've been spending my time laughing at conservative talk radio, completely centered around Imus. By the way, if you live in Tucson and saw a big goofy guy LOLing in his car, don't worry. It wasn't a crazy guy, it was just me. Well, maybe I'm a little crazy.
There seemed to be no end in sight. Then this shooting happened. And the "truth" wasted no time swooping and and using it for political means. The best part is that they actually said it would be wrong to use this incident as support for gun control, then preceeded to use it as support for everything on their platform. Hypocritical much? It'd be funny, if it wasn't so sad this time.
That's all I have to say about that. I'll try not to blog about conservative talk radio in the future. Their antics provide enough fodder to fill an entire blog, and lots of people already do that. I just wanted to let you know what has been keeping me entertained as of late. Also entertaining me: a rat with a snickers tied to his tail. He just keeps going in circles!
PS - hosts on The "Truth" also really love Bill Cosby.
posted by Montgomery at 8:03 AM
5 Comments:
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I have also been listening... and they really should call it "1041 The Truthiness" instead. I actually heard one guy say on the radio yesterday (the day this tragedy happened), "Why didn't someone take out their concealed handgun and take care of this guy before he killed so many?" and talked about how everyone should carry a handgun for this purpose... sigh....
bleeble blable pudding pops.
-Bill Cosby
In the middle of the Imus controversy, Don Ho dies. Coincidence or political correctness run amuck?
And what about the employment prospects for Santa Claus? The first time he opens his mouth, he will be out on the street... (maybe that should be off the street?)
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