Comments on: The moral perspective… http://rhetorica.net/archives/2039.html Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:01:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: acline http://rhetorica.net/archives/2039.html/comment-page-1#comment-1598 acline Thu, 20 Nov 2003 05:00:54 +0000 http://localhost/wpp3/?p=2039#comment-1598 I have not heard of Pacifica, but I'll look into it. Thanks for calling it to my attention! I have not heard of Pacifica, but I’ll look into it. Thanks for calling it to my attention!

]]> By: Gerard Van der Leun http://rhetorica.net/archives/2039.html/comment-page-1#comment-1597 Gerard Van der Leun Wed, 19 Nov 2003 23:58:12 +0000 http://localhost/wpp3/?p=2039#comment-1597 We already have an experiment in left/liberal radio. It is called the Pacifica Network and it exists at the bottom of the economic spectrum and is proud of it. We already have an experiment in left/liberal radio. It is called the Pacifica Network and it exists at the bottom of the economic spectrum and is proud of it.

]]> By: acline http://rhetorica.net/archives/2039.html/comment-page-1#comment-1596 acline Wed, 19 Nov 2003 18:55:45 +0000 http://localhost/wpp3/?p=2039#comment-1596 Lefty radio shouldn't go the way of righty radio...and THAT's what will kill it economically, IMO. Lefty radio shouldn’t go the way of righty radio…and THAT’s what will kill it economically, IMO.

]]> By: tom mangan http://rhetorica.net/archives/2039.html/comment-page-1#comment-1595 tom mangan Wed, 19 Nov 2003 17:55:09 +0000 http://localhost/wpp3/?p=2039#comment-1595 right-wing radio appeals to people who have no way to identify with the targets of rightwing attacks: feminists, union leaders, minorities, homosexuals, college professors, and the rest of the usual suspects. People do, however, identify with their employers and rich people and they hope to emulate them ... it's hard to demonize corporations and the rich when so many people depend on both to earn their living. Appealing to people's fears is one of the easiest ways on earth to make a living, and appeasing their prejudices is the easiest way to find an audience ... if lefty radio goes the same route as the right, what will we have accomplished? right-wing radio appeals to people who have no way to identify with the targets of rightwing attacks: feminists, union leaders, minorities, homosexuals, college professors, and the rest of the usual suspects. People do, however, identify with their employers and rich people and they hope to emulate them … it’s hard to demonize corporations and the rich when so many people depend on both to earn their living.

Appealing to people’s fears is one of the easiest ways on earth to make a living, and appeasing their prejudices is the easiest way to find an audience … if lefty radio goes the same route as the right, what will we have accomplished?

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