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Article: COLUMN: Talk radio is right at ear of politics
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- February 3, 2005
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Marty Andrade
University Wire
02-03-2005
(Minnesota Daily) (U-WIRE) MINNEAPOLIS -- Talk radio. The phrase itself seems to instantly polarize people. You have your "Ditto Heads" on the right, and on the left you have you National Public Radio types, who don't have a cool name, mainly because NPR is slightly more entertaining than cricket chirping.
When you think of talk radio, what do you think?
Let's refine the question, what do you think of conservative talk radio? Hateful, hate-filled, fascist, racist, homophobic? How about vile or disgusting? I've heard right-wing radio talk show hosts described as "Nazis," "brown shirts" and "McCarthyites."
As someone who has hosted a talk show and has ...