Name: Salem Media
Age: 47
Occupation: right-winged pricks
Last Seen: Camarillo, California
Bee-otched For: don't like Trump? You're fired!
-Age: 47
Occupation: right-winged pricks
Last Seen: Camarillo, California
Bee-otched For: don't like Trump? You're fired!
Since the Fairness Doctrine was revoked in 1987 and the Telecommunications Act if 1996 was passed, it seems if you're working in the broadcast industry, you're no longer allowed to have an opinion.
With the uprising of companies like Sinclair, it's clear that if you counterpoint their values, your last show will be your last show. And it happened to a talk radio host in Denver recently.
Craig Silverman was a host at KNUS in Denver, a radio station owned by Salem Media. Last week during his show, Silverman started to rant about Drumpf. Mid-sentence, he was cut off the air and replaced with a repeat of The Hugh Hewlett Show, which is syndicated by Salem. Silverman claimed that he was fired for bashing Drumpf on his show. However, Salem later stepped out and claimed that he was fired for violating his contract.
Silverman was not the first Salem host to be canned for bashing the hopefully-soon-to-be-impeached president. Michael Medved's show was canceled in 2018 and was replaced with alt-right jerkoff and former Drumpf deputy assistant Sebastian Gorka. In 2016, Medved announced on his show that he would never support Drumpf. His show is still on the air in Seattle on Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints-owned KTTH and a small handful of stations.
You know, there's a reason why radio hosts are popular, and it's their opinion. If Rush Limbaugh opposed Drumpf, he'd still have a job tomorrow, though it would be bad news for the Orange Shitgibbon. As I mentioned last week and several other times, there was a popular talk radio host here in Grand Rapids, Darren Gibson who was fired from WPRR Public Reality Radio 1680 for bashing the Democrats and Hillary Clinton in 2016. However, the Democratic establishment had several closed door meetings that also involved fellow WPRR host Tyrone Bynum that led to his dismissal. The fact that the DNC pissed on Bernie Sanders and proved how corporate they've become shows that they deserved a tongue-lashing. But since it's been shown that the DNC doesn't care about their own voters, boom-shaka-laka, we get Drumpf.
When I think of the word "Salem", I think of two nasty things: witches and cigarettes. Salem Media is a far-right conservative company that also owns several Christian Contemporary radio stations called "The Fish". Many of their Talk stations are called "The Answer", which is a pathetic name since it's all right-winged BS.
Not long ago, the idiot who programs Salem's talk stations, Phil Boyce, defended his stations, even saying that he doesn't program to young people simply because they still live with their parents. "A 26-year-old who’s living on his parents’ couch in the basement, who’s more worried about his video games or watching porn, is not gonna listen to us. So why do we change, and go after him, and risk running off the ones that will come and listen to us?" OK BOOMER, IT'S BECAUSE OF FUCKTARDS LIKE YOU THAT YOU HELPED TO CREATE THAT GENERATION! You know, companies like Salem make it sound like that if you're not a fan of Drumpf, you're not a conservative. And if you love Jesus, you have to be a conservative. Sorry, but that's bullshit.
The reality is, is that Salem is to radio as Sinclair is to television. However, last time I checked, Salem's radio stations don't have ratings. Hell, if I'm not mistaken, their Detroit AM station - which also has Sean Hannity - doesn't even have a one share!
Talk radio in general is dying because of corporate media. If you talk on their airwaves, you better not say what they don't want you to say. If you go to a restaurant and the service sucks, you better not bash that joint because they're your sponsor, even if you don't know that they are. Maybe that's also why so many people have quit radio and have gone on to podcasting. Hell, some podcasters make more money doing so than working for the man. Hell, I'm a regular listener of Darren's show, Southpaws. Since he's off terrestrial radio - save for some Pacifica stations - he's more allowed to say whatever he wants, when he wants it.
If the only way to Heaven is to do things Salem's way, God help us.
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