Former Bush speechwriter and FrumForum editor David Frum derides what he calls “the conservative media’s pay-to-play deals.” But if I didn’t know better, I’d say David is simply jealous that conservative talk radio hosts, such as Rush Limbaugh, have pioneered a financially lucrative business model, which we’d all do well to emulate.
David cries foul because, according to Politico, in return for million-dollar-plus sponsorships of their radio shows, Rush and other right-thinking talkers agree to promote conservative think tanks and advocacy groups, such as The Heritage Foundation, FreedomWorks and Americans for Prosperity.
“Understand,” Frum argues, “We are not talking about commercials, separated from the main flow of editorial content. Heritage work is embedded and inserted directly into the editorial flow of the Limbaugh program, as if selected without regard to the money paid.”
3 comments:
I am pretty sure the writer is in support of this idea because it help spread the GOP message, and the messengers are GOP loyalists.
If Maddow, Olbermann, Matthews, Schultz et all were participating, the phrases solicalsim, umAmerican, corporate stooge, and elitist would be thrown about quite liberally (pun intended.)
As much as I disagree with Hannity/Rush/Beck and crew, I do applaud them for their commercial success. It is the idiots who soak up the crap these guys spew as the gospel truth that I have a problem with.
this is what i tune into all day at my dead end job.need something.
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