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Loser lefty talker wants Limbaugh to die

mike_malloyThe bad news is that Mike Malloy, perhaps the world’s most vile talk show host, actually said he wants Rush Limbaugh to die.

“Some horrifyingly intense America-hater like Rush Limbaugh, who appears to be morphing into, seriously, he is morphing into Jabba the Hutt. Um, I’ve seen some recent video, this guy is enormous. He just keeps bloating up. It’s, it’s just, I hope he keeps going because that means he will soon croak. Like I said, eventually, he will choke to death on his own throat fat.” (Click here for audio)

The good news is that no one heard him say it. Malloy’s program is carried by only 12 affiliates, some in markets so small they’re ignored by rating services. Rush is on more than 600 stations and probably has more listeners on one station (KFI in Los Angeles, for example) than all of Malloy’s listeners combined.

Malloy is an insignificant pimple on Rush’s butt. Not a pretty thought, but also not inaccurate.

FCC commissioner warns against Fairness Doctrine

robert_mcdowellWe feel a chill wind blowing. And we’re not alone. FCC commissioner Robert McDowell has issued a stern warning about the dangers of re-imposing the fairness doctrine.

McDowell warned that when the doctrine’s supporters finally bring it out of the shadows, it may not “wear the same label. That’s just Marketing 101: if your brand is controversial, make a new brand.” He suggested that it could be disguised with names like localism, diversity or network neutrality.

If it’s an alias they want, there’s one obvious one: The Hush Rush Doctrine.

Turn off the radio. Roseanne is back. You’ve been warned.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrFW2aYHVR8Radio is dying. And this story is going to hasten the funeral. Roseanne Barr has been hired by Los Angeles radio station KPFK-FM, part of the lunatic-oriented Pacifica Network.

Barr said there’s one huge difference between network TV and the listener-supported KPFK: “You don’t have to worry about pleasing a sponsor,” she said, “and that’s really such great freedom.”

According to the latest Arbitron ratings, listeners are another thing Barr won’t have to worry about. Her station has so few listeners that they don’t even register in the ratings. We’re not saying they have low ratings, we’re saying they have NO ratings.

More people are reading I Hate the Media right now than listened to the latest Roseanne Barr radio show. We sincerely thank all three of you.

Welcome to the Chicago Blago Show

on_the_airTwo of Chicago’s top radio stations have offered ethically-challenged Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich jobs on the radio.

WGN-AM issued a press release offering Blago and his wife Patti, the 1 to 4 p.m. weekday slot. WLS-AM offered up a weekly show on Sundays from Noon to 2 p.m., but only if Blago resigns as governor.

“Welcome to the Chicago Rod Blago Show. We’re now taking bids if you’d like to go on the air. The current offer is $1,000,000 from Larry in Skokie.”

Ass-kissing House GOP member tells Rush to back off

Rush Limbaugh stated the obvious when he said Obama is “obviously more frightened of me than he is Mitch McConnell. He’s more frightened of me, than he is of, say, John Boehner, which doesn’t say much about our party.” 



Ass-kissing Rep. Phil Gingrey, R-Ga., jumped the the defense of these two losers:

“I think that our leadership, Mitch McConnell and John Boehner, are taking the right approach,” Gingrey said. “I mean, it’s easy if you’re Sean Hannity or Rush Limbaugh or even sometimes Newt Gingrich to stand back and throw bricks…But when it comes to true leadership, not that these people couldn’t be or wouldn’t be good leaders, they’re not in that position of John Boehner or Mitch McConnell.”

He then told reporters he’d love to stay and talk more, but was overdue for a ceremony at the Shrine of the Unknown Loser, where McConnell and Boehner were being enshrined.

Best Quote of the Week

Kevin & Bean, the morning guys on KROQ-FM in Los Angeles, are our favorite radio personalities. When you read this quote, they may become your favorites, too.

Here’s what Bean had to say about our new president the day after the inauguration:

“I’m not all that impressed with our next President after one day. All I’ve seen so far is, hey, let’s go to parties. Ever since he got into office it’s been nothing but taking his wife out dancing.”

If you’d like to listen to Kevin & Bean, but don’t live in Southern California, go to KROQ.com. You can listen to them live or download their podcasts.

Fairness Doctrine = redistribution of listeners

slience“Redistribution” wafts ominously over Washington, D.C. these days.

New tax proposals make it clear that this administration wants to redistribute income. The recount farce in Minnesota makes it clear they want to redistribute votes. And the president’s personal attack on Rush Limbaugh makes it clear they want to redistribute radio listeners.

They may call it the Fairness Doctrine. They may call disguise it as new “local content” regulations. But no matter what name they hang on it, the intention is to give radio listeners fewer opportunities to listen to conservative voices by reducing the number of hours those voices are on the air and redistributing those hours to liberal voices. No matter what listeners may want.

Here at I Hate The Media, we always try to put a humorous spin on the days media news.

But there’s nothing funny about this.

Fairness Doctrine vs. Limbaugh Doctrine

Rush Limbaugh ThinDo you think maybe we need to worry about the fairness of the Fairness Doctrine when the president of the United States personally attacks a private citizen.

President Obama put his foot in his mouth yesterday by telling Republican congressional leaders, “You can’t just listen to Rush Limbaugh and get things done.” Rush released a statement accusing Obama of attempting to turn the argument into a discussion of Limbaugh rather than the real issues. But he saved his best zinger for last:

“(National Review has) documented Obama’s ties to the teachings of Saul Alinksy while he was community organizing in Chicago. Here is Rule 13 of Alinksy’s Rules for Radicals: ‘Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.’”

That’s probably not a quote you’ll find in Pocket Obama.

Rush’s full response at National Review Online

Obama wants to crush Rush

Rush Limbaugh Pointing FingerPresident Obama warned Republicans to stop listening to Rush Limbaugh if they want to get along with his administration.

“You can’t just listen to Rush Limbaugh and get things done,” he said to Republican leaders attending a White House meeting to discuss his bloated $1 trillion economic stimulus package.

Too many people listen to Rush, the new president thought to himself. After we’re done redistributing everyone’s income, we’ll start redistributing Limbaugh’s radio listeners.

China violates IHTM obscenity guidelines

massage_parlor_adChina announced today that it has shuttered 1,250 web sites as they “crack down on pornography.”

Liu Zhengrong, an official with China’s Internet Affairs Bureau, said authorities arrested 41 people as part of the investigation.

“We have made apparent achievements but it’s only for this phase,” Liu said. “We still have a lot of work to do.”

The Chinese government redtagged Google, Baidu, Sina and Sohu, China’s most popular sites, and said that they must improve their efforts to block pornography.

In response, IHTM has warned the Chinese government that they have violated of our decency standards by issuing a press release that uses the words “crack” and “pornography” in the same sentence.

All Pope, All the Time

photo by Waka Jawaka
photo by Waka Jawaka

If the Vatican were Hollywood, we’d say Pope Benedict XVI just landed a development deal with the Google channel. The Vatican’s press office has announced that His Holiness and Google will make texts and video of the pope’s speeches a new all-Pope-all-the-time channel.

Our source inside the Vatican has revealed some of the programs that will premiere during the channel’s new season: CSI: Rome, Vatican 90210, Dirty Sexy Lira, America’s Next Top Pontiff, Hell or No Hell, Survivor: Purgatory, Are You Smarter Than Pope Sixtus V, and The Amazing Grace.

And the hits shit just keeps on comin’

Here we go again. The new owners of the Clear Channel Communications conglomerate are set to begin a massive restructuring expected to cut $400,000,000 in costs. Insiders expect layoffs in the company’s radio, outdoor advertising and international divisions and cuts to programming budgets and consolidation of back-office operations.

Industry observers say all 1200 Clear Channel-owned radio stations will switch to the KISS format and Ryan Seacrest will be their only remaining employee.

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