Yeah, I reckon that they interview hundreds of people and show the ones who come off the worst, and those can easily just be confused by the question but say yeah sure because (ironically) they don’t want to look dumb.
How many times do you have to see the person or party you voted for go back on pre-election promises, before ‘feeling’ becomes a valid judgement factor?
You will not call other posters “insane” or “idiot” or engage in any other name-calling in any Forum outside the BBQ Pit.
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Thanks for this. I got an email from my crazy (but sweet) aunt this morning with a link to this clip. She is terrified of the “Obama zombies”, as she regurgitates Hannity-spew and debunked urban legends to me day after day after day. It’s hilarious to see such a cognitive split.
Wow, this is massively out of step with reality. Just watch some youtube videos of McCain rallies. They’re drinking a different kind of kool-aid, true, but a much more potent one.
Here is another clip of that segment that’s not from an anti-Obama source. At about 3 minutes in, Howard plays a fourth interview with a black McCain supporter who is happy that McCain is gonna get us out of Iraq and is thrilled with McCain’s VP choice, Joe Biden.
Please:rolleyes:. Plainly more KoolAid on Obama side? You’ve got to be kidding me right?
I’ve been listening to righty radio lately just for giggles and it’s not-stop “the sky is falling” talk of Acorn conspiracies, Obama terrorist ties, etc. etc.
Drink, drink the kool-aid! If Obama wins it spells Armageddon for everyone!
Sal’s whole M.O. is to go out and set people up to say stupid, controversial crap. Last year it was asking Jewish people if they were offended by the Christmas tree in Rockefeller Center, and then asking Christians if they would be offended by having a giant menorah in place of the Christmas tree. Out of the 500 people he asks, he usually gets about 5 idiots that, with a lot of baiting from him, say exactly what he’s trying to get them to say, which is often stupid, racist, offensive, derogatory crap. Because he’s so guilty of the same stuff coming out of his own mouth, he’s pretty good at seeking out the people who will fall right into his “bit.”
They aren’t all idiots. Some want their 15 minutes of fame so much that they are willing to appear as idiots.
Look, if Jay Leno put a microphone in front of your face and asked who is the current President, do you think that the answer “Geo W Bush” would get you on his show? Thus, answering “Rufus T. Firefly”* might get your mug on TV, and maybe even on the show itself as a guest during one of Jays “game shows”. Some dudes can’t think of a legitmate sounding “bluff/wrong” answer that doesn;t make them sound like a moron, so they use the moron answer.
Some also just freeze up in front of a camera and nonsense comes out.
And of course- a fairly reasonable % are idiots.
- That’d be my answer.
It’s a horseshit article. If you believe 18 million people are satellite subscribers just because they love the music channels then you’d be smoking from the same crack pipe as the terrestrial radio execs who get these stories published. They’re quaking in their boots as the radio industry crumbles. Howard Stern and to a much lesser extent Opie and Anthony and Bubba the Love Sponge are the reason people are switching to satellite in droves.
People hate 35 minutes out of every 60 being commercials - but this is the only business model terrestrial radio has. So they cast stones at the new technology.
And the show is clearly, clearly a better product on satellite. I love it now, I used to get bored with it back on the air, when they had to ride that line between being “shocking” and being clean. I think the freedom has actually mellowed everyone out in terms of being so outrageous all the time. It’s not for everyone, but it is an amazing piece of entertainment.