Say WHAT?

The more I think about the election, the more I believe our biggest problem is not our message, it is the broadcasting of that message. The airwaves are ruled, with a few exceptions, by the right and by appeasers of the right. Those who are out there picking apart John Kerry might consider how well he did considering the uphill battle he fought to get significant airtime. Not to mention any support whatsoever in the department of fact-checking the Rovian slime machine.

That said, this sure as hell isn't going to help.

According to the New York Times, ClearChannel has signed a deal with Fox News to provide the news for all its radio stations.

Still, not all in the industry were comfortable with the
teaming of Fox News and Clear Channel, widely regarded as more conservative than a navy blue Brooks Brothers suit.
Mr. Schwartzman said the union signified "the emergence of a conservative programming perspective from companies that
are rather explicitly affiliated with conservative causes."

Fox declined to comment on this, and John Hogan, chief executive of Clear Channel Radio, said in an e-mail
message, "We don't run our business to any political agenda - remember, we're the largest carrier of the Air America
network on our Progressive Talk stations."

Josh Silver, executive director of Free Press, a nonprofit organization working to increase public participation in
media policy, said, "You have the largest radio giant now running the news provided by one of the largest media
empires, Exhibit A of what's wrong with media consolidation." He added, "Now what Rupert Murdoch decides is news suddenly becomes news."

Ya think? The newly minted Boston Air America/Progressive network is on a ClearChannel station. Cognitive dissonance should be at a mind-shattering high when the Fox News breaks are followed by the likes of Randi Rhodes and Janeane Garofalo.