June 18, 2008, - 7:41 pm
Me on Michael Reagan Show Tonight
By Debbie Schlussel
I will be on the nationally syndicated “Michael Reagan Show,” tonight at approximately 8:30 p.m. Eastern Time. We’ll be discussing a number of issues in the news and on my site, including Barack Obamas outreach to Hezbollah agents, my review of “Get Smart,” etc. Listen Live.
Good segment. You were given half an hour which is very generous for a talk show.
On Obama vs. McCain, I don’t think the McCain campaign will be capable of effectively exploiting Obama’s slips. He is colorless, and may not even want to exploit all of them. I think the only way Obama will lose is if there is an equivalent of the Swift Boat Veterans, some independent group that gets the media time to do what has to be done. McCain may not want to, & may not be able to.
Re XM & Serius, although I agree re the affirmative action garbage & beginnings of the Fairness Doctrine, I’m not sure I agree that the test of which stations stay should depend entirely on ratings. Some of the best stations probably do not have ratings as high as some of the banal or trashy stations. Classical music stations generally aren’t on top of the ratings pile; another excellent XM station, Savoy Express #4, which plays pop & big band from the 40s is also unique, and probably is not topping the ratings charts, but they are excellent & hopefully will be preserved.
c f on June 18, 2008 at 9:08 pm