Beyond Rush: Hannity, Beck, Levin Hit with Advertiser Bans

I have ALWAYS questioned the rationality of having an "entertainer" or a "disc jockey" as spokespersons for a political party. And, that is all they are. Some started as DJ's, some as janitors, until they got a break, an audience slowly grew and they became authorities on politics. Remember, they are just ENTERTAINERS, nothing more, extremely RICH entertainers. In Rush's case, he became one of the most powerful voices in the Republican Party. What are HIS credentials, or any of them. I think Beck, at one time, admitted that he was nothing more than an entertainer, a multi-millionaire entertainer. Oh,, he also sells cups and t-shirts. They all get "drunk with power," and feel they can do no wrong. They are the "evangelists" of the political world, cut from the same tree.

Efforts to silence Rush Limbaugh are apparently having a significant impact on the talk radio business as a whole, including syndicated radio shows hosted by Sean Hannity, Mark Levin and Glenn Beck.

After provocative comments made about a female Georgetown law school student, Limbaugh's show has been targeted by liberal groups that have pressured more than two dozen advertisers to drop his program from their ad buys.

Now, Rush's syndicator, Premiere Networks, is losing advertisers for other conservative programs it airs.

According to an internal Premiere memorandum obtained by Radio-Info.com, the company says 98 advertisers no longer wanted to air ad spots on any "offensive or controversial" talk programs.

Radio-Info says the list of advertisers include "carmakers (Ford, GM, Toyota), insurance companies (Allstate, Geico, Prudential, State Farm) and restaurants (McDonald’s, Subway)."

Talk Show Hosts

Just what is a Talk Show Host, and what does it take to become one, and how have they become so powerful?

First, they are entertainers. Second, they say what some people want to hear. They are all, "smooth" talkers. Just what does it take to become one. Well, really nothing. You get a job at a radio station, sweep and mop, get coffee and donuts, do odd jobs,  for a few years, then maybe do the weather for a while, cover a few events, then maybe do a little news, and then, someone at the station lets you give your opinion on something, and WOW, you are a talk show host.

But remember, FIRSTLY, you are nothing more than an ENTERTAINER with a following of people who think the same way you do, and you tell them what THEY want to hear, and all of a sudden, you hit the big-time.

Recently, you build up a BIG following, you get on FACEBOOK, have a million or so friends, write a book every week, suggest it is better to read YOUR book in one of your T-shirts, while drinking coffee out of one of your cups, wearing your hat. Now, you not only have MILLIONS of people listening to you, following you on FACEBOOK, but you are making millions of dollars. You are so popular now, do you want to run for office ................... NO ................... it would be a pay cut. Don't do as I do, just do as I say!

All because you started sweeping out a few rooms and being a "gofor" at a radio station. Are we a great country, or what?