] Some have questioned whether liberals can succeed at all ] in the realm of talk radio. Conservatives, the argument ] goes, see the world in black and white, and offer ] more-entertaining points of view, while liberals tend to ] debate shades of gray and put audiences to sleep. In ] addition, corporate advertisers may favor conservative ] hosts who are friendlier to their points of view. ] ] "If you're promoting SUVs, you're more likely to get an ] SUV commercial than if you're bashing them. That's pretty ] elementary," said Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown, a liberal ] who had a talk show for several years on Pacifica Radio, ] including Berkeley's KPFA (94.1 FM). "The fact of the ] matter is, the liberal in American terms is offering ] correctives to capitalism, whereas the conservatives are ] singing the praises of capitalism, unfettered and ] unabashed and unapologetic. So, right there you have an ] order of magnitude difference in terms of corporate ] favorability." [ Food for thought... Air America goes live at the end of march... -k] Upstart 24-hour talk radio network prepares to turn the dial to the left / Liberal Air America to start national broadcast at end of month |