I just came across that a teen, younger than me (I'm 17), who is getting tons of listeners and yet is a copy and pasted version of Rush and Glen Beck. Who you ask? Caiden Cowger. I have a strict policy of staying away from politcs and let actual sane- minded indivuals (Jones, The Young Turks, Daily Mail) do the politcs. But, what is pissing me off is that all these other whack jobs hosts get politcal and they become bigger meanwhle they are just acting like Rush and not really getting creative what so ever.
As a station owner you have total discretion in what gets said or not said on your air.
Politics is a large arena of human social functioning, the same as medicine, business, economics, religion, the arts, philosophy, technology or any other topic.
The "cleanliness" of the information depends on two things: (1.) the objective of the program, whether to deliberately mislead the public through misinformation and propaganda or equip listeners with honest truth; (2.) the level of knowledge of the broadcaster, given our human tendency to have opinions and beliefs which become part of what we present.
There is no "politically correct" reason to avoid politics as a subject for air.
I totally agree with you Carl. That's why I don't do politics, because I don't know how well I am informed. That's why I listen to others whom I believe through my own research on them are quite informed and know what they are saying.
The man who "self checks" himself like you describe, atrainradio, is a wise man in my opinion.
Being "self-conscious" is commonly an expression for describing a "shy" person who is "embarrassed being seen," but in a much larger sense being self-conscious means that one is self-aware and doesn't want to put his foot in his mouth or say foolish things. Trouble is the people that judge us are sometimes the fools, which also puts us on guard because we don't want to rile them too much.
Speaking of fools with their feet in the mouth, politicians are too often not simply offensive blow-hards on the take, they are sometimes dangerous, vindictive, and abusive of their power. I say this having personally known many of them and reading about others in news accounts, such as right here: "America's Worst Politicians - From Capitol Hill to the Boonies of Idaho," riverfronttimes.com.
Reading about these people is as close as you ever hope to get to them, as they are not people you'd want as friends or neighbors. They serve some use as laughing stocks, but do a lot of harm along the way which spoils the fun.
The word "politician" is founded on the word "polite," which is a nice way of saying "kiss-ass." If I broke into song I'd sing, "When An Ass Kisses an Ass."
Would I say any of that on the radio?
I always wondered where the
word "politician" came from.
Polite.
OK
Bruce, Mon. Stn., CT
You mention "selling out" - I think selling out is a perception thing. a personal thing. One person may have set out from the very begining to become successful in cash and fame. Is it selling out when they realize that personal dream?
To me, selling out is if you see something you don't like, mock it, make fun of it, talk bad about it (maybe not directly, maybe even just to yourself), then you see an opportunity to make fast cash doing that very thing. But - even that - is it really selling out? Or is it being opportunistic?
And is it all that bad to want to provide for yourself and your family at a higher-than-average income level?
Humans are equipped by evolution to be larcenary.
Many admired preachers do not believe the gobble-de-gook they preach on the pulpit, but they do it anyway because it's the price of having prestige, recognition and steady income.
Being a hypocrite can work like magic unless a man gets honest and admits he's a hypocrite, then the spell is broken and, despite that great honesty of "coming out," he will be considered deceptive.
I think I would rather be open about my intentions 🙂 This way.. if it ever came to light that I was doing something, I can say "YEP!"