Conservatives, despite their increasingly powerful presence on cable TV and talk radio, feel excluded and disregarded by the longstanding preponderance of liberal voices on public television.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
When I'm on TV, I'm often talking to a conservative host. I may have another conservative arguing with me. You've got very limited time, and you're using 'sound-bite' type language.
Conservative talk radio works because there are lots of conservatives who are convinced that they are not getting the whole story from the regular media.
The reason that conservative talk radio works is because there is an audience for it.
Conservatives define themselves in terms of what they oppose.
Conservatives really don't believe in politics as the primary instrument of getting along in life and therefore don't tend to put their energy into it a way people left of center do.
Most conservative and progressive talk radio is primarily just that - bloviated opinion and whacky viewer calls.
Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Newt Gingrich, and other conservative giants are the voices of the conservative movement's conscience. Every day, millions and millions of Americans - myself included - turn on their radios and televisions to listen to what they have to say, and we are inspired by their words and by their determination.
Conservatives don't want to read good, smart books. They mostly want to read Fox and talk radio hosts writing about presidents.
At times, conservatives become defined by their volume rather than by their ideas.
And I think there's something about conservatives frankly - and the Left, when it comes to their channels of persuasion, are unpersuasive. They are, most of them are hate-filled, obscenity-clogged rants of anger and hatred.
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