IOKIYAR: Talk Radio Secrets Revealed by Insider

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Thursday November 13, 2008 · 9:45 AM PST

2008/11/13 · 09:45

Yes, they get White House talking points. Yes, they purposely echo other wingnuts. Yes, they play the 'victim' card. And above all: yes, yes, yes, IOKIYAR.

WTMJ is host to the wingnut Charlie Syke's show. The ex-news director, Dan Shelley, spills the beansabout how the wingnut radio format works.

No news here - except here it is black and white, from the trenches. Reading this article made me yearn for the Fairness Doctrine.

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Tuesday November 04, 2008 · 8:31 PM PST

2008/11/04 · 20:31

By by keyboard, I sat down and wept. Bawled out loud. For a full ten minutes as MSNBC called the vote for Obama I just bawled. Even now it's coming in waves. Major Kleenex moment.

It's morning again in America!

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Sunday October 08, 2006 · 10:47 PM PDT

2006/10/08 · 22:47

Sometimes I feel that US citizens must now do what Soviet citizens did for a few generations: read between the lines you're being fed and divine what the real news is for yourself.

Today, I just notice this featured headline: "Breaking Onion Satire" Read More

Need a hug?

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Wednesday October 04, 2006 · 4:41 PM PDT

2006/10/04 · 16:41

If you are like me, you're feeling a bit...overwhelmed by the past week.

I need a hug. Do you? Follow me....
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SEND IT BACK! A love letter to Disney

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Friday September 08, 2006 · 9:35 PM PDT

2006/09/08 · 21:35

Feeling incensed by Disney's involvement in ABC's "The Path to 9-11"? Don't you want to DO something, like attend a protest but don't live near Burbank?

Like you, I signed the petitions, I wrote the letters. I asked my family and friends to sign the petitions. But somehow I want to do more. All of this ill-will they have stirred up in me--I want to "SEND IT BACK" to them.

My anger is deep. I feel betrayed by the Disney Corp. especially when I look around the house. I have a 6 year old and even though I never intended to, we have a house full of Disney branded merchandise.

That we paid money for. That Disney profited from. Read More

Bunny, We Need You

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Thursday September 08, 2005 · 5:17 AM PDT

2005/09/08 · 05:17

Most of you are probably familiar with Bunnatine Greenhouse, the US Army auditor was fired after blowing the whistle on no-bid contracts for Halliburton.