--We got angry letters for linking to a site with amateur nude photos of Dr. Laura Schlessinger’s perky 28-year old breasts, and hirsute netherlands. A reader declared us unsafe for children; another questioned the veracity of the shots that Her Kid’s Mom made back before she dried-up and became a zealous harpy. This is such old news, but it’s well worth repeating. The photos are genuine--taken by a general manager of a California radio station with whom the then only Miss Laura was having an affair. She was so in love with the way she looked (as well she should have been) she asked him to take the shots later heard round the world. In the late ‘90’s lover-boy sold them to Seattle pornographer, Seth Warshavsky for $50,000. She sued, but our sacred First Amendment rights prevailed and Laura’s T& A has been public domain ever since. Her 1970’s body, however, is the only thing about Dr. Laura that blatherWatch can really endorse. We don’t endorse the defacto censorship that kicked Dr. Laura’s radio show (the 4th-rated talk show in the country) out of the Seattle market. BlatherWatch is free market about information, and are certain the market would have put her in her place one way or another. She became too hot to handle in 2000 after local gays protested about her calling gays and lesbians "a biological faux pas," claiming gays and lesbians are inferior parents; called gay sex "deviant;" accused gay men of being "predatory on young boys," and recommended that gays and lesbians get themselves cured through "reparative therapy." If you must, Dr. Laura’s rude diatribes can be heard on Bellingham’s KGMI 790 am, m-f,1-4p.
--It felt all fuzzy to hear Mike Webb (KIRO, m-f, 9p-1a) last week treat GOP State Chairman Chris Vance like a human. Though the jury is still out on Vance, who may be the lying sack of shit he seems at first glance, Webb let him finish his sentences, never taunting him, mocking him, lecturing him after muting him. Webb even said “goodby” and didn’t hang up on him like he usually does. Rumors are that Webb’s in the running for the Air America local spot, and in that high position, he’d be needing some of these localites--even Republicans--more than they’d needing him.
--We were heartened to read in the TV Newser that the right-wing tabloid TV network, Fox News ratings are in a six-month “downward spiral.”
April '05 marks "the sixth consecutive month where FNC declined versus prior month in M-F, primetime P25-54 (every month since Nov '04)," CNN's press release says. The 25-54 demo is coveted by advertisers. One insider called it a "downward spiral." FNC still has more demo viewers than CNN, though (443k vs. 304k in April). Here are FNC's month-by-month weekday primetime averages in the 25-54 demographic:
Oct. 04: 1,074,000 / Nov. 04: 891,000 / Dec. 04: 568,000 / Jan. 05: 564,000 / Feb. 05: 520,000 / March 05: 498,000 / April 05: 445,000
Also: In April 2005, FNC's weekday primetime demo average decreased 25% compared to the year-ago, while CNN increased 27%. “
It’s interesting to note how small those actual numbers of viewers are. To hear cable braggarts like Hannity and O’Reilly tell it, they’re watched by gazillions when actually, during peak primetime hours, there are less than a million people watching any one of these channels.
--A reader alerted us to another interesting factoid about rabid homophobe Michael Savage’s son Russell Goldencloud Weiner, owner and founder of Rockstar energy drink, plugged nightly by none other than yuppy, leftist, radical, gay, talk show host, (and Lexus owner) Mike Webb. On Young Weiner’s annoyingly loud and maddeningly slow website. he writes: "...I was very fortunate to have been raised by two of the leading herbalists in the world, Dr. and Mrs. Michael Weiner, Ph.D. My father has authored 20 books on health and nutrition, published in more than ten nations..."
Yes, the savage Savage is really Dr. Michael Weiner, herbalist and former Jewish kid from the Bronx. He dropped his Jewish name and floral sensibilities to become one of the most bilious bomb-throwers in talk radio. Read about the gay-baiting Michael Savage's Long, Strange Trip which has included a close friendship, torrid letters, and nude swims with the openly and enthusiastically gay poet, the late Allen Ginsberg.
RE: The Webb/Weiner love fest--
Let's listen in while Russel Goldencloud Weiner introduces his Savage daddy at one of Savages roving "shows":
"Who's heterosexual and proud?" he asked, prompting manly cheers. "If you're not, hopefully you will be soon!" Before handing the stage over to the man he called "our leader," he advised the audience how to handle his hot-tempered dad: "Let him know you love him!"
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/05/20/savage/index.html
(You don't need to subscribe to Salon to see this article, click on "Day Pass", watch a brief ad, and you're there.)
Could the casual observer be faulted for saying the young Goldencloud Weiner pulled a boner? Not if you want to sell a drink that tastes like cough syrup. The money must be addicting! Maybe a Rock Star will clean up the mess...
Posted by: not a rock star | May 26, 2005 at 05:18 AM
Your link clearly warned people that it was Dr. Laura nude, and it took forever to come up, so I think you are off the hook.
It is worth remembering how few people really watch Fox News. I know myself that I get really paranoid thinking about the influence those guys have, but really in all honesty, it is less than a million wingnuts that can handle watching it regularly. And those people are probably beyond hope anyway.
Posted by: David Williams | May 26, 2005 at 07:48 AM
Wow. Here's actual evidence of Faux News' decline. Unlike the specious posts by the right HOPING AA is on the decline, we now KNOW Faux News is on decline. I guess that means America isn't as stupid as I thought.
Posted by: Scott | May 26, 2005 at 08:22 AM
Same methodolgy genius. Fox is losing share in all markets. AirAmerica is losing share in all but 2 markets.
Posted by: Obama | May 26, 2005 at 11:59 AM
If Fox is going in the toilet with 1/3 more viewers than CNN, what are CNN's demographics?
Posted by: Lump | May 26, 2005 at 04:35 PM
Faux News has about one fifth the audience of just ONE of the main network news shows. It's a pitiful amount of viewers compared to the big three.
Posted by: Scott | May 26, 2005 at 04:47 PM
As usual Scott, you don't address the question. What about CNN and where are their ratings? Sinking as fast as AA, which is crashing in every market and hanging on here in the land of the Looney Left. Go to PEW research and read the audience size for cable and network news and see if you can pull that 5/1 ratio against Fox out of your shorts again. Larry King is the only non Fox show in the top 10 and his fingers are on the cliff.
Posted by: Lump | May 26, 2005 at 06:35 PM
The thread is not about CNN so no need to answer any questions about it. And AA is kicking right wing azz! Must really pizz you off to know there is NOTHING you can do to stop AA! HE HE!
Posted by: Scott | May 26, 2005 at 10:07 PM
Oh, Scott. You should have read the warning lables on all those pharmaceuticals
you took earlier in your life. AA can't kick their way out of a paper bag. Sinking ratings, being sued for back wages, ad revenues tanking. The icberg is just around the corner. Get your life vest on.
Posted by: Lump | May 26, 2005 at 10:20 PM
Yes you right wingers have been worried about AA from the start. As I said here before, the lies the right have spewed about AA are legendary.
The right said AA wouldn't last six months, that Al Franken would quit in six months, that they'd never be in the top ten markets, that they'd never break 25 markets, that they'd never win any segment of any book, blah, blah, blah.
By every metric, AA is ahead of where the right wing talkers were that launched the hate radio industry. All the dire predictions (I should say HOPES) of the right in the past have not panned out. Neither will yours Lump.
But hey, nice try to take things off topic. Let me remind you that Faux News ratings are slip sliding away. Their influence over the inbred is falling away, not that they ever had much presence. Compared to network news, Faux News (We distort, we decide) is just a pimple on a nat's ass.
Posted by: Scott | May 27, 2005 at 06:47 AM
Well Scott, at least you don't disapoint me. You throw out a distortion and fail to back it up and that's why it's so easy to defeat you guys. AA soon to join the network of Jim Hightower and Mario Coumo.
You can't back up your 5/1 claim about network news, so let me do your job for you. NBC and ABC are almost in virtual tie and they hold a 2.3/1 over Fox and a 5/1 OVER CNN. CBS and Fox are within 200k viewers and Fox and beaten CBS a couple of time. CNN, the news of the Loonies scratching in the sand way behind. All TV news are declining and it is attributed to the Internet, which apparantly you don't even read. Fox has 9 of the 10 most watched programs on cable. You can't win a war if you don't study the enemy but since you mostly remind me of Bagdad Bob, it's great to have this converstation with you. Don't forget the life jacket.
Posted by: Lump | May 27, 2005 at 10:44 AM
Actually I can imitate Rush Limbaugh as well as you Lump. Let me pull some numbers out of my ass as you apparently did for your latest screed.
Cable TV news is not as available as network news. In fact, cable penetration is less than 80% so they are behind from the get go.
Your claim that Faux News has anywhere as many viewers as CBS is just an outright lie. But hey, you're a republican. You have to be good at something.
What's really funny is that even using your fake numbers, you prove my point that network news crushes Faux News Channel, meaning your pals' lies at Fox don't get the play you hope they will.
By the way, in honor of this conversation, I bought 10 copies of Outfoxed from Amazon today and I will be distributing them to libraries in Pierce County.
Posted by: Scott | May 27, 2005 at 11:08 AM
"By the way, in honor of this conversation, I bought 10 copies of Outfoxed from Amazon today and I will be distributing them to libraries in Pierce County."
I knew a fool and his money are soon parted. Review your last post. You just crapped on your previous remarks. This is easy. See ya next week.
Posted by: Lump | May 27, 2005 at 11:57 AM
No Dump I crapped on you and your remarks. See ya, wouldn't wanna be ya!
Posted by: Scott | May 27, 2005 at 05:22 PM
Scott, you're losing this one. Reread it. Stop whining about the thread and just stay on topic. Now get out there and OBFUSCATE Rocky!!
Posted by: Scrilla | May 27, 2005 at 05:34 PM
So Scrilla, you're so tired of me kicking your ass here that you've been reduced to rooting for your stand in?
Now THAT's pathetic!
Scrilla I overheard you the other day...
"Mom, when you and Dad get a divorce, will you still be brother and sister?"
HE HE!
Posted by: Scott | May 27, 2005 at 09:15 PM
Is Michael Weiner's weiner 1 or 1 1/2 inches long?
Posted by: Anti-Fascist | June 07, 2007 at 07:59 PM