Ralph Nader Lambasts Limbaugh in Ridiculous Rant

This is a story I read in the radio blog I like to check out. Ralph Nader is way off base with this. He hates Rush and is telling the American people outright strange things. He has lost his mind if he believes this.

Two thumbs down for Ralph!

Tom Brown

North American Freedom

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Ralph Nader Lambasts Limbaugh in Ridiculous Rant

Feb 5 2009

By Corey Deitz, About.com

I almost didn't believe a story I read in The Washington Times. Ralph Nader, the consumer activist, was taunting Rush Limbaugh because of his multimillion-dollar income and said, "You are making this money on the public property of the American people for which you pay no rent.

You, Rush Limbaugh, are on welfare..." Nader also said Limbaugh should, "...set a capitalist example for his peers and pay rent to the American people for the very lucrative use of their property."

I don’t even know where to begin.

Inane. Idiotic. Absurd.

Why is Nader singling out Limbaugh? Why would his show be any different from what Randi Rhodes or Stephanie Miller do? What separates him from Sean Hannity, Alan Colmes, Glenn Beck, the "Kim Kommando Computer Show", "Into Tomorrow with Dave Graveline", or hundreds of syndicated personalities and shows which air weekdays and on the weekends? For that matter, what about the progressively-programmed Air America Media. It operates on radio stations owned by the public, too.

Look: talk show hosts and programs don’t just bully their way into stations and force themselves onto the air. They are contracted for, paid for, hired if you will by station "licensees" to work for them.

The station licensees are "licensed" by the Federal Communications Commission and responsible for operating the frequencies. They do so on behalf of the public who remain the true "owners" of AM and FM real estate. But, the licensees of commercial radio stations run them to make a profit – and they hire local or syndicated talent to generate listeners, ratings, and revenue.
Limbaugh is no more on the public dole than the park rangers at Yellowstone National Park. Both are paid for a service they provide to a publicly owned asset.

So, Ralph Nader – please shut up. Your personal politics are showing - not your understanding of commercial radio

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I could not agree more.

-Tom