This (OP) subject makes me wonder about the DUmmies explanation of why "Air America" flopped. 
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The final days of Scare America made for classic DU material, the DU consensus was that radio is 'dead' and liberals control the intertubes, which is the new way of doing things.
Paraphrase : "All talk radio listeners are a bunch of 80-somethings who know nothing else, and will be dead soon, so who cares..."
Now here we are years later, -Rush is still on the air, as is Hannity, et al - and not only are conservatives dominating the airwaves, FOX News is still a ratings giant, and more and more American political websites are conservative leaning. Rut Ro Shaggy...