Des Moines Register Guest Column whacks WHO Radio

Thursday, May 21, 2009, 10:34
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whoradio I can’t believe I’m writing this article. A column in today’s Des Moines Register exposes WHO Radio for offering free ad time to liberal groups. David Mastio, former Bush speechwriter, authored the piece to bring light to Clear Channel and WHO Radio’s hypocritical approach of offering conservative talk radio but at the same time allowing free media to organizations that have funded liberals like Barack Obama.

WHO Radio is well known for having excellent conservative talk radio brought to its listeners by locals like Jan Mickelson and Steve Deace. Both men are strongly conservative and espouse principled approaches.

Steve Deace is known for being a pit-bull who will try to tear down anyone he believes to have capitulated on anything. I’m pretty sure this would fall under that criterion. I wonder if Deace has the guts to go after his own station…or boss. You know if this was some other station, Deace would try to bury them – and he wouldn’t think twice about doing it.

The thing that really bugs me most about this is that I have to agree with the Des Moines Register. This may be the first time ever. Not only do I have to agree with the Register but I also have to go against my favorite radio station with my favorite radio personality, Jan Mickelson. Is this backwards day? Did the sun come up in the west?

I realize it isn’t there job to vet the organizations or companies that advertise on WHO but you can bet they have some say. Would they ever allow NAMBLA to advertise? I doubt it.

So it should be interesting to listen to Deace today. If he doesn’t rip on his own station with the fury he’s known for, his credibility will surely suffer.

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5 Comments on “Des Moines Register Guest Column whacks WHO Radio”

Deace voted for Obama wrote on 21 May, 2009, 10:42
FREE ads for liberal groups? Is the same available for conservative groups?

WHO radio news dept. is definitely from a Democrat perspective. It looks like they just put on the air whatever they’re sent and you have to credit the libs because they get their propaganda to the news dept. and they run with it.

Either it is true they are lazy or they are decidedly liberal in the news dept.
Conservative Demo wrote on 21 May, 2009, 12:02
//The thing that really bugs me most about this is that I have to agree with the Des Moines Register//

Oh no you don’t have to agree with the DsMR, that was merely a glorified letter-to-the-editor, not a DesMoines Register editorial (at least as I read it).

The follow up comments from readers were vastly more interesting anyway, than the original guest columnist.

Fascinating tho that we see the rigid right longing for some sort of mandated content control, or do I mis-interpret that?
Constitution Daily wrote on 21 May, 2009, 12:59
uh…yes – where the heck would you even get that?
Timmy wrote on 21 May, 2009, 18:32
Last time I checked, WHO isn’t part of the GOP. Since I don’t listen to the blowhard that voted for obama, I guess somebody will hafta clue me in if he says anything too harsh about this. I’m guessing he won’t bite the hand that feeds him.
DeanFox wrote on 21 May, 2009, 22:17
This is nothing new they have run the EathShare ads for years. Also let’s just consider that coming back into Mickelson and Deace from breaks many times listeners are subjected to ads for lottery telling us the big jackpot amounts with that annoying woohoo!

So I guess if they are OK with ads for state run vice what is the big deal about ads for environmental causes?

Let’s not forget Jan has a tendency to delve into the world of utter nonsense at times with phony psychics and fraudulent ghost hunters he gives free air time too so in my view EathShare is a step up. At least with EarthShare if you want to know who they raise money for they clearly state it, it is not hard to find out so while some of us my not like the tactics of some groups they support and may not like all the policies of others at least I would say they are honest.