Even though Serena said politics had nothing to do with the decision, the demise of Cullen's show fits into a larger national picture in which politically liberal talk radio has struggled. As Cullen put it, "You could drive from the East Coast to the West Coast and never hear anything other than a right-wing point of view." Full Story »
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This local reporting, while not relevant to me directly, is decent. If the reporter had done a better job of contextualizing the larger issue of struggling liberal talk shows, perhaps using Rory O'Connor as a source, it would have been much more interesting to a national audience.
It is an extremely important one coming on the heels of another NewsTrust rated piece dealing with suppression of voices as we near the November elections. Dissenting views not allowed. See: Comcastic? Fans smell a political rat in moving MSNBC Ms Cullen billed herself as the "lone liberal voice in Pittsburgh". BURIED in the piece is an even more significant disclosure: "The station's format switch also means that the liberal syndicated talk show hosted by Thom Hartmann will ... More »
“She wouldn’t be specific but said the interest was partly a recognition that she had a loyal audience "of a certain mind-set who are hungry to hear their ... More »
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