tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498725671447004370.post2051647419556069158..comments2023-10-26T07:19:41.446-05:00Comments on Science Avenger: Michelle Malkin on Talk RadioScienceAvengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00855046387193200080noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498725671447004370.post-73780102776491667712008-02-19T18:06:00.000-06:002008-02-19T18:06:00.000-06:00Aside from the points you made, I can't stand comm...Aside from the points you made, I can't stand commercial talk radio for one major reason: It's all about the host. Usually, the host is somebody of slightly above average intelligence who has decent presence on the airwaves. Beyond that, the host has no qualifications to talk about 99% of the matters discussed, but insists on being the center of the discussion. He'll hop from economics to nuclear physics and claim to be an expert on both, taking 90% of the talk time, giving 5% to callers who stroke his ego, and then allowing the *real* expert the remaining 5%.<BR/><BR/>I spend most of my time on NPR not because it's crazy liberal talk that appeals to my views, but because when they have expert guests on, they let them talk. They usually do a halfway decent job of filtering callers (although there's still a low signal to noise ratio from them), and they let the guests answer the questions. They usually discourage conflict for its own sake. <BR/><BR/>When commercial talk radio can learn to do those things, maybe they'll get me back. Until then, I'll keep writing checks to my local public radio station. I have no interest in listening to uninformed pronouncements from somebody who would rather be the smartest guy in a room full of half-wits than actually shut up and learn something.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com