With the dismal numbers coming out of MSNBC, I find it strange for Todd to be talking-down Radio the way he has.

The only parallel I can come up with Mr. Todd's Snobfest would be that shown by the soon to be extinct...Jurassic Press  

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"But, it’s that idea that Limbaugh- even the whole- even the venue that he’s on, radio, not the internet.  You know, it’s very ‘90s.  It’s very backwards, is looking backwards."

I listen to Rush on the internet.  And in case this moron doesn't realize it, people can watch Rush broadcast his radio show on the internet.

Another example of how liberals try to talk down the successes of this country. Chuck Todd knows that the so-called Fairness Doctrine probably will not be passed by his Savior, so he has to talk down the whole medium.
For all the nashing of teeth and demonization of Rush Limbaugh, he single-handedly brought radio back from the brink of extinction. Think of the millions of dollars pumped into the economy because Rush succeeded and continues to succeed. Once again, liberals hate for conservatives to achieve wealth and happiness. These people really do have some mental conditions that need to be sorted out.

I hope that everytime someone wants to revive the so-called Fairness Doctrine, that we throw Chuckie's words into the argument. It's a dying medium, so why do you want to legislate a dying medium? It's soooo '90s. Sadly, I don't think our side has the balls.

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I cant believe this guy has the balls to say that " people THINK that newspapers are a dying medium".  Is he kidding? what would you call newspapers all around the country going out of business? It's over for them. Radio, contrary to this idiot's opinion, is stronger than ever.

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Todd - who he?? How many people know or care who he is? Radio - dying? - with taxes about to explode, "free" is the new "greed", so - there may be some truth that it will die, we can't have any greed, that's a rich man's game.

How's about newspapers? Haven't heard of too many radio stations that are closing their dorrs, especially if they "cater" to conservative hosts, so is this guy getting his 'facts' from the Barry administration? Internet - I get 99% of my news from on-line, and NOTHING from MSNBC, even if I happen to surf pass.

So, the queestion is, what media is 'old', the one with no viwers, subscribers?

Maybe he's thinking radio is fading, because he was listening to AirHead Amerika - that death was a given!

There is no sense in being stupid, if you can't prove it! - my dad V

The only thing dying in radio is liberal talk stations. (See: Air America, Randi Rhodes, etc.)

What strikes me about this reaction to Rush is that none of them address what he said. All of the attacks are personal. All of the attacks are ad hominem.

• Bill Schneider of CNN castigated Rush for his tone.
• Stephanopoulos, Carville, and Emanuel simply repeated the "Rush wants us all to fail" meme
• Now Chuck Todd dismisses Rush for being "so 1990s" (half of Obama's staff are from the same era, including Emanuel)

None of the attacks have been about what Rush said. Rush has been clear. His opposition to Obama is based on opposition to socialism, which will wreck the country. Only a rhetorical liar would portray that as a desire for the country to fail. As Rush said himself, he's trying to preserve the country.

When your enemies have to lie to defeat you, you know you're on the right path. Frankly, it's scary how quickly the media resorted to ad hominem attacks, and how empty the attacks are. They're cowards.

Rush Limbaugh is not a leader of the Republican Party, Todd. He has been, is, and will remain a leader of the conservative movement in American. Rush is not the problem. The fact that the GOP has adandoned many of its conservative principles is the problem.

Todd character is because he doesn't appear on any of the shows I watch.  If talk radio is a dying medium, then why do the Democrats find it necessary to kill it with the "Fairness Doctrine"?  Jim Webster

"Backwards looking?"

I love the medium of radio and that is not limited to what I listen to in the conservative talk genre.

You can kindly stfu, Todd. I guess it's much more modern and hip to brainmelt the masses with pure mouth foam on camera, high tech quad teleprompters and earpieces to sync scripted questions to set reporters lists.

 What Chuck fails to realize is that Limbaugh and Gingrich are espousing the core conservative principals that the Republican party abandoned, (specifically fiscal policies), that this nation embraced with the balanced budget amendment passed by our 1994 Republican Congress.  Also, (a principal the liberals will never grasp), individual responsibility vs. total government dependency of our every need.  Todd doesn't see the deterioration of free market capitalism being replaced by the nationalization of private businesses while indebting this nation for more than a generation.  But puppets rarely speak for themselves or contain any original thought.

Rovin

Stop being a filthy attack shill for the far left you lying piece of disingenous mouse vomit.

"What you can not enforce, do not command" -Sophocles-

I seem to recall reading that talk radio was doing pretty good. It's newspapers and mainstream media that's hurting. Rush also does have a website and internet broadcast. This guy's a moron.

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I nearly fell out of my chair laughing when I heard that and couldn't wait to see if someone would post it here. Hopefully I will be able to hear Rush talk about it. 

Rush is on the internet and you can hear his program through podcast or hear it live on a number of stations around the country, on the internet.   I always make sure I am listening on the internet.  I'd be interested to see how many hits he gets per day.  

Chuck Todd always appears to just be winging it, at least in my opinion, and seems like he's trying too hard to be relevant.  But then again, is anyone at MSNBC or NBC relevant?

Dear Mr. Todd if Rush is going backwards in a dying medium then why is the Obama administration, Congress and the Drive with Obama media trying to do everything in their power to shut Rush up? Enquiring minds really want to know. 

These guys would root for Godzilla to destroy Tokyo or the aliens to defeat Will Smith in Independence Day.  I will root for Tokyo and Will Smith.  Obama does need to fail

I'm stunned that Mika didn't even defend radio! After all, she IS on with Joe every morning. Will she ever go against ANYTHING that a Lib says?

Flying Flynn

Well let's see here...in this smorgasboard of opportunity, what shall we begin with?

First, radio is not a dying medium.  Taking into account all of the available technologies today, there will always be a market for radio in rural areas, simply because that is the best way to reach a broad swath of people living in rural areas.  That is also, by the way, why liberal talk radio doesn't fly - in cities, where liberals tend to live, TV and internet are better ways to reach a large chunk of the people.  Put another way, you can easily have an AM radio in your tractor cab, but a TV or internet-connected computer?  Not so much.

Second, of the available media markets, print is the most quickly dying.  The internet is slaughtering newspapers.  Why?  Newspapers used to be how city-dwellers got their news - there was no competition.  Rural people, on the other hand, didn't really have the same opportunity to read the paper.  Distribution of newspapers in rural areas is too difficult and costly to be a big money-maker.  So with TV and internet performing the same function as newspapers in urban areas, newspapers simply cannot compete.

 Third, I offer the following inspiring quote:

"The leader of genius must have the ability to make different opponents appear as if they belonged to one category."

If you think about it, that's somewhat true.   The problem that most people have with that quote is the man who said it: Adolf Hitler.  By constantly saying that Rush is the leader of the GOP, and then branding him as a dying breed, the media are saying that the GOP and its ideas are old, stale, and dying.

Now where have I heard that line before?  I know I heard some important politician say that recently...it was a guy who just got elected in this last election cycle...and I remember thinking that this particular guy had the entire Democrat party at his beck and call.

Hmm.

was just on Laura Ingraham's radio show this morning.  He is good.  He admitted he was wrong without admitting he was wrong.  Dying media:  Newspapers; Network News; Satellite Radio;  Liberal Talk Radio; Liberal Hollywood Movies (Frost/Nixon, Milk); Cable News (other than Fox).  How are the Liberal Blogs doing on the internet?  Jim Webster

"The problem the Republicans have right now is they don’t have enough leaders looking forward".

Yeah, Todd, and when we do put forward-looking Republicans out there (Not Cantor, but instead Palin and Jendal), what do the dying MSM-types do? Trash them, of course. Stop being stupid, Todd, it's just too easy.

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Mika and Joe recently began a program on ABC.

I wonder if DumbChuck will be invited to be a guest on their radio program, ever again.

Primetime for radio is during rush-hour, when millions of Americans are trapped in their cars for extended periods of time.

 Satellite radio won't kill standard radio, unless:

 1)They make it free

 2)Every car comes standard with a receiver

 Unless they start putting Wi-Fi in cars and create a free Internet Radio Network, radio will be just fine.

The OAF may order all AM stations to go to broadcasting in digital format. you know for job creation.. HOWEVER no digital AM revievers shall be allowed.

Maybe this is what Chucky is pushing for?

pURPLe pINKy

I haven't been following the Rush Limbaugh thing that closely but one thing is very obvious: The libs and the media are scared to death of this guy.  Interesting to watch them go after him and even the medium, as opposed to the actual ideas and concepts he presents. Very little discussion of ideas.  A lot of "he's backwards, he's angry, mean-spirited" etc. from the talking jackasses at CNN and MS-NBC.

Same thing we saw after Sarah Palin slammed the media at the Rep National Convention.  They didn't like that and went after her personally.

The problem for the media with Limbaugh is that he can defend himself a lot better than Palin.  He's got a big  megapahone, he's sharp as hell, he makes a lot of sense to a lot of people and he knows how these clowns in the meda operate, exposing them for what they are. 

The so-called analysis by people like Chuck Todd has become so slanted that it's not even remotely useful anymore.  You can tell from the transcript that Todd's enthusiasm got the better of him when he dropped the "dying medium" line.  He was so eager to slam Limbaugh that he made a completely ludicrous claim...one that totally diminished his credibility.  He spent the next couple of seconds trying to stuff the toothpaste back in the tube...then just gave up.

"Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." -Winston Churchill

I have been trying to watch Rush's speech in it's entirety, but haven't been able to find it on my work computer.  I do have a printed transcript.  I think because Rush has rallied the Republican Party, there's panic in the streets of Liberaldom....let them scurry around and do their typical attacks on the person or thing who has rocked their little Utopia.  They're just such communists.

Only more reason to institute the fairness doctrine ... Nice try chuckles

NBC White House political director Chuck Todd...

yeah, NBC White House, you got that right.

Liberalism is nothing but aimless contrarianism in the raw pursuit of power.

Did Rahm Emanuel just grab a great opportunity?

Rahm Emanuel has more important things to do than to attack Rush. 

We are in a 'crisis' and all Rahm's got is to pick on Rush? He needs to get busy vetting cabinet appts. for tax cheats, he's behind on filling the senior staff posts (only 70 of 500 filled), and now their Urban Czar has pay-to-play issues. Someone should remind Rahm and Chuck Todd; the campaign is over.  Time to go to work!