Beck to receive $50 million in new radio contract

[fedupinBushcountry]

This is absurd and you know for Clear Channel paying millions to get more lies to a bunch of kool-aid drinkers, :wtf: is this country becoming?

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/05/business/media/05radio.html?_r=2&ref=media&oref=slogin&oref=slogin">$50 million for Lying and a hatefest

[AX10]

1. No wonder the media companies have so much debt.

They are subsidizing the right wing noise machine.

[bullimiami]

3. and they in turn are subsidized by the patronage of corporate interests

who in turn are subsidized by the govt they have purchased with their massive profits from war and energy.

[Cleita]

10. Yep, our tax dollars at work. n/t

[otohara]

2. Too Bad It's Not This Beck

[tridim]

8. The good Beck's work speaks for itself

Beck H. seems like the type who would feel guilty getting paid 50 million for anything.

I'm guessing you're one of those people who cringe every time you see a headline on DU with the work "Beck" in it? I sure am.

[regularguy]

9. Ha. Yeah, my first reaction was "Good for him!".

Then I realized they were talking about that asswipe.

[Frustratedlady]

4. Obscene money for an obscene jerk.

His lies make my toes curl.

[Bitwit1234]

5. And won't play Dixie Chicks of Springstein.

[AX10]

6. I know someone who sincerly believes the Internet...

will take over as the "official" medium in which we recieve news and entertainment. This person believes that Television stations will go online eventually. They also believe that the AM/FM dial will eventually disappear entirely due to new technologies (i.e Ipods/MP3 players).

[SoCalDem]

7. There's an election coming up, and so many lies to push..give 'em a break

Just think.. there was a time when "radio people" made shitty wages, and had to work in pretty dismal conditions in little stations all over the country..

But Clear Channel has a "stable" of "stars" now and they want them well-paid & happy..like the super-stars they are :sarcasm:.

If a person is on 3 hours a day for 5 days a week, and he/she tells only 10 lies an hour, over a year that only breaks down to 7500 lies during a 50-week work-year... so it ends up being $1,333.33 per lie..for a year.. That's a BARGAIN . National exposure to each lie is certainly worth that pittance, when one considers the cost of advertising these days :)

[Supersedeas]

11. the money is good, the money is good

[fedupinBushcountry]

12. Is that all you can say

Where does the money come from? Answer: Advertisers
Where do the advertisers get their money ? Answer: from us

Q; When the hell are we actually going to make them pay for spreading hate and lies instead of letting the hate and lies continue?

We are the consumers and it's about time we started giving up some stuff so this type of hatred and lies STOP.

PS: Remarks like yours infuriate me,whether sarcastic or not, just saying.