Decades of building a message delivery system infrastructure is paying off today big time. From NTS Media Online:
As Democrats in Congress mount the final push to approve President Obama’s health care reform proposal, conservative Talk radio hosts across the country are mobilizing the “troops” to defeat the controversial bill. Premiere Radio Networks talker Rush Limbaugh deviated from his usual policy of not giving out DC phone numbers on his show and actively called for listeners to “flood Congress with calls and emails.” Fellow Premiere talkers and FOX News Channel personalities Sean Hannity and Glenn Beck have also called for active protests from their listeners,…Meanwhile, Salem Radio Network hosts Bill Bennett, Mike Gallagher, Dennis Prager, Janet Mefferd and Michael Medved have all placed “Say No To Obamacare” buttons on their websites to encourage listeners to email Congress. So far, the hosts combined efforts have generated nearly 1 million emails urging defeat of the pending legislation.
There. So now you also know how “death panels” became a talking point so quickly.
If you read the story it’s kind of like comparing apples to oranges, though, Al. And speaking of oranges, Go Syracuse!
Also worth noting that there was a companion story that followed the one reprinted here that noted efforts by left-leaning talkers in support of passing health care legislation — just to be “fair and balanced” as they say.
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