Grrr.... radio station KSFO pissed me off today

[arcane1]

they have billboards on all the local busses here, with a poll question:

"Support our Troops"

or

"Stop the War Now"

:grr: a complete, bogus framing of the issue. Then again, they host Dr Laura's and Whitley frikkin Streiber's shows, so I shouldn't be surprised

just pissed nonetheless



per their site:
http://ksfo.com/
Thank you to all who participated in the KSFO Billboard poll here on the website and in the conversation on Hot Talk 560AM KSFO. This interactive advertising poll was a great success and we'll share the results with our talk show hosts for further discussion. Look for more interactive surveys in the coming months.

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there doesn't appear to be a way to actually contact them, though, just their wingnut hosts

[yourout]

1. Sounds like an opportunity for message modification.

"Support our Troops"

##

"Stop the War Now"

[RandiFan1290]

5. Good idea!!

Just yellow out the periods and boxes.

Support Our Troops
Stop The War Now

[arcane1]

7. when I FIRST saw this, this morning, that's what I thought it said

until I got a better look :evilfrown:

some yellow spray-paint would come in handy in the mornings....

[stevedeshazer]

2. Excellent example of regressive framing of the question

Pick two shitty choices.

[arcane1]

18. and imply a contradiction between the two

where there really isn't one

[EFerrari]

3. This is bullsh!t. I'm going to go fish AND send this to Durst

-- he now has a show 7-10 am on The Quake. I'll be back.

:nuke:

[Bill McBlueState]

4. their current poll's retarded as well

The president says he has the legal authority to initiate this surveillance program. Yet, opponents say he's breaking the law.

Do you think President Bush is authorized to intercept communication?
66% Yes, it protects against terrorism
34% No, it infringes on our civil liberties

It's either legal or it's illegal. Whether someone thinks it protects against terrorism, infringes on our civil liberties, or both has no bearing on whether it's legal.

[EFerrari]

6. Here is a contact page:

http://www.ksfo.com/contactus.asp

This is our local wingnut station, isn't it?

[arcane1]

9. it is...

just look at the list of "hosts"

a freepers wet dream team

[EFerrari]

12. Send this to Jon Carroll. He recently did a column on

the anti abortion Bart ads.

It would be a nice follow up: [e-mail]

:evilgrin:

[TheCowsCameHome]

22. Wow. Lots of toxic-filled talent on that SuperFund site.

Ugh.

[LaPera]

8. How come you listen to that shit-it won't change & something you have

absolutely no control of? Why would you want to be counted and added to KSFO ratings? Ratings means money for ksfo and all radio stations.

When you can be supporting liberal radio Air Americ Radio (AAR) on...

San Francisco, CA - KQKE-AM 960 AM
San Francisco, CA - KSRO-AM 1350

www.airamericaradio.com

[arcane1]

11. who says I listen to them?

:shrug:

[LaPera]

13. So glad you don't!!!!!! Then...

...my post is for all the assholes who do listen to right-wing radio and watch television news and contribute to their ratings!!!

[EFerrari]

15. Right on! My friend has a new show that needs some love

while they get started:

[BuyingThyme]

10. You should put a big, red check mark in each box.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

14. Or you could add...

"and" instead or "or". :)

I've been seeing those on buses all over the place and it makes my head explode. The radio at work was tuned to KSFO one morning and, in just 10 minutes listening, I counted Melanie Moran in at least six flat out lies. Luckily, all I had to do was express my displeasure at the choice of stations and it was changed.

How are you doing Arcane? :hi: Enjoying the city life??

[arcane1]

16. LOVING the city-life

more and more each day, in fact :hi:

methinks I need to start carrying a thick black marker with me to work :evilgrin:

[jus_the_facts]

17. The media....oh the goddamn humanity....

.....get a load o'this asinine exchange on the subject....guess self-righeous indignation knows no bounds...insanity prevails regardless.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=226300&mesg_id=226595

[TheCowsCameHome]

19. Is that where Miserable Melanie Morgan hangs out?

[arcane1]

20. apparently so

never heard of her, but I suspect that's a good thing

[arcane1]

21. I sent feedback to the shit-heads.... here is their reply:

"Thanks for your note.

The parsing of dichotomies is what talk radio is all about. "

[arcane1]

23. UPDATE!!!!! LMAO!!!

the bus I was on today had the same stupid poster, but SOMEONE had taken a piece of carefully-measured tape of adhesive, the exact size of the two chec-boxes, and totally covered them up... you wouldn't even notice it unless you saw the original first

now now the poster says:

Support Our Troops
Stop The War Now

it's wasn't me, though I wish it had been :evilgrin: