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Skidmore

(37,364 posts)
Thu Jul 12, 2012, 12:34 PM Jul 2012

Did you know the Oxycon may not be as big as he thinks he is?

A friend of mine from the UK sent me this link:

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/07/11/limbaugh/

Rush Limbaugh – Fake Callers, Fake Audience
July 11, 2012
By Nathaniel Downes

One of the common refrains in the media world is that Rush Limbaugh has the largest audience in talk radio. He is eager to capitalize on this, multiple times per episode in fact. But how true is this claim?

Limbaugh is one of several radio hosts syndicated through Premiere Radio Networks, including right-wing darlings such as Sean Hannity and Glenn Beck as well as known liberal voices such as Randi Rhodes and the Reverend Jesse Jackson. One of the features for Premiere syndicated shows is a service Premiere On Call, a phone banking service for voice talent. What this means is, they hire people to call in. If you ever listened to one of the shows distributed by Premiere, you may find yourself impressed at how a caller would bring up a subject which then the host would have a perfect response to, like a perfect pitch in a baseball game to allow the home run hit. Premiere On Call’s hiring standards appear to be focused on hiring people able to generate accents, vocal inflections, or other ways to enable re-use of the same voice actor multiple times without being identified as such....more

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Did you know the Oxycon may not be as big as he thinks he is? (Original Post) Skidmore Jul 2012 OP
Detailed job descriptions from one of the contract caller websites BumRushDaShow Jul 2012 #1
R#5 & K n/t UTUSN Jul 2012 #2
but he still monopolizes our public airwaves creating the impression that millions agree with him Ghost of Huey Long Jul 2012 #3

BumRushDaShow

(128,503 posts)
1. Detailed job descriptions from one of the contract caller websites
Thu Jul 12, 2012, 12:41 PM
Jul 2012

had been accidently made visible on the internet a couple years ago and went viral. What so many had suspected was finally confirmed.

 

Ghost of Huey Long

(322 posts)
3. but he still monopolizes our public airwaves creating the impression that millions agree with him
Thu Jul 12, 2012, 01:33 PM
Jul 2012

manufactured consent

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