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Of note today, so far, at The BRAD BLOG… — Brad
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America Needs the Democratic Presidential Candidates to LEAD by Stepping Up to Fight for KLSD, San Diego’s Only Progressive Talk Radio Station
As Clear Channel Signals a Flip to Sports, Only One Presidential Candidate Has Stepped up to Support Balance on the People’s Airwaves in the Nation’s 6th Largest City…
In a letter sent to station management, as The BRAD BLOG reported in August, former Democratic Senator from Alaska, Mike Gravel, correctly wrote: “The increasing monopolization of the mainstream media today demands that we stand up for independent-minded, progressive voices out there like KLSD AM 1360 in San Diego.”
He was the only Presidential Candidate, to our knowledge, to utter a word about it.
As reports emerge that progressive radio talker Ed Schultz’ audience now matches Bill O’Reilly’s, one has to wonder what the hell the Democrats — specifically the rest of the Democratic Presidential candidates — are thinking, as Clear Channel prepares to flip the only progressive talk station in the nation’s sixth largest city over to an all-sports format any day now.
The busy Internet rumors suggest it could happen as early as this week. Station insiders have told The BRAD BLOG it’s more likely to happen on November 1st “at the earliest”, as the corporate bosses at Clear Channel get ducks in a row for what is currently seen as an “inevitable” flip.
We have suggested to both organizers of the local protests and station personnel that they join with Air America (who has several shows airing on the station) to invite the Democratic Presidential candidates out to San Diego for an Emergency Debate focusing on one of the very reasons our country is in the mess that it is: Corporate Consolidation of the Public Airwaves.
It seems quite clear that such consolidation has not been in the best interest of the people who own the airwaves. And further, it seems clear that the corporate interests who lease access to that spectrum, from the people, don’t give a damn about such interests.
And yet, to our knowledge, in the nearly two months since Clear Channel indicated they were preparing to flip the station format, only one Democratic Presidential candidate, Gravel, has understood the importance about speaking out against this outrage…
COMPLETE EDITORIAL:
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5152
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VIDEO: California Hurries Preparation Of Paper Ballots For Upcoming Elections
Tests Run in Riverside County On Sequoia Vote Counters Which May Be Purchased To Tabulate Future Voting
– Guest Blogged by Alan Breslauer
KTLA News reports on the rush to prepare paper ballots for upcoming elections, including next February’s California presidential primary now that Secretary of State Debra Bowen decertified electronic voting in 29 counties because the machines proved vulnerable to hackers.
The piece also features Riverside County election integrity activist (and hero) Tom Courbat of SAVE R VOTE who raises concerns about Sequoia’s role in counting the paper ballots…
FULL STORY, KTLA VIDEO:
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5151
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Brad Friedman
Publisher/Editor, The BRAD BLOG
http://www.BradBlog.com