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The Knives Come Out for Cain

Politico has a big headline this morning: "GOP urges Herman Cain to address allegations." But when you ask "who precisely in the GOP is doing this urging?" you get a more modest list: Oran Smith, who heads the Christian conservative Palmetto Family Council in South Carolina, Chuck Hurley, …

Written by David Frum on Tuesday November 8, 2011

Which is More Useless? Limbaugh or a Classics Major?

Dear Mr. Rush Limbaugh, I see you have let your own educational insecurities shine through in your latest rant in which you "bravely" attempted to decipher the "sad-sack story" of a Classical Studies scholar. Bravo. If only you had taken a philosophy course about the Sophists, you might have …

Written by Miranda Frum on Wednesday November 2, 2011

The Gold Bug Bailout

As some may know, my late mother was a very well-known broadcaster on Canadian radio and TV. Early in her amazing career, she received a call from a company - I believe it was VISA - inviting her to sign up as a commercial spokeswoman. She refused. When she told the story to my father, he asked, …

Written by David Frum on Tuesday September 27, 2011

Limbaugh Loses a Listener

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Written by FrumForum Editors on Wednesday August 10, 2011

D'Amboise Disavows Fave Radio Crazy

In his pursuit of Olympia Snowe’s Senate seat, Tea Partier Scott D’Amboise is seeking as much media attention as possible. One outlet that has given him considerable airtime, four interviews in the last year, is the Monticello, ME-based “Aroostook Watchmen” radio show. Steve Martin, host of …

Written by Fred Messner on Thursday July 21, 2011

Conservatives Dismiss Pay-To-Play in Talk Radio

Politico's story about pay-to-play on conservative radio got the usual ho-hum treatment from most conservative blogs -- if it gets any mention. Politico's story yesterday about pay-to-play on conservative radio got the usual ho-hum treatment from most conservative blogs -- that is, when it got …

Written by David Frum on Thursday June 16, 2011

Conservative Media's Pay-To-Play Deals

We're not talking about commercials, separated from editorial content. Heritage Foundation work is embedded into the editorial flow of Limbaugh's show. Why are conservatives so ready to accept behaviors in their own media that they themselves would damn as outrageous if they occurred in non-conser…

Written by David Frum on Wednesday June 15, 2011

The Right's Coming Romneycare Defense

If Romney prevails in the GOP primary, give Hugh Hewitt credit for articulating the rationalization that will allow talk radio to swing back into line behind his campaign. Here's an interesting exchange: NRO's Kathryn Lopez and radio host Hugh Hewitt walking back from their ardent support for …

Written by David Frum on Thursday June 2, 2011

A Great Week for the GOP

Is conservatism recovering its balance? Here are three positive signs from this past week. Is conservatism recovering its balance? Three positive signs in this past week. 1) The Republican caucus accepted a deal to avert a government shutdown. The deal is a huge victory for governance Republica…

Written by David Frum on Saturday April 9, 2011

Levin Wants a Shutdown: Real Americans Don't

Tuesday, Mark Levin upbraided the GOP leadership as cowardly for not shutting down government. But a new poll reveals why that could be a disaster. Tuesday, during the opening monologue on his radio show , Mark Levin upbraided the GOP leadership as cowardly for not shutting down government. …

Written by Jeb Golinkin on Wednesday March 9, 2011

Talk Radio's Love Affair with Christie

Why is New Jersey Governor Chris Christie the heartthrob of the talk radio right while Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels is suddenly an intolerable RINO? Laura Ingraham this week criticized New Jersey Governor Chris Christie for his apparent intention to sit-out the 2012 presidential campaign. She …

Written by Jay Gatsby on Thursday March 3, 2011

Scorched Earth Conservatives

In a fiery debate , Frontpagemagazine.com editor David Horowitz accuses NewMajority's David Frum of "scorched-earth attacks on Glenn Beck." Frum replies: "It’s bad luck for you that we are having this discussion in the same week that Glenn Beck a) expressed his enthusiasm for a Hillary Clinton …

Written by David Frum on Thursday September 24, 2009

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