APPARENTLY, WE BLOGGERS ARE NO MATCH FOR RUSH LIMBAUGH, and never will be. And I’ll tell you, sonny boy, that people will still be riding horses long after those dang auto-MOH-beels of yours are just a memory!
UPDATE: The Punch Bowl notes:
It should be remembered that blogging has really only been a political force since September 11, while radio has been around for, you know, eight decades. Blogs have been much more influential for the short time they have existed. Just watch out, Rush.
I don’t actually think that blogging is a threat to talk radio. In fact, I think that the two are synergistic. (So, I suspect, does Limbaugh: I’m not a “Rush 24/7” subscriber, but it sounds a bit bloggy with its “stack of stuff,” etc.) But the article is rather dumb and clueless, and deserves to be mocked in the Grandpa-Lou voice.
ANOTHER UPDATE: Ed Cone writes:
The premise is flawed, because it compares a broadcast model to the networked weblog model. It would be more accurate to compare the collective influence of talk radio with the collective influence of weblogs.
I also wonder how many of Limbaugh’s stories are found via weblogs.
Meanwhile, Jay Manifold wonders if this is a sign that some people on the right feel threatened by independent and libertarian bloggers.
UPDATE: I like this:
Add RSS to Rush — and to all the new bloggers he can recruit among his 15 million listeners (a nice business opportunity there) — and his already huge power will multiply overnight.
Good advice. And Lisa Dusseault says that Hill doesn’t know what he’s talking about.