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by Brian Maloney, January 19th, 2010 at 01:04pm
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— Olbermann cries racism
— CNN can only see negative factors in Brown’s win
— CBS not happy with the results
— Brown 2012? Blame Paddy Power, not us
— NOW, on to the next battle: when will Brown be seated?
— BREAKING: Rush Limbaugh reacts to Brown victory
— Globies call it for Brown - can you imagine the long faces in that newsroom?
— Maddow holds back tears as she reports AP projection that Brown would win, minutes after other networks report Coakley has conceded the race
— Maddow’s making cracks about Scott’s truck, what a sore loser
— Rachel Maddow is alleging all kinds of fraud- robocalls for Joe Kennedy, filled in ballots for Brown (these concerns have already been dismissed)
— Not sure where Martha would make up her deficit at this point - half of Boston’s already in
— MSNBC / Dean blaming Coakley loss on “partisanship” and BUSH!!!
— MSNBC: Dem party leadership pounding Coakley for her “Caribbean vacation” - easy scapegoat, isn’t she?
— From RCP: 8:51pm For what it’s worth, Bostonian Howie Carr says on Fox that Brown is a lock to win. - Tom Bevan
— GLOBIE WEBSITE SUCKS! It is down, down, down
— Maddow links robocalls for Joe Kennedy to voter confusion, then why does Joe have only 1% of the vote
— Another unwatched MSNBC host, Rachel Maddow appears to deliver the bad news
— Chris Matthews is rambling on about Haiti and “wars”, have another drink, buddy
— Brown winning Quincy is huge, that’s not GOP territory, it’s a fairly large city
— some of Brown’s best suburbs on the North Shore have yet to report
— It looks like a funeral at MSNBC right now, Chris Matthews looks glum, am I the only person watching?
— Brown not doing as badly as one would expect in Boston, but it’s a bit early there
— Brown wins several outer / lower Cape towns that went for Obama in 2008
— Brown winning Plymouth, Obama won there in 2008
— Very difficult to reach Herald and Globie websites, isn’t it?
— Just returned from last-minute sign-waving outside the precinct. Brown supporters upbeat, one die-hard Coakley backer there as well. Lots of friendly waves and honks…
— State-run media still obsessed with Camelot
— Will the Scott Brown stock market rally continue?
— MSNBC / Chris Matthews turn against Mass voters
— Looks like Martha’s banking on placing a cloud over the election with her crazy tampering allegation. But who will believe that the GOP has fixed the election in Cambridge and Brighton? Isn’t that a joke?
— WaPo hacks can’t figure out why race is so competitive
— RNC’s Michael Steele arriving in Boston to celebrate potential win. But if Scott wins, it will be despite the national party’s efforts, not because of it.
— Scott hopes to get a chance to drive his pickup truck to Washington. Beltway snobs are aghast.
— What kind of national role will Scott Brown play? Once again, underestimating Scott is a big mistake.
— McCain redux: Brown owns too many houses
— Coakley’s pointing fingers right back at the DNC and White House
— WSJ tries to fathom how this could be a close race
— Who knew Coakley could be such a laff riot? She’s alleging voter irregularities in Cambridge and Brighton
— RCP: Another disturbing incident between Coakley’s people and a reporter
— WTKK reports heavy suburban turnout
— GLOBIES CALL IT FOR MARSHA? Yes, it’s a practice page, but you’ve got to love their wishful thinking
— I’m hearing from a number of listeners who are baffled as to why WRKO would preempt Rush Limbaugh at such an important time. Sure, local talent is filling in, but Rush is talking about Massachusetts! So why the switcheroo?
I believe this is Entercom’s way of sticking it to Limbaugh’s syndicator ahead of a likely move to Clear Channel’s new talk station, scheduled to debut here in April. Expect more petty silliness between now and then.
In my area, however, this isn’t a problem: WXTK-FM offers a excellent alternative.
We’ll cover the issue more after the election is sorted out.
— As you head to the polls, think about the Amiraults
— A lot has changed since December 8, hasn’t it?
— Marsha predicts victory
— Is this election fraud?
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10 Comments Add your own
1. raccoonradio | January 19th, 2010 at 1:58 pm
No, while this story is big across the nation it is huge here in Boston and they want local hosts to talk it up…and sell ads. Lots of people are calling and hearing Charlie Manning right now.Howie will be HUGE today and then Avi tonight…
This would be like the Globe or Herald saying “Why have our local writers write about the Red Sox in the World Series? We’ll just pick up some AP story by a writer elsewhere.”
There have been times when RKO has had local hosts on like a few yrs back when the likes of Moe Lauzier came in after Howie to talk about a huge blizzard–going local instead of national.
I don’t know if RKO would go local or syndie if/when they lose Rush, probably syndie, but in a case like this you go local.
And this will help them get more listeners for Tom and Todd and for Howie…people who normally wouldn’t listen to talk radio are interested in this story and they find WRKO, like what they hear, and stay tuned
2. medic | January 19th, 2010 at 3:14 pm
I agree Raccoon! If they lose Rush and go local all the time, the HAVE to get a real news department. One thing that I just heard on ‘RKO was the news that the President’s Press Secretary, Robert Gibbs acknowledged the large turn out and anger of the voters but he also mentioned that all the anger preceeded the present Administration. Oh my! IT’S BUSH’S FAULT!!!!!!!!!! I can’t make this up, I’m not that smart!
3. Antenna10 | January 19th, 2010 at 5:21 pm
You Marsha fans heard it directly from the Globe. She won already. No need to get wet voting for Marsha. She already won.
4. Dr. Quincy, M.E. | January 19th, 2010 at 6:46 pm
As Mr. Food would say regarding Moe Lauzier, he was “OH so good!”
5. WesternMassGuy | January 19th, 2010 at 6:47 pm
National Review Online has an original copy of Martha’s press release alleging voters finding ballots pre-marked for Scott Brown.
Seems the release is dated January 18th…yesterday. Did Martha get her law degree from a box of Cracker Jacks or did she have to clip and mail in box tops? No wonder she couldn’t find any corruption on Beacon Hill!
Go Scott Brown! 2010: The Second American Revolution!
6. Cricket | January 19th, 2010 at 8:25 pm
I like the local host idea and actually tuned in…I am not a big Rush fan anyway.
7. Mark | January 19th, 2010 at 10:28 pm
Let me say this first, you were RIGHT! You made the case why Scott Brown could win this. I thought you were crazy, but I got to hand it to you. I wish I got on the band wagon early while Scott was still meeting with small groups. Now… Go Charlie Baker!
8. Hoss | January 20th, 2010 at 12:22 am
Well I’ll be dipped.
Where’s Anti-Brian now?
9. iTunes Listener | January 20th, 2010 at 10:25 am
I’m glad I watched FNC/Fox 25, CNN is obviously out of touch with American news/politics. Anderson Cooper was live from Haiti, and he/they couldn’t stop for a couple hours to report of a signifiant change in the politics.
CNN had 20 other hours to fill up with Haiti. Then there is “24 hours to fill up with news.” But not to CNN’s own interests.
CNN is not a “news organization”. It’s just going to be a “brand name” soon if not now.
10. New York Pizza | January 20th, 2010 at 7:04 pm
Fall River’s Moe Lauzier running for Bawney Fwaynk’s “seat?”
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