Posted by
Bill Cherry on Wednesday, March 11, 2009 8:50:32 AM
When it first came out just before Christmas, I bought a copy of Michael Medved's new book about the ten biggest lies, as a present for one of my friends. I suspect lots of people did.
But now after four months of his constant references to his book on his afternoon program, and the over-and-over-again spots commercials, I somehow have lost a great deal of respect for him, the syndicator and the stations that carry his program. In fact, I now rarely listen to his program.
I don't believe it to be kosher for any of these hosts -- Medved, Prager, Hannity, etc. -- to use their program time for their personal benefit.
In the final analysis, the overall best program on talk radio is The Dennis Miller Show. And he doesn't have a book or tapes of speeches or a father or wife who has written a book. Pretty cool.