Well it's official....Raheem Kassam has left Breitbart. He disappeared suddenly from Breitbart News Daily a while back. At the time he was the brightest light on American conservative talk radio. He actually was critical of this administration when necessary....and he addressed issues instead of avoiding them....which is the affliction of what is Trump conservative talk radio today.
There's still talent at Breitbart radio....but someone somewhere has set a bad course. It was good talk radio before muckety-mucks took over the direction of content. Right now it is really weak where one administration official after another is paraded out unchallenged in their highly selective tedious recital of nuanced accomplishments. Kassam was lively....keenly observant.....could smell a swamp rat from just one uttered sentence....and was aggressive but fair. I certainly didn't agree with him all the time but I never felt that he was condescending. These administration officials wouldn't be walking all over him.
Some radio talk show hosts have begun to defend criticisms by the media of Ivanka in that she is part of a president's family.....but Ivanka Trump is a high-powered political operative and corporate entrepreneur who told Leslie Stahl in December of 2016 that she was "just going to be a daughter."
Conservative talk radio has lost its independence....and is subservient to Donald Trump. Whatever he says or does....the first order of business is to applaud it....to make it appear conservative....or concoct a good excuse....or blame someone else....and make sure that no dissent makes its way to the airwaves. It does this as it castigates the mainstream media for its biased and selective reporting! It has shrugged conservatism for Trumpism. Breitbart hosts quote their founder often in...."Walk toward the fire. Don't worry what they call you" but all they are doing right now is walking behind Donald Trump....cleaning up the mess that he leaves behind.
There's still talent at Breitbart radio....but someone somewhere has set a bad course. It was good talk radio before muckety-mucks took over the direction of content. Right now it is really weak where one administration official after another is paraded out unchallenged in their highly selective tedious recital of nuanced accomplishments. Kassam was lively....keenly observant.....could smell a swamp rat from just one uttered sentence....and was aggressive but fair. I certainly didn't agree with him all the time but I never felt that he was condescending. These administration officials wouldn't be walking all over him.
Some radio talk show hosts have begun to defend criticisms by the media of Ivanka in that she is part of a president's family.....but Ivanka Trump is a high-powered political operative and corporate entrepreneur who told Leslie Stahl in December of 2016 that she was "just going to be a daughter."
Conservative talk radio has lost its independence....and is subservient to Donald Trump. Whatever he says or does....the first order of business is to applaud it....to make it appear conservative....or concoct a good excuse....or blame someone else....and make sure that no dissent makes its way to the airwaves. It does this as it castigates the mainstream media for its biased and selective reporting! It has shrugged conservatism for Trumpism. Breitbart hosts quote their founder often in...."Walk toward the fire. Don't worry what they call you" but all they are doing right now is walking behind Donald Trump....cleaning up the mess that he leaves behind.
