WATA 1450 AM

Consolidated media is all about the cheap. And syndicated, satellite-fed programming like Neil Boortz fits the consolidated media world's business plan like a cheap suit.

Neil Boortz claims to be a "libertarian." You can catch his "educational" program on WATA 1450 AM.

Why would a local media titan pay for local staff to run a local show about local issues if he could save big bucks by airing the beamed-in voice of some distant radio host? It's pure genius--kind like running a radio station on auto-pilot.

Here's Neil helping WATA fulfill their FCC-mandated mission to serve the public interest by addressing an issue that is vital to the survival of our democracy, via Media Matters:

During the November 26 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio show, Neal Boortz stated that "maybe the reason [Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL)] doesn't wear a U.S. flag on his lapel is because the U.S. flag -- regardless of what he thinks -- the flag of this country irritates a lot of Democrat [sic] voters." Boortz was referring to Obama's statement that he had decided to stop wearing a U.S. flag lapel pin during the run-up to the Iraq war because it "became a substitute for, I think, true patriotism."

Full article, transcript, and audio here.