In Defense of Talk Radio Listeners

by Conor Friedersdorf

In order to offer a more persuasive defense of talk radio listeners, let me share some
correspondence I've engaged in lately. Longtime readers are aware of my
various arguments with talk radio's Mark Levin, who engages in ad hominem
attacks, juvenile name-calling, and inaccurate statements about people
who criticize him.

As it happens, I know a few of his radio listeners personally, and they're people for whom I couldn't have more respect. A recent experiment