Joanna Brooks uncovers interesting connection (link)

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_Joe Geisner
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Joanna Brooks uncovers interesting connection (link)

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http://www.religiondispatches.org/dispa ... _limbaugh/

This particular sentence bit of information got my attention:

"No other religiously-owned or affiliated radio network in the country airs Rush Limbaugh—except the LDS-owned Bonneville International."
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Probably because they don't have the reach, thereby the ad revenues, thereby they can't afford his show.
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Hoops wrote:Probably because they don't have the reach, thereby the ad revenues, thereby they can't afford his show.


Or they're following the money.

It's not like she could embarrass them into doing the right thing.
(Nevo, Jan 23) And the Melchizedek Priesthood may not have been restored until the summer of 1830, several months after the organization of the Church.
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Does the LDS Church own any cable providers that carry HBO? Because Bill Maher called Sarah Palin a "cunt". Both comments are out of place but let's not kid ourselves, the attack on Limbaugh is politically opportunistic.
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If there is any real controversy here it's whether or not a church should own a media company.
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Tim wrote:If there is any real controversy here it's whether or not a church should own a media company.


Or a mall, or a cattle reserve, or corporate farms, or insurance companies, or department stores,etc etc... the list is endless.
(Nevo, Jan 23) And the Melchizedek Priesthood may not have been restored until the summer of 1830, several months after the organization of the Church.
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