Sigh. Where to begin?

First, it is true that I am a former NPR host. I also have an Emmy for my work at FOX, ferreting out wasteful government spending during the Clinton administration. Grimes knows that, she just decided not to tell her readers. (I also have an Emmy for work at CBS in LA and for PBS in Sacramento, to give you the full picture. Just the facts, ma’am, just the facts.

Grimes then accuses me of working as a shill for the Fairness Doctrine. Again, she must be aware of the story I broke last summer that the FCC formally buried the Fairness Doctrine. It’s dead, Katy, gone, buried. Not one thing I say has anything to do with the Fairness Doctrine, and you know it. Again, you are purposely confusing your audience; give them half the facts and it’s so much easier to manipulate them, isn’t it?

Dum de dum, let’s see, she says I’m not going after Salem Broadcasting. Wrong. I am. But Clear Channel is a good starter, as they are the single largest radio operator in the country, and they have five (although they claim six) stations in Sacramento.

Grimes states that “she,(me) Democrats and the government should be able to dictate just how much conservative radio is broadcast.” More whipped cream. The fact is that giant corporations, which are trying to get out of the deal they made with the public, are dictating just how much conservative radio is broadcast. Even though their ratings are plummeting, they hold fast to having conservative – and only conservative – ideas put out over our public airwaves. Radio and TV. They belong to all of us.

Then she brings up the biggest lie of them all, the one that William Kristol made up years ago, and went with it because it tested well: “The Liberal agenda already controls the majority of media through television news, newspapers, and news shows.”

First, Katy, if we look at TV, we’ll see that shows like The Voice and American Idol and Dancing with the Stars and NCIS dominate the schedule. Where’s the liberalism? There are a few liberal shows, yes, but not enough to support your argument. And don’t be calling news shows liberal just because they tell uncomfortable truths. That’s called journalism. Second,if you want a conservative newspaper, start one. There’s nothing to stop you. But show me mid-large size a radio station in Sacramento which is available for purchase, and we’ll buy it at appraised price. You can’t; there are none.

To be very clear, Katy Grimes, I do want more speech, not less. All over the radio and TV dials. But I personally prefer to make things clear, to say here is an orange and here is an apple, no whipped cream necessary.

Still would LOVE to debate you, Katy. Do you dare?

If they can coax you to pick a side and join one of the teams – you’ve been gamed.