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Price made a comment claiming someone was “anti-women's rights”. No one in their right mind is anti-women’s rights. People disagree on pro life vs pro choice. I get that. If his comment wasn’t pandering, it was ignorant. Way beyond the remit of a sports talk show.
Egghead1999
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I turned my radio off after they started the Donnelly discussion. No disrespect to TSN 1040 onair talent, I think they should stuck with sports, bad / dad jokes and making fun of other host(s). When they are off to other subjects, it is cringe worthy.
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Price is kind of like Damien Cox, in that he should not be sharing his thoughts about things other than hockey to fans (like Cox, his hockey takes aren't much better). He is a lightweight, and does not offer anything to the conversation.
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Price has never accidentally tweeted out a thirsty dm though, so he's got that going for him.
Nevertheless, there should be someone checking his content. He has no business commenting on something he knows nothing about.
I dislike when they share their political views then basically state anyone who disagrees is an idiot. I know Price is from Winnipeg but they have that back east arrogance. Or it might just be their liberal arts education that gives them their elitist sentiments. Nice guys but someone should inform them that a large part of their audience will not agree on any issue so avoid giving opions or even more so lectures on these topics. Many sports personalities have no problem doing this.
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I haven't listened to local radio since free agent weekend. Sounds like I'm not missing much.
That list above of ex-players is awful. I'll be generous to Jannik Hansen and say his English is okay. I'll be generous to Jovo and Bertuzzi and say their current radio work is okay. These are not radio hosts.
And yes, of course Ray Ferraro would be a great host. He already was a great host here which is why he's doing bigger things now. That's like saying Quinn Hughes would be a good guy to run the power play in Utica.
That list above of ex-players is awful. I'll be generous to Jannik Hansen and say his English is okay. I'll be generous to Jovo and Bertuzzi and say their current radio work is okay. These are not radio hosts.
And yes, of course Ray Ferraro would be a great host. He already was a great host here which is why he's doing bigger things now. That's like saying Quinn Hughes would be a good guy to run the power play in Utica.
vadim sharifijanov
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i didn't listen but from what you describe i fail to see the distinction you're drawing here. i mean, either women get to have the right to choose what happens in their body or they have to sustain the living thing growing inside them no matter what?
but maybe it wasn't what he said but the way he said it? (shrug)
And therein lies the problem. I absolutely agree with the wording you choose. Now re-read what Price said.
vadim sharifijanov
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still feel like this must be a "the way he said it" problem because i just mashed up all his words and your words together without changing the meaning of any of them
Like Cox, personally I find the problem is that these wonderful tidbits usually seem like they come from no where, unprompted and no one cares to engage him. Then the conversation pivots from there to him arguing with random people that say stick to sports.
Being 'pro-life'* is by definition being anti-women's rights in the same way the being 'pro-apartheid' is by definition 'anti black rights'. It's pretty cut-and-dried. If you don't think that women have the right to make decisions about what's happening in their bodies, you are anti-women's rights.
* in my experience, 'pro life' is a massive misnomer because these people are only pro-clumps of fetal cells and anti all other kinds of life and ways of keeping people alive.
Agreed. And this was the motive for my initial post - a sports show should stick to sports. I realized shortly afterwards that it would probably result in a "discussion" that, IMO, doesn't belong in a hockey forum.
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If 650 wanted to improve their dismal ratings they would get better hosts, and only talk hockey. They have some seriously awful hosts, and talk way too much NFL. They actually have the Canuck’s lunch now as football lunch! Are their program directors just stupid? Just stick to hockey.
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They slumped.
Radio Wars: TSN 1040 morning show keeps gaining strength | The Province
In all demographics, 1040 pulled a 2.6 share, while 650’s was just 0.4.
Andrew Walker - the king of vancouver radio - is getting out-listened by a 5x multiple in ratings by the 1040 competitor.
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canuckking1
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That’s what 650 gets for hiring a troll that doesn’t even like the Hockey team he’s commenting on and just wants to get rise out of the fan base. Unlike Skip bayless he’s not even a good troll either.
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Those numbers for 650 are insanely bad. How long before they replace the losers they have for hosts? Seriously, do they even have one host who can carry a show?
To be honest, I don't care if he's not a fan of the team I like. He's just an unlikable twat who spews contrarian takes for the sake of contention. It's cheap sports-radio, and most people have obviously seen through it. He's not going to be in this market long, so I'm not too invested in it.
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