News Radio

Lars Larson Critical of Sidney Powell’s Comments

Larson’s comment came after Powell urged conservative voters to boycott the Senate run-off elections in Georgia, which will decide the balance of power in the legislature’s upper chamber.

Published

1 year ago

December 4, 2020

Jacob Conley

It’s not often that a conservative radio host openly criticizes another conservative who supports President Trump. But Lars Larson, host of The Lars Larson Show on KXL in Portland, Oregon, did just that Thursday night when he called President Trump lawyer and ally Sidney Powell “crazy”. Larson’s comment came after Powell urged conservative voters to boycott the Senate run-off elections in Georgia, which will decide the balance of power in the legislature’s upper chamber.

“I very much admire Sidney Powell and the work she has done on behalf of the President on a clearly fraudulent election,” Larson said. “But boycotting the elections in Georgia until elections are deemed secure, is a step too far. It’s crazy… It effectively gift wraps the two senate races and the entire Senate to Democrats, as well.”

Larson’s guest, Rick Manning President of American’s For Limited Government, agreed.

“You are not wrong,” Manning said. “If there are systemic problems in voting systems, it’s not going to be fixed in three or four days. We won’t get to the bottom of this until November or March (elections) of 2022. Elector certification is going to be made in the next four days. There isn’t time to mess around with this. She (Powell) just needs to be quiet and let us win the elections in Georgia.”

Larson then offers Powell advice to what she should have said.

“If she had said, number one, we are going to lay the law down on ballot harvesting, and number two, we are going to allow observers in every voting site, that would have an effect. Boycotting the election does not accomplish anything.”

Manning adds that Powell “has been working so hard and is tired, that what sounded like a good idea to say at the time, is not such a good idea now”.

Larson’s and Manning’s criticism of Powell highlight a growing divide among conservatives over President Trump’s refusal to concede the election. Georgia Senatorial candidate David Perdue appeared to privately admit that President-Elect Joe Biden won the election, which caused the hashtag #Perduesaysbidenwon to become a trending topic nationally on Twitter Friday morning. Conversely, President Trump’s staunchest supporters, including many in conservative talk radio, believe the election is fraudulent and they do not consider Mr. Biden as the President-Elect.

The Senate run-off elections in Georgia are set to take place January 5, 2021.

Jacob Conley

Jacob Conley writes about news/talk radio BNM. He can be found on Twitter @GWUJake or reach him by email at freelancealot1211@gmail.com.

See author's posts

Up Next

Radio Disney Closing Down at the End of 2020

Don't Miss

Dan Bongino Announces He’s Entered Second Stage of Cancer Treatments

News Radio

Larry Elder Joins Epoch Media Group

Elder hosted a nationally syndicated radio show for Salem Media Network for six years before taking a break to join California’s gubernatorial race during last year’s recall election.

Published

2 hours ago

May 26, 2022

Ryan Hedrick

Conservative talk show host Larry Elder will join Epoch Media Group (EMG) as a television host on Epoch TV. Talkers Magazine first reported the story Wednesday.

Elder hosted a nationally syndicated radio show for Salem Media Network for six years before taking a break to join California’s gubernatorial race during last year’s recall election.

EMG is an independent news organization, which includes the newspaper The Epoch Times and the TV network NTD. The Epoch Times is published in 21 languages, in 33 countries.

Elder will reportedly host a live, streaming show four times a week and a podcast which will originate from Los Angeles. Known as the “the Sage from South Central” and “America’s truth detector” Elder was a legend in Southern California’s radio landscape for two decades on TalkRadio 790 KABC.

“In a day and age of sensationalist and emotionally charged news coverage, Elder uses the facts – with humor and insight – to break down the nation’s current events and most urgent issues,” EMG CEO John Tang told Talkers.

“I’m excited to join The Epoch Times. I’m impressed by the newspaper’s courage and willingness to speak the truth to promote liberty and freedom,” added Elder.

Ryan Hedrick

Ryan Hedrick serves as the Co-Host of the Morning News Express at WFMD. He started in radio at 17 years old, doing sports and news for his high school radio station. He then spent several years at WFMD in Frederick, MD before joining WBEN in Buffalo, NY. In 2016, while working at WIBW-AM in Topeka KS, Hedrick earned the Kansas Association of Broadcasters (KAB) award for Major Market enterprise reporting. Hedrick grew up in Southern California where he attended Cal State University of Northridge. He can be found on Twitter @SureToCover.

See author's posts

News Radio

Dinesh D’Souza’s Documentary “2000 Mules” Grosses $751,755

The controversial movie debuted initially in 270 theaters rented by the film’s producers for one week with one showing per day.

Published

20 hours ago

May 25, 2022

Eduardo Razo

Salem Media is starting to recoup the $4.5 million investment in Dinesh D’Souza’s documentary “2000 Mules,” the movie that alleges voting fraud during the 2020 presidential election, per The Wrap.

The controversial movie debuted initially in 270 theaters rented by the film’s producers for one week with one showing per day. Also, on May 20th, D’Souza’s flick returned for regular theatrical release in 411 movie houses with four showings a day, including at least 169 Cinemark locations.

“With the success of the movie, everyone talking about the movie, a lot of independent theaters began to call us, ‘Hey, why didn’t we have this movie in the theater?’” D’Souza said.

In its opening weekend as a theatrical release, “2000 Mules” grossed $751,755. Furthermore, it’s also available as an on-demand digital movie on the video streaming platform Rumble.

“It’s too early in the movie release window to properly estimate where Q2 revenue for this film will end up, but we are pleased with the results to date and certainly expect to make a solid profit from Salem’s investment in this movie,” Santrella said.

Eduardo Razo

Eduardo Razo is the Assistant Content Editor for BNM, which includes writing daily news stories on the news media industry. He can be found on Twitter @eddierazo_ or you can reach him by email at eddie1991razo@gmail.com.

See author's posts

News Radio

Madi Bolaños Named Co-Host for KQED’s “The California Report”

Bolaños comes over from public media station KVPR in Fresno, serving as the station’s immigration and underserved communities’ reporter.

Published

21 hours ago

May 25, 2022

Eduardo Razo

KQED’s daily radio news program, “The California Report,” has a new co-host as Madi Bolaños takes over the position, per Radio Ink.

Bolaños comes over from public media station KVPR in Fresno, serving as the station’s immigration and underserved communities’ reporter.

“I couldn’t be more excited to join The California Report team,” said Bolaños. “I’m looking forward to bringing diverse voices from across the state to TCR listeners every morning.”

Furthermore, KQED’s new co-host is no stranger to the TCR team and audiences. While at KVPR, she filed several stories for TCR and The California Report Magazine.

“We have been huge fans of Madi’s work and are excited to bring her community approach to finding story ideas and reporting to TCR,” said Angela Corral, Senior Editor.

“With her Central Valley roots and deep consideration of the issues that impact immigrant communities, and now reporting out of the Bay Area, she is ideally suited to develop stories that complement the work that Saul Gonzalez is doing for communities throughout Southern California.”